Rights with used cars

Hushy

I bought a car 6weeks ago with a 12mo warranty. It developed a problem i understand will be recurring and a £4-500 repair each time. The warranty will cover it, but once that runs out I dont fancy living with these bills!? Do I have a case for simply returnong it now?

Johno100

Do you want to tell us what the 'problem' is?

shaun_from_Africa

Johno100 wrote: »

Do you want to tell us what the 'problem' is?

My guess is that it's a diesel car and the recurring problem is to do with a blocked DPF.

forgotmyname

£4-500 each time? Fix it properly the first time, Sorted?

motorguy

forgotmyname wrote: »

£4-500 each time? Fix it properly the first time, Sorted?

I'm thinking DPF...

Hushy

Injector - it can be fixed but is apparently a known fault on these engines and will keep recurring. I'm no expert so never thought to look into the injector lifespan of this engine!

motorguy

Hushy wrote: »

Injector - it can be fixed but is apparently a known fault on these engines and will keep recurring. I'm no expert so never thought to look into the injector lifespan of this engine!

Whats the engine and how often will it burn out injectors?

Hushy

It's a 1.6 diesel, Tfi maybe? Difficult to say how often but safe to say more than usual! Even if it happens annually it will place a financial strain, my previous model i drove 225k miles without the injector going once!!!

Does anyone know if i have a case to get (most of) my money back though???

motorguy

Hushy wrote: »

It's a 1.6 diesel, Tfi maybe? Difficult to say how often but safe to say more than usual! Even if it happens annually it will place a financial strain, my previous model i drove 225k miles without the injector going once!!!

Does anyone know if i have a case to get (most of) my money back though???

I'd very much doubt it. If you're unhappy with the maintenance regime the time to check it out would have been before you bought the car, not after. You cant really take a car back because of something that might or might not happen at some point down the line.

I would have thought using quality fuel and injector cleaners periodically in the fuel would preserve the lifespan of them.

What specific car is it?

Is it documented they need injectors say, every two years, or is this just your mechanic saying "these cars need injectors regularly"?

Another option would be to extend the warranty?

chunkytfg

Hushy wrote: »

It's a 1.6 diesel, Tfi maybe? Difficult to say how often but safe to say more than usual! Even if it happens annually it will place a financial strain, my previous model i drove 225k miles without the injector going once!!!

Does anyone know if i have a case to get (most of) my money back though???

Wow! it's like getting blood out a stone!! :rotfl::rotfl:


What car is it?

How old is it?

What are they actually doing to fix it that costs 4-500 quid?

foxy-stoat

Hushy wrote: »

I bought a car 6weeks ago with a 12mo warranty. It developed a problem i understand will be recurring and a £4-500 repair each time. The warranty will cover it, but once that runs out I dont fancy living with these bills!? Do I have a case for simply returnong it now?

If you bought it from a dealer then return it for them to fix it - dont claim off the warranty.

I cannot think of any engine that needs their injectors replacing on a regular basis.