Rejecting used car

Stephenrjy87

Ps. To add I payed for the car by cash

marliepanda

"needs doing now" or "would fail an MOT and would 100% have been present 2 months ago"

Advisories aren't always reliable. I have had things on advisory, forgot about then, and then not had anything of the sort picked up on my next MOT... (not sure if thats a good thing or not but my car hasnt blown up yet :P )

Stephenrjy87

He believes the brakes would fail yes, not sure on the rest as it would actually need another test I suppose. But it's not drive able at the minute with the amount of coolant it leaks.

marliepanda

Stephenrjy87 wrote: »

He believes the brakes would fail yes, not sure on the rest as it would actually need another test I suppose. But it's not drive able at the minute with the amount of coolant it leaks.

You have said yourself that was not happening when you bought the car. It's done a lot of miles, things are going to start going wrong.

arcon5

Put it through an MOT at a reputable garage.

Stephenrjy87

Ok well I'm gonna book it in for a re test tomorrow and take it from there

shaun_from_Africa

Don't forget that when you get the MOT done it will be close to 7 weeks since the previous test was carried out and 3 weeks since you purchased it so even if it fails on brakes there is no way to know for sure that it would have failed when sold to you.


IMO, a report from a reputable car mechanic stating that in their opinion the car is unroadworthy and would have been in that condition when sold might be more useful.

mufi

Isn't there a legal requirement of 6 month's warranty if you buy from a dealer?

shaun_from_Africa

mufi wrote: »

Isn't there a legal requirement of 6 month's warranty if you buy from a dealer?

No.
No dealer has to offer a warranty of any sort on a car (or any other goods for that matter).
The Sale of goods act covers business to consumer purchases and this basically states that goods sold must be fit for their intended purpose and must be durable (lasing a reasonable time), and this reasonable time can take into account the type of goods and the price paid.

bod1467

Stephenrjy87 wrote: »

The dealer also included a 1 year warranty with warranty wise so I assumed he was being straight about the car and it's condition.

What have Warrantywise said?