I've purchased cars from junkyards, and the buy here, pay here places. Any time you buy a used car, you have to figure you know what you're getting. My worst used car purchase from a ”reputable” dealer.
I gave the dealer the opportunity to make things right. 2 years later, he'd declared bankruptcy, been divorced, and lost his dealership. He is now in jail. It had to do with an ABS light. Rather than replacing the faulty module, he removed the bulb. Illegal. He admitted it in court. Then he assaulted the bailiff. All over a $200 module. He lost the bulb, so that cost him $38. I don't know how much the labor was.
There was an honest used car dealership in NY. Lemons Used Cars. He may have spelled it ”Lemonds”.