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Faulty car

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  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    Components wear, it's not a new car. You have to prove the fault with present at point of sale. You can't do this so don't have a claim at present anyway.

    Dealers aren't responsible for everything that goes wrong with a car forever more. It's a machine, expect problems to develop over time
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    Do you know what the fault is?
  • Mr.Generous
    Mr.Generous Posts: 4,024 Forumite
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    Council advice re used cars ... If your car develops a fault after more than 30 days of ownership, but within no more than six months, you can still reject it, but the goalposts are in a different position. At this point you have to give the supplying dealer one chance to fix the problem, but if they don’t do it satisfactorily you can then ask for it to be repaired, replaced or your money refunded
    Mr Generous - Landlord for more than 10 years. Generous? - Possibly but sarcastic more likely.
  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
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    Diesel car and short journies.
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    lovinituk wrote: »
    Diesel car and short journies.

    It's an 07 plate so shouldn't have a DPF. Whilst not brilliant short runs shouldn't kill it.
  • bris
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    jahunt7 wrote: »
    Yes, in an ideal world the car would've gone straight back to the trader. We've been told by CAB that consumers have up to 6 years to claim for faulty goods, although the sooner you claim the better.
    You also have a 10 year old car, you really think you are going to get 6 years free motoring from a 10year old car? Cars break down, it's called wear and tear, this is not covered by any consumer rights.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2017 at 9:51AM
    waamo wrote: »
    It's an 07 plate so shouldn't have a DPF. Whilst not brilliant short runs shouldn't kill it.
    It's a 2.0 TDI, I'd say the likelihood is it does have a DPF, as these were fitted to the 140bhp version from 2007 (the 170bhp engine version has always had a DPF). Even if it doesn't have a filer fitted the 140bhp 2.0 tdi is renowned for being particularly bad and should be avoided.
  • jahunt7
    jahunt7 Posts: 8 Forumite
    Excuse my ignorance - what's a DPF?
  • George_Michael
    George_Michael Posts: 4,251 Forumite
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    jahunt7 wrote: »
    Excuse my ignorance - what's a DPF?


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_particulate_filter
  • davidwood123
    davidwood123 Posts: 471 Forumite
    No chance.

    Get any thoughts about returning the car/compensation/money towards the problem out of your head and move on with your life
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