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The closing of Nashville Dodge in Antioch, which was seized by the Tennessee Department of Revenue last month for not paying taxes, has created a nightmare for customers — many of whom bought vehicles from the dealer but haven’t been able to get them licensed.
And inside the service department as many as 15 vehicles that customers had left for repairs several weeks ago remain locked up and unavailable to their owners as Chrysler Financial, the financing arm of the manufacturer, wades through paperwork to see if it has a lien on the property.
Nashville Dodge owner Jaime Vegara, a Florida businessman, said Wednesday that although the past due sales taxes have now been paid, he doesn’t intend to reopen the dealership himself because he doesn’t have the money to keep it going.
Vegara said he has found a “suitable buyer” for the dealership, though, and hopes to have the sale approved by Chrysler LLC “by the end of the month.
I am a former employee for Nashville Dodge. I am very unhappy with the way everything was handled! I was escorted out of the building by the Dept of Revenue and wasn’t paid for a week of work and the paycheck I go the week before bounced. Never in my life have I experience that kind of treatment. I loved working there, just didn’t like how it all ended!