how to sell faulty car?

rkrishna

Hi, my car Turbo is damaged and costs £1000 to fix it. it is a second hand car and I have spent a lot on it already for repairs. my car warranty company inspected the turbo and said it is damaged due to oil flow interruption to the turbo and since it is not a mechanical failure, they won't pay for it. I recently paid £1400 for head gasket repair and the garage did a poor job and they failed to check the Turbo and I started getting whining noise from the car while driving the car after repair, but they said nothing wrong with what they have done and after driving for around 200 miles Turbo failed and the noise was because of the Turbo. the garage is failing to accept responsibility saying no fault has occurred in what they fixed.
I bought the car for £3600 less than two years back from a dealer and spent nearly £3000 for repairs so far (clutch and dual mass flywheel, head gasket and timing belt and other miscellaneous repairs). I would like to know how much my car is worth now. is it worth selling it after fixing it or just selling it as it is? if I want to sell as it is, how can I do that, because it is not in a driveable state? it is Ford Focus 2003 diesel car and mileage is 71K. I am moving abroad after six months and don't want to make huge investment on another car right now and the problem is if I buy another cheap used car, there is no guarantee that will be a reliable one either, I may have to pay more for repairs if that turns out to be bad and don't want to make the situation worse.

MarkyMarkD

Unfortunately, you seem to have suffered a combination of buying a bad car, and spending far too much on repairs.

The £6,600 you have spent in total is far more than your car is worth.

You won't get anything selling it as it is. You are stuck with getting the repair done - somewhere that doesn't rip you off - getting a new MOT, if it hasn't got one, and selling it. You should then get more than the £1,000 back as long as it's in generally good condition.

forgotmyname

£500 - £700 from ebay prices, Depending on the exact model.

cyclonebri1

What ever you do sell it honestly, disclose all faults known, list them, and ensure the buyer signs the receipt to that effect, no comebacks then.

Not offering advise as to whether to sell or not, you'll have to think that 1 through yourself, :beer:

PsiDOC

You don't mention what engine size it is however what about a 2nd hand or a recon turbo?
Buy it yourself and then get it fitted. Fitting should take 2 hours tops and that's being generous.
Looking on ebay prices start from £70 for a 2nd hand one and £225 for a recon. Obviously this does change with different engines variants.
A turbo letting go isn't that bad these days.
Psi

Hintza

I had a car like that once the biggest relief was the day I wrote it off. You spend a bit of money, then a bit more, then a bit more. Then you total it up and decide to get the cambelt done just in case....an then you write it off two days later.

It would be tempting to repair but you sometimes just have to accept that fate is against you on this. Of course if you sell as is you will see it driving around quite happily for the next 15 years!

Sods Law.

vax2002

Did they flush the engine with flushing oil and change the oil After the new head gasket, or just drain and re-fill, leaving all the gunk to clog up everything ?
I would ask..
also dont take the warranty companies word for it, pay to get the contract read, you may be able to sue them for the repair cost.
Well worth exploring.

andy208833

When i got rid of my old Mondeo by trading it in it had several faults including the speedo not working! As it was an auotmatic it was going to cost a large amount to fix so i decided to get rid. I simply declared the defect when i traded it in to the garage, it doesnt cost them half as much to fix it so they werent too bothered.

vax2002

What pumps this oil,, the mechanical oil pump !
some of the excuses of the warranty companies

cyclonebri1

vax2002 wrote: »

Did they flush the engine with flushing oil and change the oil After the new head gasket, or just drain and re-fill, leaving all the gunk to clog up everything ?
I would ask..
also dont take the warranty companies word for it, pay to get the contract read, you may be able to sue them for the repair cost.
Well worth exploring.

I sincerely hope they did not use flushing oil.
That is the worst possible thing you can do to an ailing engine.
Great if it did what it said and removed all the crap with a flush but it doesn't.

It slowly allows scale and carbon into the oil system to clog the filter, stop the relief valve working etc.

Seriouisly if you feel the need to flush the engine just use a normal oil and remove it after a short run, ie 2 mins

rkrishna

thanks for all the replies, I bought another second hand car by part exchanging my old car and got around £1000 for my old car.