Used car; consumer rights act?
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Very little unless you can show that it was failing or had an issue at the time of purchase...
Things go wrong on cars and the consumer law is not a catch all for any issues...
2 months after purchase, shows it worked for two months so was clearly working when bought, so it will probably not be considered to be the responsibility of the dealer...
Things go wrong on cars and the consumer law is not a catch all for any issues...
2 months after purchase, shows it worked for two months so was clearly working when bought, so it will probably not be considered to be the responsibility of the dealer...
https://www.theaa.com/car-buying/legal-rights
This might be worth reading through.
"If a fault comes to light after 30 days but before 6 months have passed then you are entitled to a repair, replacement or refund. It is assumed in law that the fault was present at the time of purchase unless the seller can prove otherwise. During this period, unless you have agreed otherwise, the seller (dealer) has only one opportunity to repair (or replace) the faulty vehicle after which, if they fail to repair it, you are entitled to a refund.
In the event of a refund following a failed attempt at repair during the first six months the seller is permitted to make a 'reasonable' adjustment to the amount refunded to take account of the use that you have had of the vehicle since you bought it."
This might be worth reading through.
"If a fault comes to light after 30 days but before 6 months have passed then you are entitled to a repair, replacement or refund. It is assumed in law that the fault was present at the time of purchase unless the seller can prove otherwise. During this period, unless you have agreed otherwise, the seller (dealer) has only one opportunity to repair (or replace) the faulty vehicle after which, if they fail to repair it, you are entitled to a refund.
In the event of a refund following a failed attempt at repair during the first six months the seller is permitted to make a 'reasonable' adjustment to the amount refunded to take account of the use that you have had of the vehicle since you bought it."
esxste said:
It is assumed in law that the fault was present at the time of purchase unless the seller can prove otherwise.
This is the challenging bit though...- component not used / tested at sale - later noticed to have failed - this applies
- component in use and active at sale (as a supercharger would be) - scenario 1 - it is a gradual failure, and that is deemed to have started by point of sale - this applies
- component in use and active at sale (as a supercharger would be) - scenario 2 - it is an abrupt failure - this doesn't apply
so the seller would simply need to show that the supercharger was working at point of sale (presumably would have been very noticeable if not), and if it is seen as an abrupt failure which was not predictable then the consumer may not be protected
Nothing "challenging" about it. Ignore the nay-sayers and those who "think" they know how it all works. The Consumer Rights Act is a useful piece of legislation and is very much on your side regardless of how unfair some may think it is.
As has already been mentioned see if you have legal protection on any of your insurance polices, if yes use them - in my case they were very good. CAB can be very good too.
I was in a similar situation around a year ago, dealer didn't want know and tried to hide behind the fact he'd supplied a warranty, the car had worked for X miles so it's not my problem etc...stand your ground and good luck!
My tale with a happy ending ending: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As has already been mentioned see if you have legal protection on any of your insurance polices, if yes use them - in my case they were very good. CAB can be very good too.
I was in a similar situation around a year ago, dealer didn't want know and tried to hide behind the fact he'd supplied a warranty, the car had worked for X miles so it's not my problem etc...stand your ground and good luck!
My tale with a happy ending ending: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
jac-in-a-box said:
Nothing "challenging" about it. Ignore the nay-sayers and those who "think" they know how it all works. The Consumer Rights Act is a useful piece of legislation and is very much on your side regardless of how unfair some may think it is.
As has already been mentioned see if you have legal protection on any of your insurance polices, if yes use them - in my case they were very good. CAB can be very good too.
I was in a similar situation around a year ago, dealer didn't want know and tried to hide behind the fact he'd supplied a warranty, the car had worked for X miles so it's not my problem etc...stand your ground and good luck!
My tale with a happy ending ending: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
As has already been mentioned see if you have legal protection on any of your insurance polices, if yes use them - in my case they were very good. CAB can be very good too.
I was in a similar situation around a year ago, dealer didn't want know and tried to hide behind the fact he'd supplied a warranty, the car had worked for X miles so it's not my problem etc...stand your ground and good luck!
My tale with a happy ending ending: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Confused buyer and toomany2cvs will be along soon enough to tell you that it's entirely reasonable to expect cars to break down with the buyer having no recourse.
Generally you get a lot of rubbish advice on here - like the first reply for example.
Huntsman said:
It is coming up for 11 years old, its an old banger no?
How many miles has it done?
Agreed on the age. One would expect it to cover more than 1000 miles before a major (not wear and tear) engine component to fail unless it was listed as having a fault or as spares or repair......How many miles has it done?
Cerberaherts said:
Huntsman said:
It is coming up for 11 years old, its an old banger no?
How many miles has it done?
Agreed on the age. One would expect it to cover more than 1000 miles before a major (not wear and tear) engine component to fail unless it was listed as having a fault or as spares or repair......How many miles has it done?
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