Any legal minds/lawyers can help me?

Ok so my mom bought a car. When she bought it she traded in her older lexus. The lexus may have been worth 3-4k but it had A LOT of issues so she got 2,500 for it. Which is fine.

The problem is when she bought it she said something busted in the car so she called and he told her to bring it back. She did and he said something got a hole or whatever and he needed to fix it. Fine. Now it has been over a month, the title to the car has arrived, and he has the title to my moms car.

Since week one my mom has been asking him when the car is gonna be ready. Every time he gives her a time frame that time will go and pass and he doesn't even bother to contact her.

Finally she called him and said I'm cing to get the car please have it ready and have my money ready to give back. He then said he has the legal right to take her lexus now and give her her new car as is since he has the title and then she will be responsible for all of the work that has to be done to her purchased car.

He never mentioned what all he was doing on the car, he just keeps saying it's gonna be better than it was before. I don't see anything wrong with a car that would take over a month to fix and why did he have the car on the lot in the first place if he knew it had issues??

I feel like he is trying to get over on my mom and she said she's been researching and it seems he is correct about her not being able to get her money back so I am wondering if there is any legality that will allow her to get her $$ back without penalty? Btw he never have her a new date on when the car will be ready.
And also this is a reputable dealer so I don't know why his customer service is lacking and he's being shady.
TIA.

yall ran them off

Was the vehicle financed? What were the terms of her contract? How long did she have it before the vehicle become immobile? Was he aware that the vehicle may have issues? There are several things that can legally entitle her to a refund, but it's hard to say just from the information posted.

Oh,; whoever holds the title owns the car. But, if she didn't sign a work order and give consent to repairs without even knowing how much or what the repairs would be, I don't see how she could be responsible for the repairs. Technically, yes, verbal consent can be given, but no one gives consent without an estimate.

Y'all need to secretly record that mufuga. Whether in person or on a phone call.

There's ways around someone else holding a title as well. There are many things that could factor in. As Cream stated, laws verify from state to state, so she should just go in and ask for a consultation, or just pay from some one time legal advise.