Sold my car with specified issues to trader, now listed under trader specifying no issues

adidas

Dear all

I wonder if you can help. I had recently listed my car on Marketplace and found a seller. I was very honest and listed all the known issues with the car. The most significant of which is an engine misfire. The person was a trader and I sold my car to them. I did a search on Marketplace immediately after and found my car listed for sale under the traders name as having no engine issues at all.

I have the traders details on a slip to send off to the DVLA.

What would you do in this situation? I'm worried for the next owner of the vehicle but I guess it is not my issue now as people send cars to auction and they are purchased / sold from auction regularly with potential issues and resold. I'd considered making a tip to trading standards. I've taken screenshots and plan to send the trader details slip by same day post tomorrow morning. 

Keep_pedalling

Well either they a lying or they fixed the issue, but whichever it is it is not your problem, and I would have though a misfiring engin would show up in a test drive.

adidas

Well they listed it within less than 30 minutes of buying it from me so it definitely hasn't been fixed.

Grey_Critic

***I have the traders details on a slip to send off to the DVLA.***

So as far as DVLA are concerned you own it. You have a responsibilty to send the form ASAP - Traders often offer for sale   vehicles without doing anything with them. A thousand cars on site to choose from but in most cases all they have done is a wash and polish - Service etc. is only carried out once they have a customer at which point they fix problems. Unsold vehicles are sold on within the trade so nobody is doing anything unless they have to do so.

WellKnownSid

Best case they'll fix any issues before the car is sold.  Worst case they are Danny DeVito from Matilda and will fill the gearbox with sand to quieten down the noise.  Either way it's no longer your problem...

Grumpy_chap

All the OP can do is to follow the process to transfer out the ownership of the vehicle so it is no longer their concern.

Perhaps the trader listed the car quickly but also transferred it straight to a mechanic to fix the problem so it will be "perfect runner" by the time the car actually sells.

jimjames

adidas said:

Well they listed it within less than 30 minutes of buying it from me so it definitely hasn't been fixed.

Or it was a simple fix and they've made a quick return. Misfire might be as simple as replacing coil packs or plugs

motorguy

adidas said:

Dear all

I wonder if you can help. I had recently listed my car on Marketplace and found a seller. I was very honest and listed all the known issues with the car. The most significant of which is an engine misfire. The person was a trader and I sold my car to them. I did a search on Marketplace immediately after and found my car listed for sale under the traders name as having no engine issues at all.

I have the traders details on a slip to send off to the DVLA.

What would you do in this situation? I'm worried for the next owner of the vehicle but I guess it is not my issue now as people send cars to auction and they are purchased / sold from auction regularly with potential issues and resold. I'd considered making a tip to trading standards. I've taken screenshots and plan to send the trader details slip by same day post tomorrow morning. 

Almost certainly because they know they can fix it before someone comes to view the car.

Out of curiosity, what were you expecting to happen to it?

DullGreyGuy

adidas said:

Well they listed it within less than 30 minutes of buying it from me so it definitely hasn't been fixed.

Naturally... they are confident in an easy fix and want to have the money tied up in the car for as short a time as possible. 

Its the same with a webshop that sees their supplier has the new mode of X available so they put their order in for 20 units and stick it up on their website as New In and just block next day delivery option with this product.

CliveOfIndia

motorguy said:

adidas said:

Dear all

I wonder if you can help. I had recently listed my car on Marketplace and found a seller. I was very honest and listed all the known issues with the car. The most significant of which is an engine misfire. The person was a trader and I sold my car to them. I did a search on Marketplace immediately after and found my car listed for sale under the traders name as having no engine issues at all.

I have the traders details on a slip to send off to the DVLA.

What would you do in this situation? I'm worried for the next owner of the vehicle but I guess it is not my issue now as people send cars to auction and they are purchased / sold from auction regularly with potential issues and resold. I'd considered making a tip to trading standards. I've taken screenshots and plan to send the trader details slip by same day post tomorrow morning. 

Almost certainly because they know they can fix it before someone comes to view the car.

I'd go along with this opinion.  To a decent mechanic who knows what they're doing, stuff like this can be a very simple and cheap fix.

I had a very similar thing just a few weeks ago.  Sold a car that was an MOT failure, listed it honestly in the hope of getting a bit more than the scrap value I'd been quoted, people were snapping my hand off.  Eventually sold it to a guy who owns a little garage that just sells "cheap runabouts".  He knew exactly what was wrong with the car, said he'd fix it up, sell it on and make just a few hundred profit.

Fair play to him, he paid me twice what I'd been offered by the scrapyard, so everyone's happy.

adidas said:

I have the traders details on a slip to send off to the DVLA.

When I sold my car, the buyer did the transfer there and then on his phone whilst he was standing on my driveway.  I got an email confirmation from DVLA before he'd even started to load it on to his trailer.

I would suggest that should be your priority - make sure it's been officially transferred to the dealer.  Once that's done, there's nothing further to concern yourself with.

Stateofart

Not your concern and non of your business