Staff at a car dealers have been accused of harassment.

Staff at a car dealers have been accused of harassment.

A woman has launched legal action against a north-side car dealership after two employees allegedly bombarded her with obscene and flirtatious text messages.

Lawyers for Stephanie D'Arsie have filed a claim against Bacova Holdings, trading as National Capital Motors Belconnen, in the ACT Supreme Court seeking damages.

Neither employee is named as a defendant in the case. The dealership says it intends to fight the allegations.

In a statement of claim filed by the law firm Ken Cush & Associates, Ms D'Arsie has argued the dealership's conduct caused her financial loss, stress, anxiety and injury.

The allegations arose after she went to the Belconnen dealership in October last year looking to take advantage of a discounted financing offer and buy a new car.

The next month she took a Nissan hatch for a test drive and made a successful application for financing, according to her statement of claim. But it is alleged in the wake of the agreement, but before receiving her car, she received 38 messages from employee Trevor Weir ''which were partly related to the delivery of the vehicle and which were of a flirtatious nature''.

And it is alleged she received another 126 from a second employee, Ben Thomas, which were partly about the transaction and ''which were also of a flirtatious nature and in some cases explicitly sexual''.

The messages from Mr Thomas allegedly included references to oral sex, offensive language, references to masturbation and a picture of male genitalia. Less than a fortnight after test driving the car she allegedly complained to National Capital Motors Belconnen. Ms D'Arsie allegedly said she felt harassed, that she had told them to stop sending her the messages and she no longer wanted the car.

The statement of claim alleges another employee told her if she went ahead with the deal she would only have to deal with a female finance manager.

But a few days later, when she arrived to collect the car, it is alleged she was taken into an office next to that of one of the men and felt intimidated.

She signed a contract but failed to notice the discounted 5 per cent interest had been increased to 13 per cent.

It is alleged Mr Thomas later told her she was no longer entitled to the discount because the deal was taken from him after her complaint.

Her lawyers allege the actions of the dealership and those of its staff amount to a breach of contract and consumer laws.

Ms D'Arsie's solicitor, Sam Tierney, said his client was too distraught to comment publicly on the case. A representative of National Capital Motors Belconnen said yesterday it had yet to file a response but would be defending the claims. The two staff members were still working for the company.

The matter has yet to be listed for a court date.