Legal advice please.....
Discussion
Right so....
Just less than a year ago I bought my current car, at that time I took out a warenty through the dealer.
I have just had some work done on the car, new air flow meter, which is covered by the warenty. However... when the garage that I had taken the car to asked the warenty company about claiming they were told that the dealer that I had bought my car from had gone bust and that they (the warenty company) could not pay out a claim because of this.
I have looked through all the small print in the contract that I have with the warenty company and have found NO mention of the fact that if the issuing dealer goes bust that the warenty will be void. I have called the warenty company myself only to be told that they will not pay out due to the dealer that I bought the car from, almost a year ago, going bust.
I have also from the warenty company recieved a letter and a phone call (yesterday) asking if I would like to renew my warenty as it is coming up to the end of its term. I polietley declined and was told, 'ok then, thats it valid up untill the 20th of this month (december).
Where do I stand? Is there any point taking them to the small claims court or seeing the CAB?
The bill was just shy of £200 so not really a tiny amount!
Am fairly annoyed by this and would appreciate any advice.
Cheers.
Just less than a year ago I bought my current car, at that time I took out a warenty through the dealer.
I have just had some work done on the car, new air flow meter, which is covered by the warenty. However... when the garage that I had taken the car to asked the warenty company about claiming they were told that the dealer that I had bought my car from had gone bust and that they (the warenty company) could not pay out a claim because of this.
I have looked through all the small print in the contract that I have with the warenty company and have found NO mention of the fact that if the issuing dealer goes bust that the warenty will be void. I have called the warenty company myself only to be told that they will not pay out due to the dealer that I bought the car from, almost a year ago, going bust.
I have also from the warenty company recieved a letter and a phone call (yesterday) asking if I would like to renew my warenty as it is coming up to the end of its term. I polietley declined and was told, 'ok then, thats it valid up untill the 20th of this month (december).
Where do I stand? Is there any point taking them to the small claims court or seeing the CAB?
The bill was just shy of £200 so not really a tiny amount!
Am fairly annoyed by this and would appreciate any advice.
Cheers.
As far as I am concerned it is well worth taking them to the small claims court.
Fairly easy to do cheaply now.
It my also be worth getting in touch with the insurance onbudsman. Every chance they will sort it out in a phonecall for you.
What is thier rationale for not forking out? How do they see the dealer going bust as relevant when the contract you make is with them? Or is it?
Fairly easy to do cheaply now.
It my also be worth getting in touch with the insurance onbudsman. Every chance they will sort it out in a phonecall for you.
What is thier rationale for not forking out? How do they see the dealer going bust as relevant when the contract you make is with them? Or is it?
Ok so, when I bought the car it came with a years warenty, looking at the paperwork, this years warenty was free. So does that mean that it has been underwriten by the dealer and that the warenty people are correct in what they are saying? The aggreement has been signed my myself (obviously) and the dealer.
Also in the definitions....
Dealer/we/us/Our:
The Dealer who supplied the Vehicle which is the subject of the Agreement.
I think I may be roayaly f
ked.
Yeah it was the Alfa
Also in the definitions....
Dealer/we/us/Our:
The Dealer who supplied the Vehicle which is the subject of the Agreement.
I think I may be roayaly f
ked. Yeah it was the Alfa
)anonymous said:
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I think I'm reading the warenty agreement, it is the only thing that I have relating to the warenty and has the warenty company logo in the top left corner not the dealers logo. It has the Policy number on the schedule and also the 'gold warenty terms and conditions' as the heading to all the small print. Am expecting another call from the warenty company this afternoon. They have already said that they will basicly be repeating what they have already told me. Grrr.
I've said twice already but, hey what the hell, I'll say it again.
If the warranty company were only underwriting the dealers liability for claims the warranty died when the dealer went bust. It will only still be valid if it's an underwritten insurance risk.
There are many used TVR's out there with exactly the same type of policy.
If the warranty company were only underwriting the dealers liability for claims the warranty died when the dealer went bust. It will only still be valid if it's an underwritten insurance risk.
There are many used TVR's out there with exactly the same type of policy.
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