Service has left my car vibrating

Jogs83

Hello all,

Looking for some advice. My car had no faults when I took it in for a yearly MOT which passed.

I then thought i'd give it a routine service. As I drove off the car was shaking and vibrating with engine management light on.

Im taking it back to them tomorrow. I feel the garage would say its not their fault and that further repairs will be required which il need to pay for.

Does anyone have experience of handling this? Can i claim on their insurance if my car is not restored to its pre-service state? Etc.

Any advice is much appreciated. :j

arcon5

I'm betting it's a petrol and they've not pushed Ht leads on fully or something

Inner_Zone

Jogs83 wrote: »

Hello all,

Looking for some advice. My car had no faults when I took it in for a yearly MOT which passed.

I then thought i'd give it a routine service. As I drove off the car was shaking and vibrating with engine management light on.

Im taking it back to them tomorrow. I feel the garage would say its not their fault and that further repairs will be required which il need to pay for.

Does anyone have experience of handling this? Can i claim on their insurance if my car is not restored to its pre-service state? Etc.

Any advice is much appreciated. :j

So who actually serviced it, your post is confusing.

Why did you not stop if the car was shaking and the EML was on and return to the garage if they serviced it straight away?

Jogs83

They serviced it.

I returned to the garage on the same day when I noticed the light was not going off and car still vibrating but they had packed up and gone home. Therefore i will need to return once they re-open.

Hope that clarifies.

pappa_golf

looks like OP has serviced a car with a new MOT , and after him/her doing the service the light is on and its running rough


A MOT examiner would not need to go under the bonnet of a car

peter_the_piper

Still be interesting to know the name of the garage which serviced/mot'd car. Small garage or chain?

marlot

pappa_golf wrote: »

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A MOT examiner would not need to go under the bonnet of a car

Not true. He has to check the security of the battery, the VIN plate, strut tops etc. But unlikely to affect the running of the engine.

I think its likely that an HT lead has been left a little loose during the service, and needs to be popped back on.

Moto2

It'll probably just be a vacuum pipe or sensor lead left or knocked off but really poor show from whoever signed it off after the service

arcon5

And fuel leaks power steering leaks etc

Of course the bonnet will be opened during an mot.


Sounds like garage serviced it not op

bod1467

arcon5 wrote: »

Sounds like garage serviced it not op

There's no doubt whatsoever.

Jogs83 wrote: »

They serviced it.

pappa_golf

OP said


"Looking for some advice. My car had no faults when I took it in for a yearly MOT which passed.

I then thought i'd give it a routine service. As I drove off the car was shaking and vibrating with engine management light on."




perhaps if he gave the correct info in the first post it would have been easier


PS: what has a MOT got to do with this?