AG reaches settlement with Zangara Dodge

TWO MONTHS AFTER GOING OUT OF BUSINESS — ZANGARA DODGE IS TRYING TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH SOME OF ITS ANGRY CUSTOMERS — AFTER GETTING PRESSURE FROM THE STATE — AND A JUDGE CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE AT LOMAS AND WYOMING — THE SITE OF THE ONCE POPULAR DEALERSHIP — CRIS AFTER A JUDGE FOUND THAT THE OWNERS OF ZANGARA DODGE WERE VIOLATING THE FAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT AND CHARGED THEM WITH CONTEMPT THE OWNERS DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO WORK WITH STATE OFFICIALS TO CLEAN UP THE WHOLE MESS WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE BACK IN FEBRUARY ABOUT HOW THEIR CREDIT WAS RUINED AFTER THEY BOUGHT CARS FROM THE SINKING ZANGARA DODGE DEALERSHIP ZANGARA WASN T PAYING OFF THE LOANS ON USED CARS THEY HAD ACCEPTED AS TRADE INS SO THE FORMER OWNERS OF THE CARS WERE TAKING THE HIT THEN THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL S OFFICE STEPPED IN 9 35-9 46 we started getting complaints from consumers who were finding they couldn t get their registration the trade in had not been paid off and then shortly after that we all know zangara went out of business THE A-G S OFFICE WAS FLOODED WITH CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AFTER IT ANNOUNCED IT WAS LOOKING INTO ZANGARA DODGE 60 FORMAL COMPLAINTS SO FAR AND THEY SAY MORE WILL PROBABLY BE FILED 16 37 the attorney general will pursue these types of illegal actions by any business NOW ZANGARA HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH A-G S OFFICE TO CLEAR UP ALL THE PROBLEMS — LETTING INVESTIGATORS SEE ITS FILES WITHIN 5 DAYS AND THOSE WHO HAD CREDIT PROBLEMS FROM DEFAULTED TRADE- INS WILL GET A LETTER FROM ZANGARA EXPLAINING THAT THE DEFAULT IS THE DEALERSHIP S FAULT NOT THE CONSUMER S 11 14 and that will help the consumers to clear that up if there was an adverse report THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS ANYONE WHO FELL VICTIM TO ZANGARA CAN STILL FILE A COMPLAINT WITH HIS OFFICE AND THE A-G S OFFICE SAYS IT S PREPARED TO GO BACK TO COURT TO MAKE SURE KEN ZANGARA FOLLOWS THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT