Hi All I am new to this forum and looking for some advice. I bought a car on 7th of this month and the car had been MOT'd the day before purchase by the dealer. On the way home I I started to think that some things weren't right so started to do some investigating, unfortunately was away for the following week. I took it for an inspection and found that the following MOT failing faults were present :-
Both fron outer Cv gaitors torn (one without securing)
A broken rear coil spring
too much play in the drop link bush
N/S/F Lower arm rear bush torn
Ride heigt sensor bent
both rear calipers binding (one is very hard to turn by hand)
The handbrake will not hold properly.
Both rear tyres through to the thread. the MOT has the rear tyres near legal limit and no other advisories.
There are several other faults such as the radiator cooling fan wiring has been tampered with and such is permanently on. The thermostat had been removed and there is a cooling sytem error in the ECU. The fuel guage does not work properly, there is a leak where the soft top meets the window an when hot engaging first gear is sticky. The car was test driven but only for a couple of miles as there was no petrol in it.
I have written to the garage and E-mailed them stating that under the sale of goods act I am rejecting the vehicle as it does not match the ad description and subsequent concversations with him and that I had asked him about any faults, none were mentioned and moreover the car is unroadworthy and as such not fit for purpose. He has not recieved the letter yet but will tomorrow and appears unwilling to read the E-mail. I called him on Saturday 3 weeks to the day of purchase to voice my concerns and intentions and to re iterate the E-mail that had been sent on Friday, only to be met with abuse and a complete unwillingness to do anything. Although his opening gambit when I said the car was unroadworthy was to offer me £700 les than what I paid before I had even told him what was wrong. I have contacted CAB to tell them what I was doing but said had offered them time to collect and refund (following the phone call it is clear he will ignore me completely) Tomorrow I will ask them to refer to Trading standards. I am also conatcting the DVSA for a re-test as the garage that looked over the vehicle said that it was obvious that some if not all of these faults would have been present at the time of the last MOT. The car has covered just over 200 miles since purchase, 170 of which were returning home from the dealer, the rest to get it inspected.
I am quite prepared to take him to court but am now without transport and want a quicker end to this as it is causing me an inordinate amount of stress.
WHAT A NIGTMARE
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Both fron outer Cv gaitors torn (one without securing)
A broken rear coil spring
too much play in the drop link bush
N/S/F Lower arm rear bush torn
Ride heigt sensor bent
both rear calipers binding (one is very hard to turn by hand)
The handbrake will not hold properly.
Both rear tyres through to the thread. the MOT has the rear tyres near legal limit and no other advisories.
There are several other faults such as the radiator cooling fan wiring has been tampered with and such is permanently on. The thermostat had been removed and there is a cooling sytem error in the ECU. The fuel guage does not work properly, there is a leak where the soft top meets the window an when hot engaging first gear is sticky. The car was test driven but only for a couple of miles as there was no petrol in it.
I have written to the garage and E-mailed them stating that under the sale of goods act I am rejecting the vehicle as it does not match the ad description and subsequent concversations with him and that I had asked him about any faults, none were mentioned and moreover the car is unroadworthy and as such not fit for purpose. He has not recieved the letter yet but will tomorrow and appears unwilling to read the E-mail. I called him on Saturday 3 weeks to the day of purchase to voice my concerns and intentions and to re iterate the E-mail that had been sent on Friday, only to be met with abuse and a complete unwillingness to do anything. Although his opening gambit when I said the car was unroadworthy was to offer me £700 les than what I paid before I had even told him what was wrong. I have contacted CAB to tell them what I was doing but said had offered them time to collect and refund (following the phone call it is clear he will ignore me completely) Tomorrow I will ask them to refer to Trading standards. I am also conatcting the DVSA for a re-test as the garage that looked over the vehicle said that it was obvious that some if not all of these faults would have been present at the time of the last MOT. The car has covered just over 200 miles since purchase, 170 of which were returning home from the dealer, the rest to get it inspected.
I am quite prepared to take him to court but am now without transport and want a quicker end to this as it is causing me an inordinate amount of stress.
WHAT A NIGTMARE
ANY HELP MOST APPRECIATED