Really need advice now, faulty car with warranty? [Merged]

Kalamazoo

You sound like a complete idiot to be honest, and I think everyone involved would be better off if you just sold the car and took the bus from now on

angrycrow

Have you had the clutch inspected yet as I suggested on one of your many other threads in which you complained about not being able to select gears. It was my post where I linked to another of your earlier threads asking if you had burnt out you clutch a couple of weeks after you got the car.

To be honest I am getting to the point where I am thinking troll rather than real issues.

onomatopoeia99

Jlawson118 wrote: »

But this one just tops it off. I carefully reviewed more of the dash-cam footage when I got home. Remember me saying that they'd told me they'd stripped my engine and found no issues? Well they didn't realise they'd left the camera running throughout the investigation and I know different. They were just looking under the bonnet for what could be causing the rattle I assume, but there is no removing the engine block to inspect whatsoever. The camera pretty much shows these guys just wandering around and smirking.

Do you realise that removing the engine block is a major operation that won't be completed in an hour or two? And anyway, there's no reason to take the engine out for the problem you describe.

Unfortunately, you don't know what you're looking at on the dashcam footage.

Mercdriver

First of all, fair play for taking responsibility for the multi thread opening, big move to accept responsibility for that.

Have you had the car assessed by an independent company as yet? Not a quick going over by an AA man, but a proper going over by a proper mechanic. At some point JCT600 are just going to say, see you in court, then. Have you had the clutch looked at?

arcon5

Kalamazoo wrote: »

You sound like a complete idiot to be honest, and I think everyone involved would be better off if you just sold the car and took the bus from now on

So do you, but for completely different reasons

Jlawson118

Mercdriver wrote: »

First of all, fair play for taking responsibility for the multi thread opening, big move to accept responsibility for that.

Have you had the car assessed by an independent company as yet? Not a quick going over by an AA man, but a proper going over by a proper mechanic. At some point JCT600 are just going to say, see you in court, then. Have you had the clutch looked at?

angrycrow wrote: »

Have you had the clutch inspected yet as I suggested on one of your many other threads in which you complained about not being able to select gears. It was my post where I linked to another of your earlier threads asking if you had burnt out you clutch a couple of weeks after you got the car.

To be honest I am getting to the point where I am thinking troll rather than real issues.

I haven't really had it assessed elsewhere, I can just imagine it's going to cost a fortune. The problem comes and goes and this is another argument that JCT argue they can't do anything about because it's not there all of the time and there's no fault codes showing. And that's how I feel another main dealership will argue. My next step was to perhaps test he power on a dyno or something.

JCT claimed they tested the clutch just by riding it and said it's normal. They told me that if they actually start ripping a clutch out to inspect it, then they might as well just put a brand new one in pretty much. They also said the gear issues are normal as it's just the mechanism of how they work, the guy said sometimes you have to start it up in third gear.

I'm not trolling, I'm just a guy who's nervous about his first car when problems start to arise. I don't think I've been the first person to accidentally burn out a clutch going up hill and I doubt I'll be the last. It was just a smell that lingered quite a while afterwards. But I realised that the 'biting point movement' that I mentioned that time was down to me wearing new trainers..

AdrianC

Jlawson118 wrote: »

They told me that if they actually start ripping a clutch out to inspect it, then they might as well just put a brand new one in pretty much.

They're right. There's hours of work there, to replace a relatively cheap part.

the guy said sometimes you have to start it up in third gear.

When you say things like that, it's impossible not to think "Chinese whispers" given your earlier comments about removing the engine block, and especially...

I don't think I've been the first person to accidentally burn out a clutch going up hill and I doubt I'll be the last. It was just a smell that lingered quite a while afterwards. But I realised that the 'biting point movement' that I mentioned that time was down to me wearing new trainers..

Jlawson118

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Do you realise that removing the engine block is a major operation that won't be completed in an hour or two? And anyway, there's no reason to take the engine out for the problem you describe.

Unfortunately, you don't know what you're looking at on the dashcam footage.

The idea behind it wasn't whether it was time consuming, they told me they had done it, they told me they had stripped it out and investigated, and the fact they didn't shows I have proof they went against their word.
So regardless of how much time it takes to do it, they still lied to me

Jlawson118

Kalamazoo wrote: »

You sound like a complete idiot to be honest, and I think everyone involved would be better off if you just sold the car and took the bus from now on

Coming from somebody who has nothing better to do than log onto MSE at 4am in the morning :rotfl:

Mercdriver

Jlawson118 wrote: »

Coming from somebody who has nothing better to do than log onto MSE at 4am in the morning :rotfl:

If you don't want to be thought of as a troll, it's best not to rise to the bait.