Used car broken down after 1 month

bery_451

I bought a used peugeot 206 for £2900 from the trade using my visa card.

I got the receipt plus 3 months mechanical warranty with the car.

What are my rights as a buyer? Is the seller obliged to give me a refund if i refuse repair under warranty?

thanks,

benham3160

Why has it broken down?

I'm going to wager on a 1.1 petrol, cut out, won't start.....

Regards,
Andy

forgotmyname

No, You must give them the chance to repair it.

Having 2nd thoughts about the car?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

forgotmyname wrote: »

No, You must give them the chance to repair it.

Having 2nd thoughts about the car?

weve been here before about this issue of MUST give them the chance to repair it.

no you dont.

but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (before people screem at me)

you would need to know what caused the failure in the first place.

is it a major mechanical failure or something as simple as a sensor.

call the dealer and ask about the car going in to be LOOKED AT not repaired.

once looked at then the dealer and you know exactly what is wrong and what position your both in.

dont go screaming soga dont go screaming blue murder, they are human too.

be polite be know what you want to happen.

funkycoldribena

These threads occur daily nowadays,always seems to be Renault or Peugeot as well....

benham3160

funkycoldribena wrote: »

These threads occur daily nowadays,always seems to be Renault or Peugeot as well....

Would be easy if that was true.

If you actually read the threads, it's not.

mikey72

funkycoldribena wrote: »

These threads occur daily nowadays,always seems to be Renault or Peugeot as well....

Yes, only in your mind.

funkycoldribena

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3979639

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3968571

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3957259

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3950481

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3941205

Will that do? Thats only the similar threads to this one,let alone all the various other Renault/Citroen problem threads.

mikey72

You skipped the Nissan, Toyota, VW, and the Rover off this page, but don't worry, I'm sure they'll be ok. (The ones you listed were from the entire month, so one a week actually)

funkycoldribena

funkycoldribena wrote: »

Thats only the SIMILAR threads to this one,let alone all the various other Renault/Citroen problem threads.

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motorguy

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

weve been here before about this issue of MUST give them the chance to repair it.

no you dont.

but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (before people screem at me)

you would need to know what caused the failure in the first place.

is it a major mechanical failure or something as simple as a sensor.

call the dealer and ask about the car going in to be LOOKED AT not repaired.

once looked at then the dealer and you know exactly what is wrong and what position your both in.

dont go screaming soga dont go screaming blue murder, they are human too.

be polite be know what you want to happen.

Sorry, but this is wrong.

You can only reject the car within a very short period of time. Usually a week, maybe two.

After that, the dealer MUST do one of the following three things - repair the car, refund OR replace the car with an acceptable alternative.

It is down to the dealer which of these three options are the most viable for him financially NOT the customer. Usually it would be a repair, but say the car was worth £1,000 and there was a £2,000 engine failure then it would be more viable to either refund or replace.

Please read this up in the SOGA itself (not on honest john, some other website, etc, which are only summarisations)

With the latter part, yes totally agree, dont go in all guns blazing as it only entrenches the situation. Usually the dealer will sort the problem out with no fuss at all.