Need advice on who to sue regarding car with damaged engine

Collabora

JJ_Egan wrote: »

OP needs advice from Trading Standards .

what would TS do, its a 5 year old car with an engine fault, engines do develop faults over time. The OP is asking who to sue over this

Money-Saving-King

I think where the op has gone wrong is the first thing that was asked was "who can I sue" when it should have been "is there anything I can do?". It's just the wrong way to go about things.

George_Michael

Collabora wrote: »

what would TS do, its a 5 year old car with an engine fault, engines do develop faults over time. The OP is asking who to sue over this

Trading Standards might be able to help if it's the case that there is a known problem with the timing chains or tensioners on the particular model of engine that the OP has.
If the garage selling the car knew of a potential problem and that this problem occurred because of a fault during manufacture or assembly then they would be liable in exactly the same way as if it was a 2 year TV that failed due to an inherent defect.

Collabora

George_Michael wrote: »

Trading Standards might be able to help if it's the case that there is a known problem with the timing chains or tensioners on the particular model of engine that the OP has.
If the garage selling the car knew of a potential problem and that this problem occurred because of a fault during manufacture or assembly then they would be liable in exactly the same way as if it was a 2 year TV that failed due to an inherent defect.

No that is what VOSA is for. They have had the car 5 years, in that time things work loose and start to fail if not maintained.

Spicy_McHaggis

Collabora wrote: »

No that is what VOSA is for. They have had the car 5 years, in that time things work loose and start to fail if not maintained.

Who mention [STRIKE]VOSA[/STRIKE] DVSA?

George said TRADING STANDARDS.

George_Michael

Collabora wrote: »

No that is what VOSA is for. They have had the car 5 years, in that time things work loose and start to fail if not maintained.

Which is precisely why I stated:

if it's the case that there is a known problem with the timing chains or tensioners on the particular model of engine that the OP has.
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and that this problem occurred because of a fault during manufacture or assembly

And as for not being maintained, the OP has already stated that the car has a full main dealer service history.

wealdroam

The OP has told us it is an inherent fault.

halibut2209

If it's an inherent fault then any rights you have are with the Sales of Goods Act, and not the warranty. The Warranty is in addition to your legal rights, and they are free to add any terms they wish.

However, proving it was an inherent fault after 5 years is no easy task.

nomoneytoday

IMHO the main dealer or HQ may make a contribution towards the repair, based on the full service history and mileage.

The odds on them paying for the entire fix are, IMHO, somewhat different.

m0bov

nomoneytoday wrote: »

The odds on them paying for the entire fix are, IMHO, somewhat different.

Well, that's just what they did!