Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Hello! Just a few questions about the whole title transfer ordeal.
So I was selling something online, wanting cash. Person contacts me asking me if for the item plus 600 bucks I’d take his SUV. I’m like sure, I’ve needed a vehicle anyway, so I go for it. He comes to my place, gives me a quick ride, and we go for the exchange. Funnily enough, I never asked to see his ID and compare it to the title; he hands me the title, it looked good enough to me, and we separated.
After that, I finally start doing my research on the whole process. Never owned a vehicle before, don’t even have my license yet. Turns out there’s a lot to the process, right? Anyway, while talking to the seller and doing digging on the VIN and title holder, he said he never got the title to the car updated to his name when he bought it from the previous seller, and no longer even has any contact info to that previous owner.
So I’m left to ask; Where do I go from here? Is the vehicle salvageable for me, is there too many red flags, what do you think is up?
Any info helps! Thank you.
If it in any way helps, it’s a 2002 Ford explorer. It’s my first vehicle, and was hoping to use it for both myself and my brother.