brought a seconed hand car now gone faulty and dealer gone bust

welshbird56

Hoping for some advise on july 30 2012 we traded in our old car for a replacement Car, within 5 days of purchase we had to return to Dealer and advise them of a knocking in the engine they took it in for inspection and said it was ok a few days later we again complained they recommended we take it to a specific garage for further investigation they did a repair but on driving after testing the brakes were then found to be locking our car has since been in the recommended garage as they say it is unsafe to drive so we are without a vechile as it is waiting for full repair we have been pursing the Dealer TO PAY the costs only to find out he has closed his place of Trading? and we are not able to make contact with the dealer we part exchanged our old car total purchase price was £4,495.00

vaio

hopefully you paid some of the cost on credit card in which case the credit card company are liable under s75 if the dealer has gone out of business.

Otherwise, sadly, it sounds like you are on your own

mattyprice4004

As above. If this wasn't a credit card you're going to have an expensive month.

colino

First of all check your paperwork and find out who you bought the car from. Then find out the whereabouts of that individual or limited company. If they've just moved after 11:59pm to a new place, happy days, go straight to them and demand your repaired car/money back.
If they are entirely dodgey and the limited company has been folded, you are just a creditor and will have to slog it through the administrator, if its an individual who is as slippery as a slippery thing, it's the courts for you, but go wary, if he is a slippery creature and he turns out to be a man of straw, you'll just have to suck it up and get the car fixed at your own expense.