Car warranty after change of ownership

paddedjohn

what make/model is your camper? £1500 sounds a lot

clare-iom

It's a Ford Freda - Jap import - conversion to camper

NeverAgain_2

It's re-badged Mazda Bongo.

There's an online club/forum for both vehicles.

Might not be too much help now, but could be useful in future:

http://www.bongofury.co.uk/

Just had a quick look at the site, there are a few independent dealers on there who might be able to do the repair cheaper.

Worth a call if there's one near you.

Flyboy152

thenudeone wrote: »

Some years ago I bough a car from a main dealer and bought a 2 year warranty. The warranty didn't mention whether it was transferrable or not.

Shortly afterwards I got a new job with a company car and had to sell the other one. Obviously it's worth more with 18 months warranty. The dealer refused to agree that I could transfer it to any new owner.

I wrote to them as follws:

I have taken legal advice and have been advised that under section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 and the contra-preferentum rule under equity (i.e. general case law) the benefits should be transferable since they have not been expressly ruled out, and that prohibiting the transfer of the benefits would only be allowable if the prohibition was expressly included in the contract, which it was not. Nowhere in the warranty does it state in any way that cover cannot be transferred to anyone other than the original purchaser.

RESULT = success. The dealer wrote me a letter to hand to the next owner confirming that they would honour the warranty.

But that would only work if the terms and conditions do not expressly prohibit the transfer.

1mullers1

Hi
I have a similar problem. I purchased a car recently from a dealer who produced a raft of service history which included an invoice for head gasket replacement carried out by a garage less than 4000 miles from when it was done. This was paid for by the previous owner and I assumed that the warranty on the repairs would be transferable. However, the garage said that the work they did on the car was for the previous owner and therefore not transferable. is this right?

MrSmartprice

clare-iom wrote: »

Having read previous posts I'm aware of the fact that its a private sale I dont have any comeback with the seller but is there anything I can do considering I've not owned it a week?

That isn't actually true. Some sections of the Sale of Goods Act certainly do cover private sales. The most important is that the goods must comply with their description.

When you bought the vehicle, was it as a result of an advertisement? And if so, was it described as 'good condition' or similar. If that is the case you would have a claim against the seller, private or not.

It is a common misconception that sellers can wash their hands of all responsibility in law. They can't. It's like when they put something like 'sold as seen' on an invoice. That has no effect at all, and is actually an offence to do so.

birkee

The costs these days are mind blowing. Who diagnosed head gasket AND cylinder head?

Perhaps you need a friendly mechanic to do it, who doesn't charge trade prices.

I know this doesn't help, but just as an indication.....years ago, gasket sets were so cheap (relatively) that when I bought a second hand car, I used to whip the cylinder head off, do and inspection and a decoke, maybe new valve springs, and all for a modest cost. (It needed to be!)
I suppose my point is, what do the parts cost? How much is being spent on labour by having it done by the trade?
Will an independant mechanic whip the head off, and find it's just the gasket? Or will the gasket be caused by a faulty cylinder head.
Presumably, the car is off the road, so an inspection first, might save buying a cylinder head ...... but you can't then go to the trade with it in bits. (Or can you?)

darich

birkee wrote: »

I know this doesn't help, but just as an indication.....years ago, gasket sets were so cheap (relatively) that when I bought a second hand car, I used to whip the cylinder head off, do and inspection and a decoke, maybe new valve springs, and all for a modest cost.

I remember the days well......
A crowd of us were generally into Vauxhall cars since they were reliable, cheap, easy to maintain etc.
Whenever anyone of us bought one we bought a head gasket kit from the local autoparts for something like £15-20.
One night in the garage, got the head off, new gasket kit fitted and drive it out a few hours later.

I'd have to consider selling ther car if I was quoted for a head gasket job now!!

birkee

darich wrote: »

I remember the days well......
A crowd of us were generally into Vauxhall cars since they were reliable, cheap, easy to maintain etc.
Whenever anyone of us bought one we bought a head gasket kit from the local autoparts for something like £15-20.
One night in the garage, got the head off, new gasket kit fitted and drive it out a few hours later.

I'd have to consider selling ther car if I was quoted for a head gasket job now!!

If you were as old as me, a gasket set could be had for a fiver.

I've known one pretty fair company car scrapped because of a cylinder head fault. "Beyond economical repair" they said!

thenudeone

1mullers1 wrote: »

.. head gasket replacement [CUT] paid for by the previous owner and I assumed that the warranty on the repairs would be transferable. However, the garage said that the work they did on the car was for the previous owner and therefore not transferable. is this right?

If there was a specific written warranty or guarantee then, unless the documents say otherwise, you may be entitled to the benefit of it. See my post above for the details. I don't understand the pieces of law that I was advised to mention, but it worked.
If there was nothing in writing, you will struggle because you were not party to the original contract. and there is nothing in place that could be construed as "insurance".