Used Car Help!

danjones

I bought a 58 plate Seat Ibiza 1.2 back in december from Ron Skinner and sons which is a car supermarket close to where i live. I've been having issues with the horrendous fuel economy on the car. I think at best i've managed to get 27mpg, I've filled the tank this week to the brim which cost £45 and its done all of 250 miles.

Its been into White Dove in cardiff 3 times for the fault to rectified but no one can seem to get to the bottom of it. They now think its the sender unit in the tank which is giving inaccurate readings but it seems to read the tank being full without any issues.

Can anyone explain what my rights would be in rejecting the car if i am unable to get it fixed or what the problem may even be?

Many Thanks
Dan

whatmichaelsays

You need to bare in mind that the "official" MPG figures are not representative of "real world" driving and are merely a "point for comparison". The tests are done to strict laboratory conditions - conditions that your car isn't likely to experience on the road.

Your MPG will be dependent on a whole range of factors; the type of driving that you do (town, motorway, etc), the weight that you are carrying, your style of driving (are you an aggressive driver?), the condition of the tyres, weather conditions, wind resistance - the list goes on.

In my opinion, you would have a hell of a job proving that poor MPG is down to a fault with the vehicle.

Flyboy152

danjones wrote: »

I bought a 58 plate Seat Ibiza 1.2 back in december from Ron Skinner and sons which is a car supermarket close to where i live. I've been having issues with the horrendous fuel economy on the car. I think at best i've managed to get 27mpg, I've filled the tank this week to the brim which cost £45 and its done all of 250 miles.

Its been into White Dove in cardiff 3 times for the fault to rectified but no one can seem to get to the bottom of it. They now think its the sender unit in the tank which is giving inaccurate readings but it seems to read the tank being full without any issues.

Can anyone explain what my rights would be in rejecting the car if i am unable to get it fixed or what the problem may even be?

Many Thanks
Dan

That is not a fuel consumption issue, that is a sensor issue. The above works out at about thirty-three miles to the gallon.

NeverAgain_2

Big and heavy car for the size of engine, and these are not known to be economical.

The government figures show urban consumption as 39mpg.

Short journeys from cold, especially this time of year, could easily lead to around 30mpg.

Poor fuel economy is one of the hardest things to prove as grounds for rejecting the car.

The fact that a franchised dealer says there is nothing wrong with it makes rejecting the car all the more difficult.

danjones

I do agree that weather and driving styles can affect the mpg of the car, but when you've gone from a 1.8 focus which does 37 to 40 mpg to a 1.2 Ibiza which is doing less it scares me slightly. I'm no miss daisy using the car to pop back and forth to the shops, it does 60 motorway miles a day and doing 27-33mpg surely isn't acceptable?

Flyboy152

As was alluded to earlier, a small engine for the weight of car. It is using far more energy than is available to move the car. Therefore, it will not be as efficient as a car with a more powerful engine.

bungle4by4

i dont think you can return the car as i think its working perfectly, if it was overfuelling, then it would light the check engine light on the dash mate.

pretty sure its just a thirsty car.

forgotmyname

Your trying to drive it like a 1.8. So to keepup with the traffic your pushing it a lot more.

Focus had 120bhp ish? now you have less than 70bhp, You need to find the correct way to drive
it. Too little revs can use as much fuel as too many revs.

Need to make the most of the little amount of power and torque you have.


£45 fuel @ £1.25 litre? 36 litres in a tank that holds 45+Litres, Still a couple of gallons left.