**Mis-sold car **. Sold car that turns out to have been involved in accident and repaired poorly

DB1904

Th02msn said:

Trading Standards disclosed the previous owner to me.

So no point going to the dvla.  

Th02msn

The previous owner was a leasing company. Im hoping DVLA can hopefully notify me of the registered keeper. 

KimJongUn88

Th02msn said:

The previous owner was a leasing company. Im hoping DVLA can hopefully notify me of the registered keeper. 

There are only very limited circumstances where the DVLA will release such information and this isn’t one of them.

ontheroad1970

DB1904 said:

ontheroad1970 said:

Th02msn said:

Previous keeper was a leasing company called ‘Excel’ I called them to make a few enquiries but they would neither confirm or deny whether the vehicle was ever in their ownership let alone who was the registered keeper.

So unless by miracle, I find out who was the driver/registered keeper previously & they choose to disclose details of damages/repairs - its case dismissed.

I cant see why someone would be willing to put their neck on the line for that.

There is a form I can fill out via DVLA where I can request previous keepers details but DVLA will only disclose those details in certain circumstances and there has to be very good reasoning for it.  With the whole Covid thing - this is also a very time consuming process. At least 12 weeks…

Do i need the hassle….? No not really.  

They won't tell you who the previous keeper was as that would be illegal.  

Someone already has, the OP says it was a leasing company called Excel.

Yes, but the OP was asking Excel for the actual person that was the person leasing the car from them - they are legally the vehicle's 'keeper', but not the 'registered keeper'.  It's clumsy, but that's how it is worded.  Someone who leases a car from a company is the one 'keeping' the vehicle at the time of any incident, or law infringement.

DB1904

ontheroad1970 said:

DB1904 said:

ontheroad1970 said:

Th02msn said:

Previous keeper was a leasing company called ‘Excel’ I called them to make a few enquiries but they would neither confirm or deny whether the vehicle was ever in their ownership let alone who was the registered keeper.

So unless by miracle, I find out who was the driver/registered keeper previously & they choose to disclose details of damages/repairs - its case dismissed.

I cant see why someone would be willing to put their neck on the line for that.

There is a form I can fill out via DVLA where I can request previous keepers details but DVLA will only disclose those details in certain circumstances and there has to be very good reasoning for it.  With the whole Covid thing - this is also a very time consuming process. At least 12 weeks…

Do i need the hassle….? No not really.  

They won't tell you who the previous keeper was as that would be illegal.  

Someone already has, the OP says it was a leasing company called Excel.

Yes, but the OP was asking Excel for the actual person that was the person leasing the car from them - they are legally the vehicle's 'keeper', but not the 'registered keeper'.  It's clumsy, but that's how it is worded.  Someone who leases a car from a company is the one 'keeping' the vehicle at the time of any incident, or law infringement.

Then in that case the DVLA would be of no help.