回复：Car_Refund lawyer

You need to refer back to the terms of your contract. If it is an "as is" sale, you are unlikely to have a claim. However, if the terms of the sale is not "as is," you may have a claim because the seller has a duty to disclose defects under "good faith" clause of the Uniform Commercial Code.

But, of course, the burden of proof is yours to establish the prior owner knew about the defect and did not disclose it when selling the car to you.