Help regarding car I bought on finance, that’s modified.

AdrianC

NottinghamKnight said:

Can a dealer sell a vehicle that would fail an MOT?

Yes.

Do we know this one would? No. The DPF may well have been modified invisibly.

Mikej92

Can comments please be turned off with this post? Thanks. Or deleted. 

NottinghamKnight

AdrianC said:

NottinghamKnight said:

Can a dealer sell a vehicle that would fail an MOT?

Yes.

Do we know this one would? No. The DPF may well have been modified invisibly.

But the act of making the retail buyer sign a disclaimer in this regard is in itself an admission of guilt.

Aylesbury_Duck

Mikej92 said:

Hi there! I recently purchased a financed car from a dealership( around 4 weeks ago) during the hand over process, he handed me a ‘DPF delete waiver’ (diesel car).

now he went on to tell me that, that the only reason I’d need to sign this is because he recently had a customer, that found out their car had the DPF removed, and rightly so, had the garage pay to fit one back in.

To myself and most people, I didn’t think anything of it, and signed away, not thinking I was possibly this ‘customer’ and he was making a story up..

my car has recently been in for some work, the mechanics done a general inspection, and I also wanted to check over to see if it would need anything for its next mot, a general health check.

upon looking into it, they have found that the car indeed does not have a DPF, so going off his story, I am that ‘recent’ customer.

where do I stand with this? My car was clearly modified prior to sale and he must of knew to give me that story, I’ve looked further into it at my local dealership and they also see a code stored in the ecu, to show it has had ecu tuning.

am I right in saying this car is missold? I’ve been told it would not pass its next mot due to the DPF being deleted.
Any help would be massively appreciated.

Preserved so that the rest of the thread makes sense.

Aylesbury_Duck

Mikej92 said:

Can comments please be turned off with this post? Thanks. Or deleted. 

Why?  Has the dealer spotted it or something?

Undervalued

Mikej92 said:

Can comments please be turned off with this post? Thanks. Or deleted. 

Why?

It is a public forum, not a private advice service. The information in the thread is for everybody's benefit, not just yours.

Aylesbury_Duck

Undervalued said:

Mikej92 said:

Can comments please be turned off with this post? Thanks. Or deleted. 

Why?

It is a public forum, not a private advice service. The information in the thread is for everybody's benefit, not just yours.

Exactly.  From the circumstances described, it's possible this dealer is doing this routinely so there may be others needed advice in future.

fisherjim

Wrong forum as stated, but I believe it is illegal to use a car on the highway with its factory fitted DPF removed, this dealer has sold you a pup.

williamgriffin

NottinghamKnight said:

AdrianC said:

NottinghamKnight said:

Can a dealer sell a vehicle that would fail an MOT?

Yes.

Do we know this one would? No. The DPF may well have been modified invisibly.

But the act of making the retail buyer sign a disclaimer in this regard is in itself an admission of guilt.

Is it?

Grumpy_chap

Mikej92 said:

Can comments please be turned off with this post? Thanks. Or deleted. 

Why?
People have been polite and helpful.
The answers may not be what you wished for, but that doesn't make them less valid.
What answer did you want?