Paid fortune to repair used car already!

Retrogamer

arcon5 wrote: »

Nonsense. Based on that logic if I buy a 1999 mondeo with 250k miles on the clock and something goes wrong I can have it repaired for free - it simply doesn't make sense. There is a major difference between a fault and something wearing out. And SOGA does consider description and price - description bein used goods. SOGA does imply terms from formation of the contract but that doesn't mean the 'clock' is reset so to speak.

Ok here's the scenario as described by the OP
Car has 60k miles
Price paid was £2400

Do you think 1 month is a reasonable amount of time for a product such as this to last before it fails?

I don't

motorguy

Retrogamer wrote: »

Ok here's the scenario as described by the OP
Car has 60k miles
Price paid was £2400

Do you think 1 month is a reasonable amount of time for a product such as this to last before it fails?

I don't

8 years?

Yes thats a reasonable amount of time.

Retrogamer

motorguy wrote: »

8 years?

Yes thats a reasonable amount of time.

No, you can clearly see i stated 1 month

Does the SOGA only cover brand new items then?

motorguy

Retrogamer wrote: »

No, you can clearly see i stated 1 month

Does the SOGA only cover brand new items then?

The SOGA covers faults.

There arent magic pixies at work in a car dealers suddenly making all parts new again.

This is not a fault, its wear and tear - its an 8 year old car.

Now, i would have thought that its probably borderline after a month that the dealer "should" fix it, but the O/P has already, so they'll now have to go to court if they want to recoup that money. Something they may or may not get.

arcon5

Retrogamer wrote: »

Ok here's the scenario as described by the OP
Car has 60k miles
Price paid was £2400

Do you think 1 month is a reasonable amount of time for a product such as this to last before it fails?

I don't

8 years and 60k local miles yes.

motorguy

Retrogamer wrote: »

Does the SOGA only cover brand new items then?

No, it covers faults, whether in new items or used items, and that the item is fit for purpose and as described.

fivetide

Whilst the buyer needs to be aware that an older car is likely to go wrong at some point (given a lot of people punt them on before big bills arrive) the car should really last more than a month without a major fault.

In that respect, the car isn't fit for purpose and dealers selling at this price point should be prepared for the odd comeback like this.

Doesn't help the OP who has already fixed the car but given this is a motor that the dealer now doubt had a 'low mileage' sticker across the window of and it was purchased in good faith with a supposed warranty, the dealer should have been taking this one on not fobbing the OP off with the warranty line.

Too many people get pushed away like this because they don't know their rights.

bigjl

My mk3 130 tdci did well over the 200k mark on the original clutch, dmf and injector.

In fact all it ever had was servicing, brakes and tyres.

Mate i sold it to had it for a year and it needed an alternator.

Can't remember how many miles was on it when he traded it in but must have been 250k plus.

Dmfs give trouble as people start and stoo the engine without pressing down the clutch and use poor quality diesel.

I only used supermarket diesel once or twice in 3 years.

It still returned over 50mpg and consumed almost no oil.

It did get very regular oil changes with a mixture of Ford oil, Castrol Magnatec and Mobil Super 3000 FE oil.

At that age and mileage i would suspect it has been clocked several times in its life.

The seats in mine had no wear. Neither did the steering wheel or gearknob.

The engine was a little bit agriculutural on tickover and when cold but i would have on again, estate only this time, if i needed cheap wheels.

Vicgate

Hi folks sorry haven't replied sooner.
Update is I went back to the dealer and talked him through the issue, he was forceful in saying this is the risk with buying a used car at that value. I said I understand that but I do have legal rights to a car of satisfactory quality for the first 6 months of purchase. He started to backdown then... He asked why I did not bring the car back to him the the new fuel pump/injectors issue ( which is fair enough but I didn't do that originally becuase he sent me packing after the original flywheel issue) so rang my mechanic and asked him to stop his work and would get the car delivered back to the dealer. The dealer then went on to question whether the mechanic had diagnosed it correctly and he may be trying to wangle money out of me (which is not likely as he's friend of family and worked with us for years)
So we'll see how this pans out, he's still adamant that they flywheel is "effectively the clutch" therefore is wear and tear and not covered by any warranty or guarantee.
Thanks a mill for help, will update when any more progress
J