2nd Hand car I bought could of been a right off

SquirrelJ

[FONT=&quot]I bought a care before Christmas from a garage and since then I have had trouble with leaks in the car. I have finally got it fixed (needed the windscreen resealing) when the windscreen guy said that it had a new roof on the car and had been in a crash certainly by the damage. I had no reason to believe it had been in a crash and the guy selling it never told me this. [/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Do you have any comeback if I run on a report on the car and find out it was a right off? What should I do next to make sure that my insurance is valid etc.[/FONT]

lesalanos

what does it say on the V5 registration document? is there any mention of cat c or cat d on it?

SquirrelJ

no he said he would send it off and then after a few weeks said it must of got lost in the post so I had to send off for a new one. Will it say it on my new version?

rev_henry

The V5 story smells funny to me. This is what often happens with crash repaired cars - they seem fine but suffer from endless niggling problems. Why oh why didn't you HPi it before you bought it?

lesalanos

its a bit late but it may be worth doing a hpi check no for peace of mind.

If the V5 says that it is cat c or d then I think that you would have to disclose that to your insurers. If not then you were not to know and they could not show that you had deceived them. I am not an expert though so this is only my opinion.

Strider590

Lots of cars don't get reported as being crash/repaired, it's another symptom of insurance companies making it more costly (in the long run) to make a claim than to get the damaged fixed for yourself.

harveybobbles

SquirrelJ wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]I bought a car before Christmas from a garage[/FONT]

If you bought a car from a garage and they didnt tell you it had been written off then you can get a full refund.

If the car was a lot cheaper than others for the same age/spec/miles etc then they could argue this fact if it ever got to Court.

did you ask how the glass fitter could tell how the roof was new...?!

SquirrelJ

He just said he could tell from experience. Even if I bought in December is there anything I can do now except put it down to experience.

mikey72

You don't know it's been a write off, or in an accident. Could just have been a dented roof, some are just replaced as it's easier than getting the dent out.