Newish car with wrong number plates

plumb1_2

Hi all
i bought a 10 month old car from a vw main dealer last April
 The dealership about 50 miles away 
Anyway I just noticed there is a front and rear reg plates are different, the first letter, both made and fitted by the same garage 
The correct reg is GF ****** , but the rear plate is DF*******

Should they correct this error, ie make a new correct one and post it to me. The car still has 2 yrs warranty on it

is it worth the hassle for £20 ?

No wonder I don’t get speeding tickets 😊

ritz55

I would contact the dealer and I’m sure they will sort it out. Seems a very strange mistake to make. 

MyRealNameToo

plumb1_2 said:

Hi all
i bought a 10 month old car from a vw main dealer last April
 The dealership about 50 miles away 
Anyway I just noticed there is a front and rear reg plates are different, the first letter, both made and fitted by the same garage 
The correct reg is GF ****** , but the rear plate is DF*******

Should they correct this error, ie make a new correct one and post it to me. The car still has 2 yrs warranty on it

is it worth the hassle for £20 ?

No wonder I don’t get speeding tickets 😊

You definitely want it corrected, it's a vehicle defect and would get you a £100 fine if the police were to notice, more if you dont then correct it and are caught again. 

It's up to you if its worth getting them to do it or pay £15 to get a new plate and fit it yourself. 

TadleyBaggie

Ask them, they should get new plates made up and send them to you. Amazed its taken you 9 months to notice,

se2020

I'd put this in an email to the garage ASAP.

Plates have been printed on computer for years now so it's not possible for someone just to put the wrong letter on.
So, I expect the garage had plates made up for more than one car at the same time and the guy screwing the plates onto the cars got muddled up.

The issue is, potentially,  there is another car driving around with your number plate on and that owner has not noticed. 
If you do start getting speeding tickets (or worst) you could have a hard time proving its not you especially as the garage is not that far away and there is a fair chance the other car could be the same model and colour (hence the mix-up in the first place)

Mildly_Miffed

Yes, absolutely they should...

But it's taken you nine months to notice?

So which end doesn't match the V5C?

ritz55 said:

I would contact the dealer and I’m sure they will sort it out. Seems a very strange mistake to make. 

"Oi, Terry, can you knock us up a coupla plates, mate..."

D and G could sound quite similar shouted across a noisy workshop.

paul_c123

Pics or it didn't happen.

MyRealNameToo

Mildly_Miffed said:

D and G could sound quite similar shouted across a noisy workshop.

But they are normally printed so whilst D and G may be done wrong the two plates should be identical. It's not a mishearing problem that creates two plates with different values. 

plumb1_2

Mildly_Miffed said:

Yes, absolutely they should...

But it's taken you nine months to notice?

So which end doesn't match the V5C?

ritz55 said:

I would contact the dealer and I’m sure they will sort it out. Seems a very strange mistake to make. 

"Oi, Terry, can you knock us up a coupla plates, mate..."

D and G could sound quite similar shouted across a noisy workshop.

The wife is the main driver, so only maybe drive it once a week. And we don’t wash it, we have a young lad who washes it once a month.
Better employ him as he has a good work ethic, which I like to encourage.
So that’s my excuse.

TadleyBaggie

Dx plates are from Chester or Shrewsbury. Gx plates are Maidstone or Brighton.

plumb1_2

se2020 said:

I'd put this in an email to the garage ASAP.

Plates have been printed on computer for years now so it's not possible for someone just to put the wrong letter on.
So, I expect the garage had plates made up for more than one car at the same time and the guy screwing the plates onto the cars got muddled up.

The issue is, potentially,  there is another car driving around with your number plate on and that owner has not noticed. 
If you do start getting speeding tickets (or worst) you could have a hard time proving its not you especially as the garage is not that far away and there is a fair chance the other car could be the same model and colour (hence the mix-up in the first place)

Ya just sent the garage a email about it, I await their response. Hopefully today.
The front plate is GF **** which is correct with the dvla 
the rear plate is DF ****. Which shows a Volvo in blue according to dvla, mine is a VW in grey