So trying to sell my old Kia and had the sale blocked by a security check at the dealer. Turns out some random organisation in Perth I’ve never had any dealings with has taken a security out against my car in 2023, about two years after I bought it from a registered dealer.
I’ve spoken to the company and they claim to know nothing about it, spoke to the original dealer who said it was unsecured when they bought it, and spoken to the finance company I had a loan with thats since been paid out. Even phoned the cops to ask if this is fraud. So far everyone has been as useful as a knitted condom. What legal action am I supposed to be taking here.
EDIT: took some heckling on my partners part but managed to speak to the right people at the company and got it lifted. Also some pleading and maybe a few tears to the agent we were selling to convinced them to give us 48h to sort it out so we can get the car sold. So relatively happy ending after a huge headache.
Still it’s wild that there seems to be a loophole somewhere that a company can put a security on a car they don’t own. Everyone I spoke too including consumer affairs said basically that should be impossible to do.