Did the dealer break our car?
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2018 Mini Countryman, 60k miles. Needed a clutch, service and MOT.
Ten days after collection the engine warning light comes on. "New exhaust sensor Sir. £250 please". On collection they said "if that doesn't work, we'll try something else". Great.
It didn't work. It went back in.
"It's the gubbins that adjusts the timing Sir. Big job, £3k. But Mini will pay some of it. Your bit is £700".
They are maintaining that the first sensor was definitely faulty.
Now, this is a car that has not put a foot wrong since new, Not a peep. Until it went in for a clutch.
Just bad luck or did they break it?
Lol, one of my friends has this sort of luck.
His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
wyson said:
Lol, one of my friends has this sort of luck.
His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
On of our other cars went in for MOT last month alongside a service. It is the only place where our cars have ever failed on cuts in the tyres. But it again failed on a cut in the tyre.His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
Makes you wonder.
Zio Di Roma said:
wyson said:
Lol, one of my friends has this sort of luck.
His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
On of our other cars went in for MOT last month alongside a service. It is the only place where our cars have ever failed on cuts in the tyres. But it again failed on a cut in the tyre.His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
Makes you wonder.
Dan W. said:
Zio Di Roma said:
wyson said:
Lol, one of my friends has this sort of luck.
His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
On of our other cars went in for MOT last month alongside a service. It is the only place where our cars have ever failed on cuts in the tyres. But it again failed on a cut in the tyre.His car went in for a service with a main dealer and the turbo blew up on the mechanics’ test drive. They wanted £5k to fit a new engine. He got a reconditioned one and got an indy to do it for £2k all in.
Then with another car and another main dealer, his dual clutch gearbox mechatronic unit packed in when his car went in for a service. They wanted £2.5k to fix it. He paid that.
He is now deeply suspicious they deliberately sabotage cars to earn extra money.
Makes you wonder.
I also suspect foul play because they said the car needed pads and discs. I pointed out that they had been done 22k earlier. "Ah, sorry, technician error. Discs are fine". I agreed the pads, but in hindsight wonder whether I should have refused pending checking for myself.
Coming from a motor trade background (long time ago) I have been sensitised to garage "activities" but my hunch is that currently there is an uptick in garages finding things that need doing, if you get me.
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