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momentum warranties - the wear and tear scam

eileandonan21 · 2012-09-24 08:59:26

So wife calls me and says her car is making a screeching noise and blowing black smoke. I tell her not to drive it one inch further and have it recovered - which she does. The garage it was recovered to immediately diagnoses turbo failure. Wife thinks, I have an extended warranty, it covers turbo failure so all looks good.…

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motorguy Posts: 22,623 Forumite

28 November 2017 at 6:19PM

Yoms wrote: »

Seems I too have been hit by this situation:

12 year old vehicle, purchased 4 months ago from a dealership who took out the policy on my behalf, as part of the car package.

I've driven the car for for less than 1000 miles, and been told the fault is due to excessive driving, and wear / tear. Bill £1700.

We purchased the car for £3500.

I'd be surprised if any sort of a failure on a 12 year old car isnt down to wear and tear.

Whats the car and whats the problem?

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