Do I have any rights?

Andrew93

I purchased a 2008 Suzuki swift last august 2014. I have recently noticed problems with it. The main problem is the gears not working properly. When I select 1st gear it goes into 3rd gear instead.
What I am wondering is do I have any rights to get the garage to repair it or is it completely up to be to bear the cost?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

Andrew93 wrote: »

I purchased a 2008 Suzuki swift last august 2014. I have recently noticed problems with it. The main problem is the gears not working properly. When I select 1st gear it goes into 3rd gear instead.
What I am wondering is do I have any rights to get the garage to repair it or is it completely up to be to bear the cost?

9 months with no trouble, so its upto you to fix them its 7 yrs old, probably not kept up with the maintenance schedule and is now starting to suffer. Find a decent specialist, or indy garage to take it to.

motorguy

Andrew93 wrote: »

I purchased a 2008 Suzuki swift last august 2014. I have recently noticed problems with it. The main problem is the gears not working properly. When I select 1st gear it goes into 3rd gear instead.
What I am wondering is do I have any rights to get the garage to repair it or is it completely up to be to bear the cost?

As above, 9 months trouble free motoring would strongly suggest the problem wasnt there at the time of sale - and it would be up to you to prove IT WAS after nine months.

Chances are its a linkage problem and a cheap fix.

Andrew93

Thanks for your quick replies. If it is a linkage problem like Paul suggests how much do you reckon it should cost?
I don't know anything about cars so I would most likely get done going to a garage.

maxmycardagain

...... so it was YOU who bought 1!

bigjl

maxmycardagain wrote: »

...... so it was YOU who bought 1!

Therw are loads of Suzuki Swifts on the road.

The later model as in the OPs case is a good little car.

The older one not so much.

macman

Is it me, but there seem to be an growing number of posters recently buying cheap old cars, whether from dealers or privately, and then seemingly expecting any issues up to 2 years down the line to be still the responsibility of the seller, whether bought with a warranty or not?

societys_child

macman wrote: »

Is it me . . . ?

No, not just you.

Think it's some sort of extension of the nanny state culture . . .

colino

This appears to be a common fault with Suzukis, which the dealer will deny, and you either strip the linkage and put in a replacement bush, which will wear out again, or have the modified, newer gearbox linkage installed.

motorguy

societys_child wrote: »

No, not just you.

Think it's some sort of extension of the nanny state culture . . .

+1

Its the fault culture in the UK. Its always someone elses fault. Noone ever seems to take ownership these days.