Problem with 2nd hand car hours after buying. HELP!

ABH_3

LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »

Can't see that the dealer has done anything wrong at all. If anything they have been very proactive. Audi repairs are very expensive so not surprised they want it done elsewhere.

It does doesn't it, until you consider the decreased warranty, the need to get the car back and do the repairs on the cheap, the possible supplying of a car with defects.

Or even the fact that you're purchasing a car from a trader that would have been advertised, one would hope as free from problems. Afterall you don't expect to buy a car then have a bunch of additional repair expenses associated with the purchase do you, at least not unless you've accepted that it would require further repairs.

HTH

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

ABH wrote: »

It does doesn't it, until you consider the decreased warranty, the need to get the car back and do the repairs on the cheap, the possible supplying of a car with defects.

Or even the fact that you're purchasing a car from a trader that would have been advertised, one would hope as free from problems. Afterall you don't expect to buy a car then have a bunch of additional repair expenses associated with the purchase do you, at least not unless you've accepted that it would require further repairs.

HTH

1) The decreased warranty? Im confused the OP states they increased it by 2 months already and may well do so further. the new turbo will undoubtadly be warranted too.

2) There is no doing the repairs on the cheap. They are simply asking it be repaired away from the Audi garage. Maybe the audi garage is overcharging.

3)There is no proof it didnt defect after sale and even if it was faulty their actions seem very proactive and not those of someone who knowlingly sold a faulty car.

And there hasnt been. The garage seem quite happy to repair it at their own expense. If many of the posters on this site got similar treatment when this happened to them they would be estatic.

funkymonkey

but it should have come with three months waranty in the first place!

that is a legal requirement for any vehicle sold by a trader.

he shouldnt have had to increase it in the first place! it should have been three months!

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

funkymonkey wrote: »

but it should have come with three months waranty in the first place!

that is a legal requirement for any vehicle sold by a trader.

he shouldnt have had to increase it in the first place! it should have been three months!

What law would this be? :S

funkymonkey

im sure it is ...... thats what i always thought anyway .... will investigate!!

ABH_3

LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »

1) The decreased warranty? Im confused the OP states they increased it by 2 months already and may well do so further. the new turbo will undoubtadly be warranted too.

You are correct, I read that incorrectly.

2) There is no doing the repairs on the cheap. They are simply asking it be repaired away from the Audi garage. Maybe the audi garage is overcharging.

Maybe, but at least you could reasonably expect that the Audi garage will solve all the problems, afterall the vendor had the car under his charge for a period of time and now suddenly AFTER the sale all of this issues have come to light.

So maybe the vendor didn't feel like doing the repairs because they would cost too much, or the car might not sell. Or maybe it would be able to sell the vehicle to someone who doesn't know what they're doing and as such would conclude everything was operating within tolerances. Afterall why wouldn't it be, its a used car not a wreck.

The vendor may prefer to do alot of things, but the purchaser has to satisfy his own requirements doesn't he, afterall there's no guarantee that the vendor would do the repairs upto the required spec, which as you know could affect his Car Insurance or any subsequent claim should the work NOT match specification, or the incorrect parts being used etc. Afterall, if he had intended to solve these problems he may have discovered them on his own time might he. Hey we could go on like this all night, maybe this maybe that.

3)There is no proof it didnt defect after sale and even if it was faulty their actions seem very proactive and not those of someone who knowlingly sold a faulty car.

Surely proactive would have valeted and investigated that the car was working correctly BEFORE selling it, not after selling it. So they could equally be considered to be apathetic or reacting in light of other facts now being known.

And there hasnt been. The garage seem quite happy to repair it at their own expense. If many of the posters on this site got similar treatment when this happened to them they would be estatic.

Or ecstatic, even

gib786

LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »

The garage seem quite happy to repair it at their own expense. If many of the posters on this site got similar treatment when this happened to them they would be estatic.

Thing is I would rather not have it repaired. I cant trust a car that developed such a big fault so quickly. The trader said he had been using the car for a few days prior to the sale, and said it drove fine. That leads me to believe he is telling porkies as a turbo doesnt fail overnight, the symptoms are there before it dies

gordikin

Did you test drive the car before buying it? It is a 5 year old car so the fault has taken 5 years to develop. You may not want the car repaired but the dealer appears willing to rectify the fault and I think that is all he is obligated to do.

ABH_3

gordikin wrote: »

Did you test drive the car before buying it? It is a 5 year old car so the fault has taken 5 years to develop. You may not want the car repaired but the dealer appears willing to rectify the fault and I think that is all he is obligated to do.

This would suggest you're wrong: http://www.whatcar.com/car-advice/glossary/S/sale-of-goods-act/3159993

HTH

gordikin

Your link says:-The Act of Parliament which sets out the right of consumers to reject new cars which are faulty or not of 'satisfactory quality'. Consumers have around two weeks in which to reject a car. If you think your new car isn't up to scratch, write to the dealer at the earliest opportunity and arrange for it to be returned. ..........It is not a new car!