Garage trying to Charge after warranty work carried out.

unholyangel

ayres wrote: »

Yes i have receipt Westmoor car sales.

Thanks for all this wham never had to deal with anything like this before.

Did you say how you paid for the vehicle? Credit card or dealer organised finance involved?

ayres

Garage has no card machine so bank transfer.

@Unholyangel

ayres

i think i have decided to pay the repair bill with objections and inform them i intend to take them to small claims court to get that refund back. the risk of loosing whole van and all money is to high.He has stopped answering any phone calls so am going to go garage tomorrow and sit and wait for this to be resolved.
Hopefully won't have to wait to long as a very dissatisfied customer waiting in office can't be good for business.

System

ayres wrote: »

An incorrect size tyre is unsafe

No it isn't or space saver spare tyres would be illegal to use.

ayres

It was a smaller rolling diameter and incorrect tyre on the wheel how is this not unsafe?

bigisi

ayres wrote: »

It was a smaller rolling diameter and incorrect tyre on the wheel how is this not unsafe?

Did you even read Tarambor's post?

bertiewhite

ayres wrote: »

as their warranty only covers 50% of work. which i know legally they are responsible for the whole amount and should be returning the van.

Are you sure? There is a car sales forecourt in Lincs that give full warranties on their more expensive vehicles but only "half & half" warranties on the cheaper ones. It's made clear when you buy the vehicle though.

DoaM

bigisi wrote: »

Did you even read Tarambor's post?

Is a so-called "space saver" wheel+tyre a small diameter than the standard wheel+tyre? I thought they were the same overall diameter - they simply take up less vertical space in the boot (or under the car at the rear) than a standard wheel+tyre.

A single wheel + tyre with a smaller diameter on an axle will mean the vehicle suspension is unbalanced. Whether this is an issue I've no idea, but it's not something I would want for myself.

AdrianC

They can be smaller diameter, yes.

ayres

from my reading Construction & Use says that you have to have the same size tyres on an axle. Spacesavers get special discompensation, along with a 50mph(?) max speed.
as this was not a spacesaver and no limit was implied and i was not informed of it i would say this counts as an increased risk?

I did however believe spacesavers were just thinner and had no idea they would be a different rolling diameter.

Even if not unsafe the vehicle was still not as described and option for refund should be available. but as garage is very unscrupulous and i feel i would be at a high risk of loosing both.