We did not want to write this negative review/warning, but Angelo Zanghi from BlingBling Auto Sales Corp. forced our hand by not honoring this word to refund our auto purchase. After 4 months of following Angelo's lead attempting to remediate this vehicles mechanical issue(s), we feel that he has sent us on a fool's journey with no intention of making good on his business promise or standing behind the vehicle he sold us. So please be careful and proceed with caution. Our abbreviated experience is below.
We were excited about finding our vehicle online from BlingBling in June 2015. This was our daughter's first car and she needed it to drive from CT to North Dakota for college. We all enjoyed the process of finding/buying this $6000 Nissan Pathfinder LE with ~96k miles. We consulted Yelp to ensure BlingBling reputation was intact/legitimate. Our transaction with owner/father Angelo and son Anthony well smoothly.
However, from the very first day, we learned/discovered that this vehicle had a serious mechanical flaw/defect - it kills intermittently (losing all steering and braking ability) with no evident cause, trigger or frequency. We immediately notified Angelo at BlingBling/Angelo about this serious "defect" via phone calls and email.
We collectively agreed take the car to one of our local (Yelp highly-rated) mechanics. After they had the car for several days, they were able to experience the mechanical failure for himself intermittently. His computer showed mixed signals that he could only remediate by replacing different parts, one at a time. He could not guarantee that he understood the source of the problem so the cost and the results of his efforts could not be confirmed - it was his professional opinion/advice to us that the car should be returned to the selling dealer and, if reputable, should/would refund our money.
We contacted BlingBling saying that we didn't feel comfortable moving forward with this dangerous car, but Angelo assured us that their affiliated mechanic would solve the problem. We returned the car to BlingBling on two different dates. Angelo empathetically assured us that if his mechanic could not solve the problem than they would "take the car back and fully refund our money." After several more weeks of their troubleshooting and driving it, they said it was fixed (they flashed the computer they said). When we finally were able to pick up the car, the vehicle again stalled several times within a few days, with no apparent trigger or cause. So nothing was fixed/improved.
Again we voiced our alarm and request to return/refund the car. Angelo stated that according to Lemon Law regulations, he had to have 2-3 opportunities to fix the car before taking it back. For the final attempt, we were requested to take the Pathfinder to our local certified Nissan dealer/mechanic. (Our large family of 7 had been without a second vehicle now for several months, and were out $6K - needless to say, we were very frustrated but wanted to work with BlingBling so the car could become something other than a death trap.
So after another several weeks at Nissan, they identified 2 components that they felt could be causing the stall/killing. BlingBling did the right thing and paid the dealers ~$1500 invoice. However, on the drive back from the Nissan garage, the car stalled again! So all this effort and money has not fixed the flaw/defect, and we're still in the same predicament after 4 very stressful months and much lost work moving the car back and forth.
We are now obviously tired of dealing with this situation and the BlingBling runaround. Our patience is expired and Angelo is now fully reneging on his professional and personal word and commitment to "do the right thing by our family and not leave us with a car that was hazardous for our daughter to drive." Unfortunately now, we are being forced to hire a lawyer to recoup our losses and share our story on any/all consumer feedback/satisfaction sites, so others are aware of how BlingBling treated our family and this situation. read more