Kwik Fit Free Brake Check Any Good?

pogg000

its not amot certificate it is a mot reciept

jazzy

pogg000 wrote: »

its not amot certificate it is a mot reciept

ok sorry for the technicality:)

harveybobbles

How long have you owned the car?

Did you take it back to the selling garage when you realised the breaks were poor?

Did you highlight your concerns re the MOT?

What did DVSA say?

jazzy

How long have you owned the car?
3 Weeks

Did you take it back to the selling garage when you realised the breaks were poor?
No, only today the noise started

Did you highlight your concerns re the MOT?
Not yet

What did DVSA say?
Not yet contacted

My main concern is that the car never had a full main dealer service or a proper MOT. The car was advertised to have a full main dealer history, which doesn't appear to be the case due to falsified information by the main dealer.

Strider590

^^ They'll say anything to get a sale.

Never trust an MOT that was done my the people selling the car (or mates of).
Never trust a main dealer to service your car properly, most service depts are under pressure to meet unrealistic targets.

Weird_Nev

What's the car?

Many run of the mill cars, you can get a pair of discs and a full set of pads for about £100 and then you can enjoy the next 20,000+ miles without having to worry about it.

Cars can pass MOT's with heavily worn but still functional brakes, a dealer can sell a car with heavily worn but still functional brakes. Brakes wear. It's what they do. It's how they work.

Kwik fit will happily sell you a full set of new brakes (and a couple of shock absorbers if they're easy to get to, and some tyres and a new exhaust back box, and any other part of your car that they can change inside of 5 minutes) but it won't be the best vaule you can get and there is no such thing as a 'free' lunch. Their opinion or brake wear would not be acceptable as 'proof' that brakes are worn, and as above brakes are ALWAYS worn, it's just case of how much.

AdrianC

Weird_Nev wrote: »

Cars can pass MOT's with heavily worn but still functional brakes

Indeed. The MOT does not test for brake wear. It only tests for function. If the tester can easily see the pads and discs without removing the wheel, then he may advise for heavy wear. But he is not allowed to remove the wheel as part of the test.

A service? Now that's another matter...

OP - go back and tell us about the actual _problem_.

harveybobbles

jazzy wrote: »

How long have you owned the car?
3 Weeks

Did you take it back to the selling garage when you realised the breaks were poor?
No, only today the noise started

Did you highlight your concerns re the MOT?
Not yet

What did DVSA say?
Not yet contacted

My main concern is that the car never had a full main dealer service or a proper MOT. The car was advertised to have a full main dealer history, which doesn't appear to be the case due to falsified information by the main dealer.

If this is the case then you need to stop driving the car at once and inform DVSA.

mgdavid

jazzy wrote: »

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My main concern is that the car never had a full main dealer service or a proper MOT. The car was advertised to have a full main dealer history, which doesn't appear to be the case due to falsified information by the main dealer.

and you have actual hard evidence of this? please tell us more...

facade

Stop huffing and puffing, and take the car back, complaining of noisy brakes.

Be nice and they will likely renew the brakes for you.

You will never prove anything with the dealer service record., although again, if you are nice, they can print out a history for you of what was done, I have one for my car that details everything above the regular services e.g. rear wiper blade replaced.

(Remember you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, although as dealers know, you initially attract them with BS.)