Orange ABS light on dash

molerat

parking_question_chap wrote: »

I dont really think an s.75 is going to get you anywhere.

The s.75 can be used where the problem/fault is not one you would usually expect for the cars age and milage.

You trying to claim that an ABS light should not appear on a 12 year old car........
2 hopes, Bob Hope and no hope.

He is not claiming that at all. He is claiming that the dealer is in breach of contract by supplying a car which at the time of sale was not as described, faulty, not fit for purpose and unroadworthy which is covered by S75.

bartelbe

It will be an intemitant fault the dealer knew about, you have been scammed, get your money back. It could be just a lose wire, maybe a sensor, but it could also be something really expensive.

Make it the dealers problem.

mcpitman

arcon5 wrote: »

In theory it's a 5 minute job! But in reality the sensors often seize in the hub or snap when trying to work them... in which case what you yourself may deem a quick job turns in to a bigger job you are not prepared for

As is the case with any DIY job..... DIY = Money Saving. No "theory" here it is a 5 minute job (when evrything is stright forward, like it is with this job)

--- IE then having to knock out the lower arm, the track rod end and hoping the axle pulls out of the hub with ease! Just to knock it out the other end of the knuckle. And anybody that's actually worked on cars will know, the lower arm is a nightmare if you can't just unbolt the ball joint (many are rivets), then the track rod end can be a pain to get back on.

And simple job like changing a tyre, could have knock on effects of death to local kittens if you exaggerate this much! LOL

As for doing it with the wheel on... we don't all have the frame of a todler and able to squeeze in to the wheel arch.

I'm 6' tall and 14 stone, hardly the frame of a toddler.

Point being it's all well and good reading your haynes manual, actually doing it is a whole other story. Something worth remembering before putting people on to DIYing their cars.

I don't own a haynes manual, have actually done this and have 20 years experience of working on cars.

!!!!!!, you try and help someone saving a few pennies/pounds and the naysayers come along and frighten the bejeesus out of someone for what in actualty is a five minute job, no more complicated than changing a light buld.

This is Money Saving Expert, it's all the name. :mad:

Joe_Horner

parking_question_chap wrote: »

You trying to claim that an ABS light should not appear on a 12 year old car........
2 hopes, Bob Hope and no hope.

You can, on the other hand, claim that the car has an indicated fault in the braking system. Which renders it unroadworthy. It doesn't matter whether it's a "real" fault or not, the light itself is an MOT fail. Which makes selling it an offence unless the seller takes all reasonable steps to ensure the new owner doesn't drive it on the road until it's fixed..

Since the seller has admitted knowing about the fault by "forgetting to mention it" I'd be referring him to his local trading standards regardless of the outcome of any charge back.

It may not trigger anything as one report on its own, but the only way TS build those case files you hear about that they eventually prosecute people with is by individual reports mounting up over time.

baza52

Joe_Horner wrote: »

You can, on the other hand, claim that the car has an indicated fault in the braking system. Which renders it unroadworthy. It doesn't matter whether it's a "real" fault or not, the light itself is an MOT fail. Which makes selling it an offence unless the seller takes all reasonable steps to ensure the new owner doesn't drive it on the road until it's fixed..

Since the seller has admitted knowing about the fault by "forgetting to mention it" I'd be referring him to his local trading standards regardless of the outcome of any charge back.

It may not trigger anything as one report on its own, but the only way TS build those case files you hear about that they eventually prosecute people with is by individual reports mounting up over time.

thanks. might give ts a call