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Being scammed is how you make your living.

Tried contacting you on multiple platforms. Im a certified tech for these cars and know pretty much everything about it. It's pretty easy to fix all your issues. Theboil leak may be a rear main seal. The motor unplugged is not what you were told. The issue with the touchscreen not selecting the blower motor is the hvac control module, but you still may have a blower motor issue. As for a missing under pannel, its not missing. Nothing should be there. The wheel shake is caused by the bushings, very common issue.

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Weird. You got scammed. Again for the 75th time.

Hoovie pretending to feel sorry for the new Fisker like he isn’t planning to buy the first Fisker Ocean he sees for less than 20k 😬

all I have learned from watching youtubers is that bring a trailer is a dumping ground for broken garbage that they wont tell you about

There’s a company called Karma Automotive in Moreno Valley, California that bought all of the Fisker assets. They reassembled the assembly line and built the Karma Revero which was essentially the Fisker Karma with a new name. They updated some of the electronics and offered services to Fisker Karma owners to have software updated to eliminate the harsh lag on the touchscreen. I don’t know if they are still in business but they may be able to help with the lag issue. Also I was told that suspension was built to pass crash tests and was purposely built to be overkill because Henrik had government loans granted to him and had limited time to get the car built and he wanted to make sure it was beefed up so it would pass crash testing. Henrik was planning on eventually reducing the weight but the company went bankrupt before that happened. The company I work for sent me to the Karma plant in Moreno Valley to help get their assembly line up and running and I was able to drive one of those. It’s a weird car because it’s huge on the outside but very small on the inside.

You definitely need to report that seller to Bringatrailer so they can perma-ban him from selling anything on their site ever again. Scammers like that give their site a bad rep.

“C7 corvette light controls” that’s a weird way of saying your Fisker has Pontiac g6 light controls 🤣

Who scoped all the cigarette burns on the A pillar….

A blower motor out of a Corvette is the same one Fisker uses in your car. You also don't have to pull the dash out you can get to it from behind the glovebox. Water is pouring in around the cabin filter door but you can seal it up and stop the leak and it wont short out again. The motor should be less than $250.

That owners got some bad Karma coming their way after ditching this bad Karma.

Whenever the seller just so happens to be "out of the country" on a "business trip," DO NOT BUY!!!

I just did a blower motor on a Fisker Karma a few weeks ago... We were able to get a C6 Corvette blower motor for $150 at a local auto parts store, and it was a Continential that matched the original perfectly! I was able to get it replaced in about 1.5 hours of time upside down under the dash.... Enjoy!

If you were driving all highway, it doesn't surprise me that it didn't make the advertised range. My 2017 Chevy Volt was the same way. The advertised all-electric range was 53 miles and for in-town driving, I'd gotten over 70 at times, but on the highway, the range dropped to mid-to-low-40s (for 75-80 mph). EVs are exactly opposite of gas cars in that regard. Because of the brake/coast regeneration, your city "mileage" is significantly better than highway.

Welcome to another episode of "Tyler got scammed by buying junk sight unseen on the internet!" 😂😂

hey, Hoovie, check the outside temperature sensor. I had a BMW that showed the outside temperature as zero degrees so the computer wouldn't let the AC come on. Turns out the outside temperature sensor (located under the front bumper) had been damaged. Fixed it for $100.

20 grand? Should have paid no more than 5 grand.

I found an old forum post about someone bitching about a dealer in Toronto Canada charging 4 grand to replace a bad blower motor. the poster then had a dialog with fiskarphilly and said that the car was going from Canada to Florida. this was in 2017 another post on the same thread said the blower motor was the same as a Corvette one and cost them 225 bucks to replace.

The “employee” was probably the owner.

That's why they call that site bring a trailer, because if you buy something it's not going to run, you have to bring a trailer to take it home

One of my friend had his driver side mirror knocked on his old alfa romeo 156 and a/c stopped working. His mechanic fixed the mirror and told him that that mirror was where the outside temperature sensor was living. With the mirror and the sensor gone his a/c didn’t know what the weather was like outside and stopped working all together. When your a/c had a faulty reading of outside temperature i remember that incident from years ago.

5:22 I would say the car is pretty hammered for only 18,000 miles. Check out that A pillar.

What a great ad to avoid Bring A Trailer.

I feel like "Never buy used from Florida" is a reasonable rule.

My shop neighbor has the patent on the lower control arm bushings for the Karma. I do the alignments on everyone he does. He works on the Fiskers from all over the nation. Odds are he has inspected or worked on your car.

fiskar is a prime example of how difficult it is to start up a new brand these days. Bricklin had the same issues back in the day.

As they say, Karma is a bitch. At 10:05 I love how Wizard keeps such a straight face as he shakes his head and says, "what a shame." You KNOW he's dying of laughter inside.

Pull the actual blower motor and cross ref., I'm sure Fisker sourced off the self, reuse housing.

Thank you hoovie for bringing down the resale values of used cars everywhere.... and rightly so

I remember when the Fisker Karma was new. A guy down the street had one. Thought it was the coolest car ever. I’d still buy one today

I think the Fisker is prime for an LS swap. Call your buddy Rich Rebuilds.

$100,000 car with 18k miles for $20k. No factory support, no dealer support. Gee, why would someone sell such a lovely car for $20, what could go wrong buying site unseen over the internet?

I swear everyone who got scammed by a seller should post the name of the crook that sold them the lemon in the video… that’ll stop some of the BS & this includes Tyne dealerships including the salesman and finance managers! It’s time🤔😡

BAT will get flooded with bad press and comments! Somebody out here knows the seller of this car and should OUT him! I’m tire of these scammers costing people thousands of dollars!😡

$1k for a $40 blower motor - woah!! Rockauto cross reference the P/N

It's crazy how you got scammed by the fisker owner and better help all in one video.

My words out loud would be “Oh no Hoovie I’m sorry you got scammed again!”. Wait what’s that internal voice? Hoovie should use his finances to put an LS in the Fisker? Yess yesssss, fantastic idea.

Fisker: "Let's build a hybrid, they are better for the environment" Also Fisker: "Lets make parts all over the planet and assemble it in another country, just like every other manufacturer."

Scammed again, that’s strange. Car salesman are usually so honest.

Plug the lead back in, maybe the issue is that it's unplugged. Always try the obvious stuff first!!!

To be fair, that car and company were a scam from day 1 and still going at it today. And the fisker guy somehow still running around scot-free raising more millions for his next money pit venture.

Fun fact. Henrik Fisker was employed by Tesla to design the Model S. He quit , took the design with him, and launched the Karma at Fisker Motors.

Hoovies yet again saving us viewers thousands. If you're in a tight budget avoid highly devalued luxury cars, especially from low production Automakers.

honestly despite this car being a flop? it's a lot less trashier than the CyberDump

"Cyber Dump" -Car Wizard. LOL

Good to see hoovies garage back to what it’s about. Less of the self indulgent expensive cars/house and back to proper interesting hoopties

Just FYI, this is not a "plug-in hybrid"! It is in fact a range extender EV, as in the gas engine is there to only provide electricity for the batteries. There is no classic gearbox or direct coupling between the engine and the wheels! It is in fact just an generator

Wizard must hear a cha- ching sound in his head every time Hovie pulls in.

Hey Tyler, I always feel so rejuvenated after seeing your purchases - I no longer feel a plonker after my own purchases.

Never forget, it's called "Bring a trailer" for a reason xD.

Kinda seems like you should avoid “Bring a Trailer.”

That thing needs to be LS Swapped it is BEAUTIFUL

Good luck with it. That is a beautiful body style and fine interior. Hoping You can get it fixed.

I really want to see this car fixed and sorted out, it is beautiful. We don't have too many cars built here in Finland, but this is definitely one of the most interesting ones. Great that there is still an active community for these cars!

The ugly electric truck showed you will buy anything, lol.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me over and over and over again", (play The Dave Clark Five ). Serenity now, serenity now!!

BOSAL is a Dutch manufacturer that produces and supplies exhausts, catalysts, diesel particulate filters (DPF)

The wizards laugh when he’s making fun of Tyler’s stuff 😂😂😂 I love it

Can't trust Bring a Trailer anymore. Terrible. Never use that site again. I'm done.

The blower motor is probably a GM $199 special

Previous owner says "Why do you think it's CALLED Bring A Trailer???"

the AC vents, the steering wheel buttons, the window switches are all from a 2011 Cruze lol

I’d never buy a car from a “representative”

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice Turbo LS Swap it and shame them all. - PLATO

I had a Bosal exhaust on my 1995 M3. The original owner was Australian and brought the M3 here from Canada. I never did look into where Bosal came from or what happened to them. I did love that exhaust. There’s a video of me doing donuts in the m3 with it here on YT.

I have a b207 ecotec engine (very similar to yours), and one thing that is guaranteed to fail and cause an oil leak is the pcv valve. It is a check valve with a rubber flap in it which dries out over time, this causes high pressure in the crankcase which creates oil leaks. Just replaced mine, you need to remove the intake manifold which is a pain in the ass but no more oil leaks now and the engine runs better. If you find the valve cover gasket to be hard i can almost guarantee the pcv valve is also in need of replacing.

Previous owner must have been a smoker, judging by the burn marks on the driver side A-pillar.

Blower motor: my Saab blower motor was seized due to water infiltration, I took it apart, soaked it in some magic sauce, and after a few days, it ran perfectly. I also found the defective engineering that let water into the motor and fixed that.

Serves you right for buying a hybrid piece of crap

I actually drove a HHR with the 2.2 and it had the same oil leak from the VVT solenoids. The stock ones would go bad around 100k miles, and the leak started when I replaced them. The new ones are a bit too small. On the HHR the oil just leaked down the engine and not on the exhaust so there was no smoke. I actually thought a little bit of external oil might be helpful against rust or salt corrosion. It was the real McCoy as far as I was concerned, haha.

If a car is for sale anywhere in Southern Florida, i automatically assume scam and move on. Cars in Chicago also seem to be iffy more than not but just my limited amateur experiences 🤷

We love ya mate - keep trucking on. You are a genuine inspiration! Tom from New Zealand

Wichita KS HAD a Fisker Karma about 5 to 7 years ago FOR SALE at Dodge Dealership on West Kellogg., sat outdoors under roof cover for about a year.

Good luck in the storm! Looks like the garage is about to get its first big test!

I’m really sad that wizard will be retired in a few more years the future videos won’t be the same and that means his channel will be gone as well if he’s not a mechanic anymore. Love you David

Speaking of Lada… The same factory that built the Fisker Karma in Finland also used to build Lada Samara cars for the European market. And that Lada also had a GM 4 cylinder engine in it. Old Russian Lada engines couldn’t pass European emissions limits, so they got a 1.5 liter fuel injected GM engines for the EuroSamara

20:40 no they definitely knew about the HVAC issue because remember, the connector was unplugged so they had to know.

So bring a trailer cares so little that someone can violate their policy and they just let it go?

Bring a Trailer is garbage now. They'll sell anything and wash their hands.

It is still… at the very least sensationally gorgeous! Thanks for the video.

James man hats off.. you took it out without any experience you gonna put it back with no issues.. All the Experts and professional started like that too none was born with it … Koodos man keep it going…

I saw an extremely cool shaped car, and when I got closer, the emblem said Fisker. Really standout looking.

Fisker, a good designer but absolutely never let him manage a company. He was hawking some "solid state" wonder battery to drive up the stock that was a complete scam as well.

Being scammed is a way of life for Hoovie and his hoopties.

A neighbor of mine had one of these. Every time he took it out it broke down. I don't know how many times I've seen him pulling out of the driveway, just to catch up with him stuck on the side of the road. That thing had more miles on the back of a truck than it did on the road.

This can only end badly

Thank God I was never considering to buy one of these basket cases. Valuable consumer information.

If you take a flat-blade screwdriver under the tab and pull it up briskly, the tab will auto-remove without posing any future problems with disconnection. In extreme cases, Aqua Seal can be used to protect plugs when reconnected -- they should come from the factory this way, but that's a premium upgrade.

You _might_ actually get tips and tricks on increasing the battery range from the Chevy Volt forums since the battery pack in these I think has similar lineage with the first Chevy Volt prototypes (Continental/A123 Systems). You might be able to rebalanced the cells with GM tools, or another way they do it with the Volt is put it on blocks and just let it roll in Drive while in EV mode (without applying the accelerator pedal so the gas engine never kicks in with 1 mile of range left) and just let it fall below minimum state of charge for a time (which I guess also balances the cells without a visit to a dealer). My Volt with 90K miles has experienced about 6% in range loss although I rarely discharge it completely.

I'd say the first mistake is buying a car that was made by a company that went under after the first model year, came back and then went bankrupt again.

You’d think being a trailer would help out with issues like this.

My grandfather had a Lada..Zhiguli in the 70s, that was fun for its time

The Wizard’s chuckle is priceless. Pure filth lol 😄

44 secs and only....what am I doing with life?

The wizards shop must charge you three times what any average customer pays.

Well the site is call BRING A TRAILER! You should have listened! LOL!

At presentation of the Ocean, I thought that Fisker did it right in his second attempt. However, introducing a car brand cost many billions more than engineering a great car and getting it built by Magna..