Zangara customers may be stuck with old bills

COMMUNITY CENTER -- JEFF MAHER EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR A LOT OF ANGRY ZANGARA DODGE CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN CALLING AND EMAILING OUR NEWSROOM THEY SAY THE DEALERSHIP -- WHICH JUST WENT OUT OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY -- HAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF PAYMENTS ON THE VEHICLES THEY TRADED IN LEAVING THEM IN DEBT AND RUINING THEIR CREDIT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JEREMY JOJOLA LOOKED INTO THEIR CLAIMS A SHINY NEW CAR FOR AUDREY GUTHRIE -- WHO JUST BOUGHT IT FROM ZANGARA DODGE -- IT S BITTER SWEET SHE SAYS ZANAGARA TOOK IN HER OLD CAR AS A TRADE-IN BUT HASN T TAKEN OVER THE PAYMENTS ON IT NOW THE BANK IS GOING AFTER HER I don t have the money to pay two car payments It was hard to buy the new car now It s gonna cost me over one- thousand dollars a month for two vehicles I can t afford it WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ IS IN THE SAME SINKING BOAT--- as of today it has not gotten paid the mustang is 70 days past due It has already hit our credit report HE TRADED IN HIS YELLOW MUSTANG FOR A NEW JEEP A FEW MONTHS AGO--- BUT HE SAYS ZANGARA HASN T MADE PAYMENTS ON THE MUSTANG YET EITHER----NOW A BANK TOLD HIM ZANGARA S MONEY TO COVER THE TRADE IN IS NO GOOD and they told me that the check was returned for insufficient funds you know times are tough We re in a recession right now this has gotta make you angry you know i m so upset I don t know whether to be so angry or cry ZANGARA SAYS IT S TEMPORARILY CLOSED LOOKING FOR A BUYER--- OWNER KEN ZANGARA TOLD US LAST WEEK HE S SELLING THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF DISMAL SALES AND THE BAD ECONOMY TODAY THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU REMOVED ZANGARA S B-PLUS RATING---GIVING IT A NO-RATING BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS CLOSED THE BUREAU SAYS IT HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING SAYS HIS OFFICE IS KEEPING AN EYE ON SOME RECENT COMPLAINTS TOO but I think some of our recent complaints had to do with some issues that might be related to cash flow JEREMY JOJOLA EYEN4 WE PUT IN CALLS TO KEN ZANGARA AND EVEN VISITED THE CLOSED DEALERSHIP UP ON LOMAS AND WYOMING -- SO FAR NO RESPONSE FROM HIM A SIGN ON HIS BUSINESS SAYS THE DEALERSHIP WILL