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Federal law prohibits the sale of new vehicles under an open recall; the rules vary for used vehicles by state. Several states now require dealers to disclose open recalls to used-car buyers and to repair recalled vehicles before sale. Compliance varies widely across regions.
Selling a vehicle with an undisclosed open recall produces consumer-protection exposure and, in some states, automatic rescission rights for the buyer. The cost is far higher than the recall repair would have been.
Most states distinguish between retail, wholesale, and broker dealer licenses, with different bonding, facility, and inventory requirements. A wholesale license does not authorize retail sale to consumers; selling cross-category is a license violation that can trigger immediate suspension regardless of intent.
Cross-category sales are also typically uninsurable under the dealer's bond, leaving the dealer personally exposed on consumer claims that arose from the unauthorized sale.
Floor-plan lenders perform unannounced inventory audits to verify that every financed vehicle is on the lot, in the condition reported, and not sold-out-of-trust. The audit cycle is typically monthly. Discrepancies — a vehicle not present without proof of sale and payoff — trigger acceleration of the entire credit line in many agreements.
Sold-out-of-trust findings can convert a manageable cash-flow gap into immediate demand for the entire floor-plan balance. Recovery from a single bad audit can take years.
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