Usually, yes. They charge for time and parts, not result.
Yes. They did work on it, so you owe. If you can prove they caused the problems you have a court case for small claims court.
You still pay the car note and enjoy the lawn decoration
Yes if you owe for repairs. But you may need to check state to state laws.
lemon law. look into it if they cant fix it they have to replace it. pick out a 07. dont be nice they know they owe you if they cant make it right.
No
They take you to court
An insurance company would owe you what it would cost to have a mechanic/body shop repair the car. You have the option to keep the money or pay to get it repaired. If you are talking about your own insurance company then your deductible would come out of any amount paid if you have full coverage.
i will assume you are the claimant and the draft is made payable to you not you and shop or lien holder...in that case you can do whatever you want, fix it don't fix it, have your buddy fix it, ...but understand should you have another loss, or total, and this damage is unrepaired or the vehicle is repo'd the amount of this unrepaired damage will be deducted, from the new repair (if in the same area) or from the value of the vehicle in a total...or in the repo example they will add this to what you owe....
not in the U.S. don't know about other countries It can't be repossessed as far as I know, but the mechanic can place a mechanic's lien on the car in most, if not all U.S. states.
they sell the auto at an auction sell it to the highest bidder and you the remainder
own more of car than you owe
yes you can trade it in. But if you owe more than what the dealer is going to give you for the car the remaining balance will be added to your new loan