Can i sue used car dealer ship?

I brought a 2012 vw jetta in 2014. I paid almost 1900 in total. I new i was robbed after the fact. In 2016 I go to Honda dealer ship to try and trade in my car and they told me that my car was reported stolen in 2013 and that my car was used a a rental. Honda told me that I have a upside down car because they over charger me and didn't tell me the true facts about the car. Can i take them to court?

Yes

No case there. You don't yet have any documentation of the actual history (Honda almost certainly used Carfax, which is notoriously bad for title and accident history) and you hve no proof that VW knew or should have known about that history. If you could sue VW for what they probably didn't know, Honda could sue you if you sold it as you knew it was and they said it was stolen and a rental.

Anybody can sue anybody for anything. Whether you can win is the question, especially 3 years later.

You can sue anyone

So actually you can sue anyone for anything, but can you win? Unlikely.

Did you ask if it had ever been a rental? Did you ask if it had ever been stolen? They are not required to offer information but are not allowed to lie if you ask and they know. As for charging too much, you agreed to pay it so tough luck there.

Now… How can anyone be upside down after 4 years? What did you do? Take out a mortgage on the car? No new car should ever be financed for more than 5 years and no used car should ever be financed for over 3 years.

Learn to ask specific questions. Find the value of the car and compare to the price of the car. Negotiate or walk away if the price and value don't line up. Read all the papers to make sure they say what was agreed on because only what is written and signed matters. Check price, description of car, interest rates, monthly payments. If you have a written sales contract nothing that was said orally matters.

Overcharging isn't a crime. Neither is the fact that it was a rental. Sounds like you didn't do your homework. The fact that you got maybe a 3 year old car for $1900 should have been a clue there were issues with it.

If the car was stolen then you might be able to get your money back, I would start with an attorney. If the car was stolen and returned to the owner who then sold it, you're out of luck if that is your argument.

First of all, a car being stolen and recovered is not something that needs to be disclosed, nor does it effect the value of the vehicle at all unless there was major damage.

The fact that the car was used as a rental apparently did not hurt it, seeing as you drove it over two years without complaint.

There are other unanswered questions here also. How many miles have you driven the car? Mileage decreases the value of the vehicle. What is the current condition of the car? Does it have scrapes, dents or paint problems? Does it need repairs or tire replacement?

How long is your loan term? How much did you put down on the car? The longer the term of the loan, the lower the payments but this also means that you take longer to get to the point where you have equity in the vehicle.

It seems to me that you have no case

Third the dealer who sold you the car may have had no knowledge of either situation. Many dealers do not run history reports on vehicles they purchase from other dealers or at auction. Some may to gain an advantage when appraising potential trade ins, but seeing as dealer auctions usually run history for damage or mileage issues, there's no advantage to the dealer in running a report themselves

The fact that you were naive/gullible when purchasing your car and lacked the knowledge to do your research before you bought is not the dealer's problem. It is also not the dealer's fault you "paid too much" for the car. You accept a risk anytime you buy a used vehicle. Used cars are sold "as is". There's very little that a seller is required to disclose when selling a car. The rest is the buyer's responsibility to figure out on their own. Knowledge is your best defense when buying a vehicle. Try accepting responsibility for your actions instead of looking for someone else to blame.

If you got a 2012 Jetta for $1900 then you got a steal, you were not robbed. You should have been suspicious about how cheap it was. If the used car dealer did NOT have the title then that is another clue there was a problem. Lastly, if you had run a CarFax or other car investigation tool, you would have found out about it being stolen. Assuming Honda is telling you the truth. I would double check the stolen story. If true, then you need to inform your car insurance company, the police and THEN inform the dealer that you want full restitution of purchase price because it was stolen.