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Faulty Motor Car Purchased.
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by the symptoms clutch released, engine running and no stall means the clutch has gone so this will be done, the rails ive never seen heared experienced a RAIL be faulty its a peice of chunky metal attached to the floor pan ive heared of the springs going and levers sticking but not rails going if its a sticky lever or dry rail (not greased) it will be stiff and hard to move but even the driest of rails will never fail they dont wear then the seat falls out either its the parts around them that give way.0
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First off be concerned that an indie mech told you that,
Why?why did he need to look at it?
Why is that relevant?Second did you not test these things on the test drive?
The OP didn't test drive it.Third be reasonable with the supplying GGE if these things are true.
A what?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
WoodruffsDad wrote: »1) The independent mechanic was my wife's son. She asked him to check it over after she bought it.
2) My wife wouldn't know a clutch was slipping if it jumped up and bit her. I have now tried it and the car doesn't stall when in gear, engine running and clutch released.
3) What's a "GGE" please?
That makes him not "independent."The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
Well, you would really need to look at what the warranty covers.
A clutch is a consumable so maybe not.
The runners, also probably not
But good luck anyway.
If this was a warranty claim; the clutch, possibly not, but the runners are a safety issue, not a consumable. But anyway, this would be under SoGA.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
WoodruffsDad wrote: »Land Rover Freelanders are not your average driving school car.
Well that is news to us all, why didn't you include that in your OP?0 -
agree that the OP didnt get an INDEPENDANT check on the vehicle.
OP you wifes son wouldnt be classed as an independant garage/mechanic by the dealership nor a small claims court if things went pearshaped infact would go against you as it would be a bias because the mechanic is related to you.
independant is when someone has looked at it and you dont know them i.e a garage of no relation to you.0
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