Used car fault - Purchased from trader - Who is responsible?

AdrianC

Your consumer rights against the supplier are tempered by reasonable expectations for age, etc. You bought a car that's - what - approaching 10yo? The average car is scrapped at 14yo.

The ad said new brakes fitted. New brakes were indeed fitted.

You have no comeback against the garage who fitted the brakes, because you aren't their customer.

It's a 10yo XJ. If you're wary of a £4-500 bill...

ontheroad1970

AdrianC said:

Your consumer rights against the supplier are tempered by reasonable expectations for age, etc. You bought a car that's - what - approaching 10yo? The average car is scrapped at 14yo.

The ad said new brakes fitted. New brakes were indeed fitted.

You have no comeback against the garage who fitted the brakes, because you aren't their customer.

It's a 10yo XJ. If you're wary of a £4-500 bill...

I wouldn't be happy with brakes going after 3 days when they were advertised as brand new.  I'd be wanting them dealt withy the selling dealers, and in a way that they would be likely to last a more reasonable amount of time and if I was fussy about particular parts being better than OEM, then I would be offering to pay the difference.  Yes they are consumable parts, and for once the age of the vehicle helps the case I think - consumables shouldn't wear in this short period of time

motorguy

Simon25176 said:

Forgive me for this question then, but I need to understand why I'm wrong as the replies so far point towards it being my problem to solve - fair enough!
My feeling originally was that because it wasn't as advertised, it would be down to the dealer I purchased from to resolve? Or is it a case of give the car back or just accept it?
With the thinking that 'new' discs aren't faulty ones. 

Like a clutch,it would be very easy to burn them out in an hour if someone put their mind to it.

From the dealers perspective, new brakes had indeed been fitted, they presumably didnt detect any brake vibration when they drove it, you didnt detect any when you drove but subsequent - after heavy braking off a sliproad, you did.

It could be argued that subsequent (mis?) use caused it and it wasnt present at the time of sale.

Any older, expensive cars i buy i do tend to budget for a bit of expense to get them to the standard i want of them, which, of the last 3 has amounted to between £400 and £800 on each of them, yet they all drove perfectly acceptably on test drives.

jimjames

ontheroad1970 said:

AdrianC said:

Your consumer rights against the supplier are tempered by reasonable expectations for age, etc. You bought a car that's - what - approaching 10yo? The average car is scrapped at 14yo.

The ad said new brakes fitted. New brakes were indeed fitted.

You have no comeback against the garage who fitted the brakes, because you aren't their customer.

It's a 10yo XJ. If you're wary of a £4-500 bill...

I wouldn't be happy with brakes going after 3 days when they were advertised as brand new.  I'd be wanting them dealt withy the selling dealers, and in a way that they would be likely to last a more reasonable amount of time and if I was fussy about particular parts being better than OEM, then I would be offering to pay the difference.  Yes they are consumable parts, and for once the age of the vehicle helps the case I think - consumables shouldn't wear in this short period of time

I wouldn't necessarily say the brakes are "going". They might be slightly warped but are probably fine for an MOT and so it might be hard to claim they have failed.

oh_really

Find a garage with a machine that can reface the discs, I know the Jag discs are not cheap.