Vauxhall Corsa Mis-sell

richy999

I think that you have to accept responsibility for this. You admit that you didn't check or ask if your phone was compatible. Wanting to reject he car because your current phone doesn't work seems a little OTT to me.

[Deleted User]

I can t believe the "grievance culture " which has invaded the UK. OP, you bought the car to do many important things, chiefly to transport you along the road. Maybe the seats did nt warm your bottom on a winters day, maybe the sat nav directed you into a river or the radio would nt play radio 1 . OP, I don t believe you can call it "mis selling because one of the cars toys would nt come out to play .

Richard53

foxy-stoat wrote: »

Think we should all go back to the year 2000 - when you drive a car and made telephone calls on your mobile.

I think we should all go back to 1970, when you drove a car and made telephone calls from home or a telephone box. Life was simpler then.

Strider590

About the iPhone thing, Apple deliberately stop their devices working with non-Apple products. Last year my GF could get photos from her camera onto her iPhone using a cheap cable, a few months ago an iOS update was rolled out and now the phone complains about the cable being non-genuine and refuses to use it.

Cheltenhamval

Many thanks to everyone who replied with helpful constructive comments, you know who you are. I thought I would bring you up-to-date with the situation. I waited 3 days and after hearing nothing from Vauxhall I went back to the showroom to ask how they'd got on with their enquiries. They said that as the Intellisense had worked on several of their employees' iPhones - one of which was an iPhone5c like mine - it was my phone that was at fault, not the car. I said I wish they'd phoned me to tell me this 3 days ago as it would have saved me 3 days of stress and worry. They said they had been waiting for me to phone them - so much for excellent service! I agreed that if my phone was at fault I would have to get it sorted out or buy a new one, but asked, as I had never seen/heard any phone actually working, if they could please demonstrate a phone working in my car. They came outside with me and connected to two different employees' iPhones - neither worked - no-one could hear anyone speaking on the phones. At that point they finally agreed that it was the car that was at fault, not my phone, and I am now waiting to hear from them as to when I can take my car in for 2 days to be fixed. I'm not jumping for joy until it's actually fixed, but I do feel very relieved at present. I think what I've learned from all this, and from your kind replies, is two things. Firstly, don't assume anything. To assume does indeed make an !!! of u and me. I assumed that iPhones MUST be compatible with Intellisense, being Bluetooth phones that are widely used - as it turned out I was right, but I might just as likely have been wrong. Check everything up front, read everything, do your homework, think of every possible question no matter how ridiculous it might seem to you, and get evidence of the replies if you possibly can. Don't trust anyone however nice they may seem, I'm sad to say this but unfortunately I've learned it's good advice. Secondly, don't give up. It's easy to be made to feel intimidated, or that you're stupid, grabbing, or a time waster. But hang on to whatever it is that feels unjust to you (I personally feel you should get what it says on the tin and that non-disclosure can be as good as lying); go with your gut instinct (I just didn't believe the dealers who kept fobbing me off and changing their story as to whether or not my phone was compatible); and persevere until you have a definitive answer either way.

agrinnall

Cheltenhamval wrote: »

.. it would have saved me 3 days of stress and worry.

First world problems...

burlington6

Cheltenhamval wrote: »

Many thanks to everyone who replied with helpful constructive comments, you know who you are. I thought I would bring you up-to-date with the situation. I waited 3 days and after hearing nothing from Vauxhall I went back to the showroom to ask how they'd got on with their enquiries. They said that as the Intellisense had worked on several of their employees' iPhones - one of which was an iPhone5c like mine - it was my phone that was at fault, not the car. I said I wish they'd phoned me to tell me this 3 days ago as it would have saved me 3 days of stress and worry. They said they had been waiting for me to phone them - so much for excellent service! I agreed that if my phone was at fault I would have to get it sorted out or buy a new one, but asked, as I had never seen/heard any phone actually working, if they could please demonstrate a phone working in my car. They came outside with me and connected to two different employees' iPhones - neither worked - no-one could hear anyone speaking on the phones. At that point they finally agreed that it was the car that was at fault, not my phone, and I am now waiting to hear from them as to when I can take my car in for 2 days to be fixed. I'm not jumping for joy until it's actually fixed, but I do feel very relieved at present. I think what I've learned from all this, and from your kind replies, is two things. Firstly, don't assume anything. To assume does indeed make an !!! of u and me. I assumed that iPhones MUST be compatible with Intellisense, being Bluetooth phones that are widely used - as it turned out I was right, but I might just as likely have been wrong. Check everything up front, read everything, do your homework, think of every possible question no matter how ridiculous it might seem to you, and get evidence of the replies if you possibly can. Don't trust anyone however nice they may seem, I'm sad to say this but unfortunately I've learned it's good advice. Secondly, don't give up. It's easy to be made to feel intimidated, or that you're stupid, grabbing, or a time waster. But hang on to whatever it is that feels unjust to you (I personally feel you should get what it says on the tin and that non-disclosure can be as good as lying); go with your gut instinct (I just didn't believe the dealers who kept fobbing me off and changing their story as to whether or not my phone was compatible); and persevere until you have a definitive answer either way.

My eyes :eek:

Indout96

Poppie68 wrote: »

My daughter's iPhone is the only one that doesn't work in my car, the other 4 phones we have in our household connect without any issues.

What car is it ? With Ford SYNC 2 the phone should connect as normal but has to be paired twice to get the message reading part. this was not the case on 2014 SYNC cars so when I changed car I assumed that it just did not work but it took the sales guy at Ford 20 seconds to sort. (This is I-Phone 6)


Never had a Bluetooth problem with I-phone, I connect it to Bluetooth speakers in several rooms in our house and both cars with no problem other than the message reading on above which was my inability not the phones / cars.

foxy-stoat

Cheltenhamval wrote: »

Many thanks to everyone who replied with helpful constructive comments, you know who you are. I thought I would bring you up-to-date with the situation. I waited 3 days and after hearing nothing from Vauxhall I went back to the showroom to ask how they'd got on with their enquiries. They said that as the Intellisense had worked on several of their employees' iPhones - one of which was an iPhone5c like mine - it was my phone that was at fault, not the car. I said I wish they'd phoned me to tell me this 3 days ago as it would have saved me 3 days of stress and worry. They said they had been waiting for me to phone them - so much for excellent service! I agreed that if my phone was at fault I would have to get it sorted out or buy a new one, but asked, as I had never seen/heard any phone actually working, if they could please demonstrate a phone working in my car. They came outside with me and connected to two different employees' iPhones - neither worked - no-one could hear anyone speaking on the phones. At that point they finally agreed that it was the car that was at fault, not my phone, and I am now waiting to hear from them as to when I can take my car in for 2 days to be fixed. I'm not jumping for joy until it's actually fixed, but I do feel very relieved at present. I think what I've learned from all this, and from your kind replies, is two things. Firstly, don't assume anything. To assume does indeed make an !!! of u and me. I assumed that iPhones MUST be compatible with Intellisense, being Bluetooth phones that are widely used - as it turned out I was right, but I might just as likely have been wrong. Check everything up front, read everything, do your homework, think of every possible question no matter how ridiculous it might seem to you, and get evidence of the replies if you possibly can. Don't trust anyone however nice they may seem, I'm sad to say this but unfortunately I've learned it's good advice. Secondly, don't give up. It's easy to be made to feel intimidated, or that you're stupid, grabbing, or a time waster. But hang on to whatever it is that feels unjust to you (I personally feel you should get what it says on the tin and that non-disclosure can be as good as lying); go with your gut instinct (I just didn't believe the dealers who kept fobbing me off and changing their story as to whether or not my phone was compatible); and persevere until you have a definitive answer either way.

The only other advice I can give is look at this key on your keyboard:



Use it a few times and people will like you !

Hermione_Granger

agrinnall wrote: »

First world problems...

To be quite blunt about it, if you don't want to read about 1st world problems, don't sign up to a 1st world consumer forum where just about all the members are 1st world residents.
It's not really that difficult to understand is it?

What do you expect to read about on here?
How about a Kenyan farmer who is having problems with the ox cart he purchased from a dealer in Mombasa last week?