Can you sue a car dealership for false advertisement?

I found an add in the paper for a vehicle at a dealership. They had their stock number of the vehicle listed in the paper. I called the dealership and asked if they still had it. They did. So my husband and I drove down to look at it, we even test drove it. It had the same stock number on the vehicle as in the paper. When we went to discuss price, they wouldn't honor the price in the paper, saying it was a miss-print. Do they have to honor it like other stores do? What can I do about this? can this be considered false advertisement?Can you sue a car dealership for false advertisement?
Miss-print, my a$$.


Just a gimmick to get people on the lot. This is a very shady dealership and trying everything to sell a vehicle. Run, don't walk. Flanders is right, raise a little hell. They deserve it.


Find yourself a good honest dealer. They ARE out there. You don't have to find a good car deal in the ads. Advertising is expensive for dealers. Its cheaper to give hot dogs and let people walk the lot that has the price marked on the window. Then, its up to negotiations with the buyer.Can you sue a car dealership for false advertisement?
It is not false advertising and there is nothing you can do about it. And to correct you, other stores do not have to honor misprinted prices. Nobody does.





If they claim it was a misprint. They are not liable for printing errors.





Think of it in reverse. If the car was advertised incorrectly for $5000 more in the paper than it should be but you never saw the ad. How would you feel if they tried to make you pay extra for the car. Wouldn't you argue that the price was wrong in the paper and demand a lower price.





You can't have it both ways.
Whatever the price was they don't need to be obligated to sell you the vehicle at that price. After all plenty of car deals go down after hours and hours of discussion. For example my company that I work for we advertised brand new camry's lease price as somewhere around 8900 dollars and people called in if that is the ';selling price'; not the ';lease price';





They don't have to be obligated. It's just like ';We reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE';
Yes, Ironball is right. It's bait and switch, and it's a very common tactic used by dealers. Did you speak with the sales manager? Usually if you show them the ad, they will back down. You could proceed with a lawsuit, but what would you win? You would have to buy the car at the higher price to have any proof of how much extra it cost you and try to recover that amount. It's worth more to the dealer not to lose the sale, so push aggressively to get the sale price.
Sure, you can sue. Dealers get sued for this all the time, often by state Attorneys General. They sometimes lose; mostly they don't. But if you are going to sue, make sure you have plenty of money, time, and patience -- and be prepared to lose it all.
well you could spend money your money getting a lawyer and trying to prove it wasnt a misprint or you could just never buy a car form them which is what i would do good sign they are that great a place to buy from anyways
Yes it is false advertising. Also known as ';bait and switch';.
Car dealers are famous for this, which is one of the many reasons people hate car dealers and buying new cars.


They have one advertised, and then when you get to the dealership, they either say it is a misprint or it mysteriously was sold in the 30 minutes it took you to get to the dealership.





You and I both know it is blatant misrepresentation. However, I am willing to bet that the advertisement says, in small letters ';Dealer not responsible for misprints';.


This is their loophole. Whenever they don't wan't to make that deal, then they will say that.





You will find that 90% of dealerships that advertise in the paper use this technique just to get you in the dealership.





There are, however, honest dealers out there.


I recommend not doing business with this dealership, telling all of the people you know not to do business with them and shop somewhere else.





I would have caused a big scene if there were other people in the dealership. I'm sure you aren't the only person they did this to.





You can't really sue and win because you are not out anything other than your time. And a court won't give you reimbursement for time.