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Yesterday (Saturday) I purchased a second car for the wife from a large dealership in Denver and I am dissatisfied with my purchase. I bought a 03 Nissan Altima with 60,000 miles on it. The car runs great but ther are some parts broken that do not seem to be normal wear and tear to me. I am taking Monday off of work to go down there and would like to return it or exchange but am not sure if I will run into a snag and get stuck with the car. I have run into problems before trying to purchase a car from a different dealership and don�t know an excessive amount about how dealerships are supposed to operate. Can someone tell me if the dealership should take the car back no questions asked or will I have to debate and argue with a rep at the dealership? Bellow is my list of concerns(noncosmetic) that I have noticed so far. They may just be little things but for an 03 this seems like a lot wrong with the car. I bought my 95 tour that came fully loaded paid $2,500 in 04 and the 9 year old car had less wrong with it. Thanks in advance for any advice or info that can be given.


Driver side door alignment seems off. When I pull the handle to open the door from the inside the door does not open. I have to push out on the door while pulling the handle to open it. Also when the door gets closed with the window rolled down it makes a horrible rattling noise.

Controls on steering wheel do not function with exception of the cruse control. (Controls for stereo, volume, trip, etc.)

Compartment in between front seats is broken. (Compartment has one compartment on top of the other and the do not latch to each other also seems like it is missing another part that slides out.)

Compartment in dash doesn�t stay closed. (Little stash compartment that has a door on it that is open all the time and can not be closed.)

Driver side headlamp isn�t aligned properly. (Pointing at an angle instead of straight.)

Vibrating sound comes from the back of the car while running.

When my father was driving it while following me at night the driver side headlamp was blinding me the whole time. Seems to me that if both the lights where straight they would either both be angled at my rearview or not. So I�m also wondering if the car maybe has been in an accident causing damage to the driver side that was not fixed right. Regardless this car doesn�t seem worth paying above blue book for and if it has been in an accident might be harder to get rid of later.