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Bought a car from a dealership and it’s faulty what can I do

I bought a Land Rover discovery from a Land Rover dealer in July last year and after two days reported its faulty electronics, it has been back in about six or Severn times since - they look at it then give it me back, then I phone up and re book it in, they say they know the fault and are wanting land rover to write new software to combat the issue but noting. I am again without my car - although they give me a smaller loan car is there anything I can do? It’s been nearly a year now! 

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  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,767 Forumite
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    edited 24 June 2020 at 7:04AM
    Another Land Rover tale of woe.  There's a reason they are towards the bottom of every reliability survey, more lemons than a Limoncello factory.

    As the original fault has never been fixed time to reject.  You may need to go legal.

    https://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/rejecting-a-car/
  • MEM62
    MEM62 Posts: 5,387 Forumite
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    That is not an unusual experience with a Discovery and part & parcel of Dicco ownership.  Surely you didn't expect it to be problem free? 
  • m0bov
    m0bov Posts: 2,749 Forumite
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    Was it new or used, how did you pay for it?
  • daveyjp is absolutely correct, you should reject the car and return it to them. Give them a choice, refund or replacement vehicle if you feel like taking another chance.
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