Rejecting used car

[christofmccracke]

I bought a car a month ago from a dealer ive done around 500 miles in the car and it cut out once before but started again, but on saturday went over a puddle/bump and the car cut out, rac diagnosed as fuse blowing and today im out in the car again and go over a bump and the car cuts out again so im waiting for the rac again!
The car does have a warranty but i have lost faith in the car now and dont particularly want to keep it
what can i do?

[Gruber]

Really?

Replace the fuse. And then get someone to work out why its blowing. If the car has a warranty, try to get it sorted under warranty.

But you're not going to have much luck rejecting a car just because a fuse has blown.

[Diablos-666]

You need to give the dealer a chance to rectify the issue before you can reject it and ask for money back.

[soxboy]

Have you raised this with the dealer at all?

Has the RAC man identified it as a significant issue which makes the car rejectable? (if that is a correct word)

[confused_buyer]

You've got to give them a go at fixing it first. Only if the fault becomes untraceable or unfixable can you start to consider rejection.

Contact the dealer and explain what has happened giving them as much detail as possible (when it happened, what fuse went, any information the RAC man gave) etc.

[SteveS Cup]

This is becoming un real!!

A fuse has blown and you want to give the car back!!??

It will be a short circuit somewhere which is "shorting" when you hit a bump!

[VR6 Turbo]

If you tell the PH'ers what car. There maybe a common fix on that model or a known problem

ie. E36 beamers ECU's can get flooded with water.

VR

[MK4 Slowride]

SteveS Cup said:

This is becoming un real!!

A fuse has blown and you want to give the car back!!??

It will be a short circuit somewhere which is "shorting" when you hit a bump!

I reckon he should demand a brand new car. /sarcasm

In all seriousness, my dad had an Alfa 156 selespeed and it's only fault was a fuse that kept blowing. Put a slightly higher amp fuse in, no more problems. I would check that iit's ok to do that for what purpose the fuse serves.

[johnpeat]

Firstly, you have to give the dealer a chance to fix the problem.

If they attempt that and fail, THEN you can consider rejecting it - but you'd have to prove that the car is "not fit for the purpose" and generally that means you need the dealer to admit they don't know what the fault is...

I'm smelling a bit of buyer's remorse here tbh - but whatever, first job is taking it back to the dealer and ask them to fix it.

If they try and fail (usually twice, just to be sure) - THEN you suggest to them that you're going to reject the car and see what they say.

[RobCrezz]

christofmccracke said:

what can i do?

Get a grip. Might be a tiny fault which is easily fixed, give them a chance first.

[robsco]

Man up and get the fuse replaced. Or you could go back to the dealership, reject the car and be laughed back out of the door.

[Adz The Rat]

This has got to be a joke thread......

[sleep envy]

I don't see the problem, I rejected my used car because the ashtray was full.

They never said to me that I had to empty it - lying, scumbag dealers.

[BarnatosGhost]

Did you buy it from Marks & Spencer?

[steveo3002]

also worth checking its the correct rated fuse in there , someone might have put any fuse in it , then the rac man replaced like for like