Car dealers in Connecticut and nationwide got a bit more time to get reimbursed for their Cash for Clunkers deals after the government extended the deadline until noon today for filing applications for the $3 billion government incentives.
Attorney general Richard Blumenthal said the extension is good for Connecticut consumers and auto dealers.
All sales under the program ended Monday evening. But after already pushing back the deadline to submit records for the car rebate deals to noon today, the Transportation Department said late Monday that dealers may have more time to submit pending claims, due to continued problems with its Web site.
Government computers set up to handle the filings were deluged by dealers trying to send in their sales agreements at the last minute. Before the extension, all the paperwork was supposed to be submitted by Monday night, but the big rush of submissions shut down the government’s computer filing system temporarily.
That raised concern among dealers that they wouldn’t be repaid for the $3,500 or $4,500 per vehicle incentives, and prompted them to push for an extension. (AP)
