Brought car working 15 mins engine failure light come on

Traceybanham6679

I bought car yesterday and within 15 minutes I had to stop as the engine failure warning light came on I called up the place that I bought it from and the gentleman came straight out and gave me one of his other cars to use to get home with and he was going to take the car I was buying to the Renault garage and get it analysed was just wondering where I would stand if it shows a major problem does he have to refund me or repair it? any advice would be absolutely brilliant also I've noticed when reading through all the paperwork that I've got now that's said aircon is not working poor radiator condition is this something that he should fix as well as on the advert it's stated air-conditioning?

AdrianC

You bought it from a trader?

How much?

Traceybanham6679

Yeah from trader and 3200 car first reg Jan 2011

foxy-stoat

Give them 1 chance to fix it then reject it if the same fault appears.

I would take it to your trusted garage when you get the car back, get them to scan the ecu as well for piece of mind.

As for the air conditioning, if it wasn't working when you test drove it and the receipt sayings it is sold not working then not sure where you go from there.

neilmcl

foxy-stoat wrote: »

Give them 1 chance to fix it then reject it if the same fault appears

Only if you want to keep the car. You do have the legal right to reject it for a full refund should you choose.

Traceybanham6679

Thanks all of you and to be honest had heating on when text drove it but now found in paperwork saying was faulty at last service

m0bov

Was it pointed out to you? If not and it was'nt made clear then I'd expect the AC to be working. Car (and dealer!) sound dodgy.

reddwarf2002

m0bov wrote: »

Was it pointed out to you? If not and it was'nt made clear then I'd expect the AC to be working. Car (and dealer!) sound dodgy.

To me the dealer sounds reasonably willing to help by offering a temporary car whilst the car is being looked at. There are worse dealers out there.

benbay001

If you currently don't have access to the car then you have no way to confirm that the air con isn't working. Currently you only know about the problem from a service report.

It may well not be, but if you intend to use it as leverage against the dealer just be aware it may have been fixed since the last service.

JollyGreeNGiant

You can check the MOT history and any failures/advisories for free online (just google it)

The consumer rights act 2015 applies for car dealers/traders and protects you for up to 6 monts, they have to sell a car that is fit for purpose.

They also have a right to repair it first, but if they can't you have a right to return the vehicle

There's a post on which.co.uk all about this and what your rights are

Hermione_Granger

JollyGreeNGiant wrote: »

The consumer rights act 2015 applies for car dealers/traders and protects you for up to 6 monts, they have to sell a car that is fit for purpose.

They also have a right to repair it first, but if they can't you have a right to return the vehicle

There's a post on which.co.uk all about this and what your rights are

Which you need to read.

The consumer rights act doesn't only protect a consumer for up to 6 months. The only 6 month stipulation is that if goods fail within this time period then the fault is assumed to have been there at the time of sale unless the dealer can prove otherwise.
Consumers generally have up to 6 years from the time of purchase (in England and Wales) and in Scotland it's 5 years from when you become aware of the problem.

Your comment about having to allow the seller a chance to repair the car is also incorrect.
Provided that it's within the first 30 days, (as is the case here) a consumer can return faulty goods for a full refund and they do not have to give the trader the chance to carry out a repair.