Year after a car sale, found out they lied...

JJ_Egan

Problem here is the OP has no real  evidence that the parts where not replaced .

Aylesbury_Duck

JJ_Egan said:

Problem here is the OP has no real  evidence that the parts where not replaced of anything at all.

Fixed that for you.

Jumblebumble

CrippsCorner said:

Hi all. Back here again after a recent thread where you guys helped me a lot - Thanks. Not needed advice here for a long time and suddenly I've made 2 threads within as many weeks!

So... I bought a car from a garage 12 months ago (one week before lockdown #1) and part of the sale was that they would put it through a fresh MOT and service, great! It failed on one item (well two, both sides) which was rear suspension arm bushes. Salesman tells me no problem it'll all be sorted before I come to pick it up the following week, at no expense to me. Week later I return, fresh MOT (double checked via GOV website) all passed, service stamp in the book and I'm happy to take it.

Fast forward to today, car is in for MOT and... car has failed on rear suspension arm bushes my garage have told me they're so worn that when my car was on the ramp in the air, my wheels were wobbling backwards and forwards. She also told me there was no oil in the car at all, and literally a few more miles I could have wrecked the engine. Now I only did around 2,500 miles in the last year, and there is no sign of any oil leak etc.

To me, that tells me the garage I bought the car from lied about repairing the suspension bushes, and also about servicing the car. I am going to ask my garage to keep the parts for me, which should show they're nearer 11 years old than 11 months... now in hindsight, I realise I should have asked for a receipt of the parts being replaced, but I was obviously too excited at getting my car

I know it's been a year now, but do you think there's any point in chasing this issue and trying to obtain a refund? My garage thinks I should... by the way it's costing me around £500 which is mainly labour costs. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Olly 

Did the  first garage tell you they were fitting new bushes as opposed to second hand ones?

Ganga

Even if you could prove the first garage lied /did a dodgy MOT /did not service the car the fact that it happened 12 months ago makes it non started ref claiming from them .
The best thing to do is draw a line under it and enjoy the car BUT you really should get in the habit of checking all the fluid levels regularly to prevent future financial disasters.