Good day, a few days ago I bought a second-hand car (W202/C180/1995) from Private. It was described as accident-free, it is also in the purchase contract. In addition, there was a thick folder with all the bills they have incurred since repurchase. Now I have browsed this folder out of interest and have seen that an accident report from 2002 is about 3000€. Looks after sheet metal damage on the right side. Now my question is, which possibilities do I have? I don’t necessarily have to withdraw from the purchase, but I would never have paid the agreed price if I had known about the accident. How can I hold the previous owner to account for it? On the one hand he had said invoice in possession and could have known about it, on the other hand the invoice was also available when I bought the car and I could have seen it myself. Of course I didn’t go through every single page of the folder when I bought it. Logically, the seller could not have known about it either, because he didn’t have to worry about 200 pages of invoices. On the basis of the documentation, however, I would assume that the first owner would not have kept this secret. The purchase contract from 1st to 2nd hand was also not in the folder, even if I have no idea if something like this would necessarily be shown to the buyer. How would you proceed? Turn on a lawyer? Contact the seller? es da rechtlich aus? If I am not in the right subforum, please excuse me. This one worked most appropriate. I will thank you in advance for all helpful answers. Greetings, CraBz