Section 75

the_paulgardner

I purchased a car last month and it is under warranty which has a limit of £2500. My car, costing £5500 all paid on my Barclay Visa card, has blown up on the side of the road and there are loads of things now wrong with it. As the limit for each claim is £500 and I want rid of the car. Could I claim this as section 75?

DarkConvict

If its under warranty can you not get it repaired under that?

McKneff

The OP has said that there is a limit of £500 per warranty claim.

Did you take out GAP insurance.

Cant see you claiming on section 75. But dont quote me on that, I'm not really sure, i suppose you really need to know what caused it to blow up.

Go back to the dealer and see what he says, the £500 limit seems a bit suss really

You may have to take legal advice. Most solicitors give a free half hour session.

Fiddlestick

the_paulgardner wrote: »

Could I claim this as section 75?

Unlikely.

Section 75 makes the card issuer jointly liable for the performance of the contract.

If the contract only offers you a warranty to the value of £x and the vendor is upholding that, you have no Section 75 claim.

Section 75 is not insurance...

ILW

What has the dealer got to say?
This should be directed at trading standards.

dazza.mk

Fiddlestick wrote: »

Unlikely.

Section 75 makes the card issuer jointly liable for the performance of the contract.

If the contract only offers you a warranty to the value of £x and the vendor is upholding that, you have no Section 75 claim.

Section 75 is not insurance...

Conditions of the warranty are irrelevant if the protection is lower than you have a legal right to:

Attached link may help:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_world/consumer_affairs/buying_second_hand_vehicles.htm#you_bought_the_vehicle_from_a_dealer