Oct 01 2016

Jamaica's used-car dealers are dismissing talk that they have been importing used cars that are not made for Jamaica and that it renders them unserviceable. Managing director of Carland Investments Tariq Malik describes the assertion as a scare tactic aimed at preventing prospective car owners from getting the types of cars that other markets get

Over the past two weeks, Automotives has reported that new car dealers are reluctant to service used cars, especially those imported into Jamaica from the Japanese domestic market (JDM). The reluctance stems mainly from the touted unavailability of spare parts caused by incompatibility with the available parts for new cars. In addition, there were claims that diagnostic machines are sometimes unable read the codes on some JDM vehicles

A new car-dealer should be ashamed to even give the impression that their diagnostic machine is inferior to those utilised by local auto mechanics outside new-car dealerships," Hamilton blasted, pointing out that many local technicians have the necessary diagnostic tools

Used car-dealers contacted by Automotives were at one in the assertion that they have never come across a person who has had a problem with a JDM vehicle, more so than any new car. They pointed to the warranties that go with every used vehicle they sell, in addition to the after-sales service on offer