Rejecting a used car - any experience?

mcpitman

I think you should point out all the issues to the dealer you pourchased it from, preferably with the report the dealers you took it to provided you with.

TBH - I'm surprised you didn't check tyres thoroughly before purchasing.

However, if the dealer agreed as part of the sale they would fix the ABS fault so I would ask them to stand next to there commitment on that.

BeenThroughItAll

mcpitman wrote: »

However, if the dealer agreed as part of the sale they would fix the ABS fault so I would ask them to stand next to there commitment on that.

Yep. It's possible that they believed having run a diagnostic that the fault was transient and that a reset was all that was needed. I can get the ABS light to go on on my Jeep by driving it through a muddy bog, and fixing it involves cleaning the sensors and resetting the light - so a light on doesn't always mean an expensive issue. At least give the supplying dealer a chance.

burlington6

I had an ABS fault on my own car a few years ago. I had one sensor replaced only for another fault in the system to bring the light back on a week later.

Garages don't really fix things now. They replace parts until they stumble across the real fault

foxy-stoat

Tyres are something that the driver should check before driving and its their responsibility really, you could buy a new one and keep the old one to see if the suppling dealer will rembuirse you but unlikely.

Fluid leaking or weaping? Could be a loose or badly sealing connector, shouldnt require a brand new ABS pump though, and if it did you could get a second hand one. The diagnosic computer will tell them whats up with it, could just be a wheel sensor.

philatio

I have rejected a used car in the past but it was the day after purchase.

If you're trying to reject it after driving 400 miles and giving the reason as a worn tyre.... then I'd give it up now to be honest.

peter12345678910

Only problem I had with a used car was with a Mercedes-Benz 450SL as it cost so much in petrol and it would over steer.

burlington6

peter12345678910 wrote: »

Only problem I had with a used car was with a Mercedes-Benz 450SL as it cost so much in petrol and it would over steer.

Be worth good money now

forgotmyname

8 year old car at a main dealer that only want shiny clean vehicles where a service involved plugging it into a computer and pressing a few buttons?

The tyre may have been legal when you bought it, you failed to spot the faulty tyre in your weekly checks?
As mentioned you can scrub a tyre in a very short distance if the alignment is out. 400 miles is enough to scrub a brand new tyre if it was really bad, so 400 miles on a used one is not out of the question, the tyre may have been good when you bought it.

Costly ABS issue? Buying a brand new pump from the main dealer is bound to be expensive, you can buy the same pump without the dealers post box for much less and not pay £80+? per hour labour rates and all the extra bits they will want to change to make the job easier but more costly to you.

Why replace the seals in the pump for sub £100 when you can replace the entire thing for £1200?