Bought a faulty car
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If you are going to pick holes in the story the most likely one is that there is no light because there is no car because there was no sale because it's school holidays
But if it is true its hardly the most unbeliable story that someone bought a car for £850 and the engine light came on and they wanted a refund
But if it is true its hardly the most unbeliable story that someone bought a car for £850 and the engine light came on and they wanted a refund
These 2 threads give the background to how OP ended up in a less than a bag of sand, as Mike Brewer would say, car:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Engine warning light with 2 faults found would be enough for me to reject a £850, 2 day old car.
That smacks of a dodgy dealers clearing the faults the morning of, moving it on & hoping some poor punter won't have the fight in them.
Give the op a break, no wonder he hasn't returned with the s
t this thread has turned into. 
That smacks of a dodgy dealers clearing the faults the morning of, moving it on & hoping some poor punter won't have the fight in them.
Give the op a break, no wonder he hasn't returned with the s
t this thread has turned into. AdeTuono said:
Doesn't that depend on what the fault is though? I doubt you'd get a full refund if it relates to a low oxygen sensor voltage or a blocked charcoal filter. And the OP seems reticent to put us out of our misery.
We have a winner.The short term right to reject as applied to second hand cars gives the benefit of any doubt about pre-existing faults or defects to the consumer, not the trade seller. So if such a fault or defect shows up within the short term, that wasn't obvious or brought to the attention of the consumer at the time of sale, the consumer has a good, but not infallible, case to reject the car and get his money back. It's not infallible because the satisfactory quality must reasonably take into account the age, mileage and price of the vehicle. The satisfactory quality of a 15 year old 150,000 mile snotter isn't the same as the satisfactory quality of a new car.
However, without getting into subjective arguments about reasonableness, the first point here is whether the warning lights indicate a fault or defect. There are lots of warning lights about worn out consumable or life-limited components. A component needing replacement because it is at, or near, the end of its expected life isn't a fault or a defect. It's a maintenance item. As is replacing a blocked filter or worn brake pads.
Without any information about the fault codes on this car it's impossible to have any opinion about a right to reject or assumption of liability.
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