Hi guys, I'm just looking for some advice if possible please as I think I've dug myself a little bit of a hole here
Here we go:
May 2015 bought myself a used car (my first ever car) on a hire purchase agreement. The car is 7 years old, 103,000 miles on the clock and was sold to me as 'in good working order', so I was happy to pay the 5k for it. Matey at the garage did me a nice 'clear' MOT, no advisories etc.
4 weeks later needed a set of front brake discs, pads and wheel bearings, which I paid for. Bloke who fitted them couldn't believe that the car had passed an MOT 5 weeks prior by the state of the brakes.
I think this is where I started digging my hole - rather than just reject the car (I wasn't sure if I could as the car came with a 3 month warranty that applied to the engine online) I paid for the repairs. I've been advised by Citizens Advice that this could affect my position on the whole thing.
4 weeks after this, clutch was slipping so bad that the car couldn't reach above 35mph. Took it to a garage - yep needed a new clutch. Paid for this repair too.
13 weeks after I had bought the car (at which point I'd done 400 miles in it since purchase), I took it in for an interim service. Went to collect it after the service and was advised that they couldn't do the road-test part of the service because of the state of the back brakes. Well this was news to me! He showed me some pics he'd taken once he'd finally managed to get the seized brake off - I was missing a shoe on one side which had dug a deep groove all the way round the inside of one of the drums. Both drums had a severe brake fluid leak too causing the inside of both drums to be completely black and sticky. Matey at the service place said he couldn't believe that the car had passed an MOT because the back brakes had clearly had these issues for some time, although he said I might have a job proving that. Again, paid for the repairs rather than reject the car as I still wanted the car and was hoping against hope that there would be no more issues.
18 weeks after I had bought the car, having only done 800 miles in the thing, loads (I mean loads, other cars hanging back 20 meters behind me so they can keep a clear view) of smoke starts billowing out the back of it. Had a little bit of smoke before, but had been told that diesel cars can do this anyway. Consulted a diesel specialist - yep need 4 new injectors at a cost of £1200. At this point I thought there was no chance of me being able to reject the car because I had already paid for repairs, so sat the car on the drive until I could afford to fix it and now the car is in the garage having 4 new injectors fitted.
Had anyone ever had anything similar happen to them please? I have written a letter to my finance company under the instruction of Citizens Advice, but this is my first ever car and I'm totally out of my depth here. The car has cost me £2000 in repairs (£800 in the first 6 months, and £1200 for repairs made outside of the six months but for a problem diagnosed within the first 6 months).
I'm just looking for some advice please, I'm going out of my mind here. I don't personally think that the car is as described (good working order), but am unsure of whether it is a satisfactory quality for a 7 y/o car with 104000 miles on the clock.
What should I do?!
Here we go:
May 2015 bought myself a used car (my first ever car) on a hire purchase agreement. The car is 7 years old, 103,000 miles on the clock and was sold to me as 'in good working order', so I was happy to pay the 5k for it. Matey at the garage did me a nice 'clear' MOT, no advisories etc.
4 weeks later needed a set of front brake discs, pads and wheel bearings, which I paid for. Bloke who fitted them couldn't believe that the car had passed an MOT 5 weeks prior by the state of the brakes.
I think this is where I started digging my hole - rather than just reject the car (I wasn't sure if I could as the car came with a 3 month warranty that applied to the engine online) I paid for the repairs. I've been advised by Citizens Advice that this could affect my position on the whole thing.
4 weeks after this, clutch was slipping so bad that the car couldn't reach above 35mph. Took it to a garage - yep needed a new clutch. Paid for this repair too.
13 weeks after I had bought the car (at which point I'd done 400 miles in it since purchase), I took it in for an interim service. Went to collect it after the service and was advised that they couldn't do the road-test part of the service because of the state of the back brakes. Well this was news to me! He showed me some pics he'd taken once he'd finally managed to get the seized brake off - I was missing a shoe on one side which had dug a deep groove all the way round the inside of one of the drums. Both drums had a severe brake fluid leak too causing the inside of both drums to be completely black and sticky. Matey at the service place said he couldn't believe that the car had passed an MOT because the back brakes had clearly had these issues for some time, although he said I might have a job proving that. Again, paid for the repairs rather than reject the car as I still wanted the car and was hoping against hope that there would be no more issues.
18 weeks after I had bought the car, having only done 800 miles in the thing, loads (I mean loads, other cars hanging back 20 meters behind me so they can keep a clear view) of smoke starts billowing out the back of it. Had a little bit of smoke before, but had been told that diesel cars can do this anyway. Consulted a diesel specialist - yep need 4 new injectors at a cost of £1200. At this point I thought there was no chance of me being able to reject the car because I had already paid for repairs, so sat the car on the drive until I could afford to fix it and now the car is in the garage having 4 new injectors fitted.
Had anyone ever had anything similar happen to them please? I have written a letter to my finance company under the instruction of Citizens Advice, but this is my first ever car and I'm totally out of my depth here. The car has cost me £2000 in repairs (£800 in the first 6 months, and £1200 for repairs made outside of the six months but for a problem diagnosed within the first 6 months).
I'm just looking for some advice please, I'm going out of my mind here. I don't personally think that the car is as described (good working order), but am unsure of whether it is a satisfactory quality for a 7 y/o car with 104000 miles on the clock.
What should I do?!