Car buyer's nightmare: His first car breaks down hours after collection, and then 'detained' by Tampines car dealer for weeks

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Buying his first car was supposed to be a joyous milestone for this man, but it quickly turned into a prolonged nightmare. Just hours after he collected the car, he said it broke down and was subsequently held by the car dealer for two weeks before he got it back after making a police report. In an interview with AsiaOne,...

Buying his first car was supposed to be a joyous milestone for this man, but it quickly turned into a prolonged nightmare.

On the day of the collection, Nishit felt nothing was amiss at the dealership located along Tampines North Drive 1.But in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday , Nishit wrote that while on his way home at 10pm on March 20, he noticed that the 'check engine' light had lit up. "I was in disbelief at this point," Nishit said, adding that he "had no choice but to agree since the car was already in their hands".

After threatening to call the police, Nishit wrote that Alvin appeared to have relented and told him that the company would provide a replacement car for free.

 

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