Second-hand Car Rights

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chocoblock wrote: »

no he didn't leave us the list. We did reduce the car from £2300 to £1900 though.

Hi,

Can you get the list of "faults"?

People may be able to give you a guide price as to what it would actually cost to repair as for all you know his "mechanic" is over charging. I have taken diagnostic readings before, been quoted hundreds for "necessary" work and it turned out a very cheap item was causing all of the issues.

spacey2012

He bought a second hand car complete with all its faults and imperfections .
He now owns the car, any repairs are his responsibility.
He could have swapped parts from it for all you know.
Plus he inspected the car and negotiated a new lower price based on his findings.

Buzby

I agree with all that has been said - faults showing on a diagnostic test are stored in memory, and the readout downloads them. It is therefore not uncommon for a pile of 'issues' to pile up - but as a private seller you rely on caveat emptor - and coming back after 2 weeks is just laughable.

Be firm - sorry, but no. All sales are final.

Gold_bullion

Agree with all of the above - second hand private cars - you pay your money and you take your chances - you certainly are not obliged to refund him his money.

Having said that I'd still be pretty interested from a moral "fairness" point of view as to what "faults" he had come up with - surely you or your husband must remember some of them? Were they obvious things that you might have been expected to know about, or obscure stuff? Presumably it had an MOT so was at least deemed roadworthy by an independent inspection within the last year.

For all you know he has got his mate who works in the business to fabricate a list of faults. It's pretty odd that he didn't leave the list with you.

chocoblock

Yes of course it was MOT'd. I wasn't there when the bloke knocked on the door with the list in his hand saying he wanted his money back. My daughter was there (quite shocked by it), they my husband came along. He can remember on the list of faults:- the hand break and also a coil? - incorrectly wired? Sorry, I know nothing about cars.

Eonel

Just to Re-reiterate all the posts above - do not give him the money back.

ic

+1 don't give the money back. Buying privately is a risk, and also cheaper because of the risk. If you want the back up of a dealer, you pay for it.

As for your dealer refusing to have anything to do with it, I'm not surprised, you don't own the car any more - why should he?