Oil light warning on test drive
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Evening all
Ive just had a used car out on a test drive from a main dealer. Towards the end, the oil light came on. Told the salesman to stick it through the mechanics and generate a fault code and we can see what it might be. He disappeared away for 20 mins and came back saying they had reset it and it was fine. Looking at the handbook it was the oil pressure light as opposed to the amount of oil.
They said if it lights back on they will sort it if anything serious and has a 3 month warranty.
Should i be concerned?
cheers
Ive just had a used car out on a test drive from a main dealer. Towards the end, the oil light came on. Told the salesman to stick it through the mechanics and generate a fault code and we can see what it might be. He disappeared away for 20 mins and came back saying they had reset it and it was fine. Looking at the handbook it was the oil pressure light as opposed to the amount of oil.
They said if it lights back on they will sort it if anything serious and has a 3 month warranty.
Should i be concerned?
cheers
Walk away, why would you risk it? the warrnaty will probably be worthless, don't take it personally but it would be a pretty silly thing to do to buy a car when you know there's either an oil leak, or at best the previous owner hasn't kept the oil topped up, and the garage hadn't noticed. Doesn't say much about the way the car's been treated.
Hyundai ix35
Was a good price and after weeks of looking ticked all the boxes (automatic, sat nav, hatchback)
I rang a mechanic pal who said if it wasn't 'rattling' then likely a sensor/switch so not big deal but to bring it down his to read the code. Then they wiped it.
I felt reassured by the whole main dealer, we don sell duds pitch and they would sort any codes but now questioning if ive been a chump
Was a good price and after weeks of looking ticked all the boxes (automatic, sat nav, hatchback)
I rang a mechanic pal who said if it wasn't 'rattling' then likely a sensor/switch so not big deal but to bring it down his to read the code. Then they wiped it.
I felt reassured by the whole main dealer, we don sell duds pitch and they would sort any codes but now questioning if ive been a chump
Macneil said:
Walk away, why would you risk it? the warrnaty will probably be worthless, don't take it personally but it would be a pretty silly thing to do to buy a car when you know there's either an oil leak, or at best the previous owner hasn't kept the oil topped up, and the garage hadn't noticed. Doesn't say much about the way the car's been treated.
5 year old with FSH and a service last month so was comfortable on that scoreCHFCHF said:
Monkeylegend said:
I would cross my fingers then.
Which leads me on to my second question. Suppose it turns out to be a big problem, where do I stand in regards returning it or getting it fixed by them seeing as the light came on during test drive?If that was an actual oil pressure warning the engine is already damaged.
If there isn't an actual problem with oil pressure then there is still a less serious fault somewhere with a sensor of something. They fob you off by resetting the warning light but it'll likely reoccur until the root cause is rectified.
These are reasons why buying a car with an oil pressure warning light on is absolutely a school boy error.
If there isn't an actual problem with oil pressure then there is still a less serious fault somewhere with a sensor of something. They fob you off by resetting the warning light but it'll likely reoccur until the root cause is rectified.
These are reasons why buying a car with an oil pressure warning light on is absolutely a school boy error.
CHFCHF said:
Which leads me on to my second question. Suppose it turns out to be a big problem, where do I stand in regards returning it or getting it fixed by them seeing as the light came on during test drive?
You've only got a 3 month warranty if it goes after that then it's your problem hopefully if there is a problem then it shows up before the warranty expires.Well it’s boight so you cannot return it for what you already knew about and thus accepted.
The reality is with any used car the seller might have cleared the lights and codes just before you view it and they are fingers crossed it doesn’t come on during test drive. In this sense you are ahead of the game.
Keep a daily check on the oil level check the floor for any drips of oil.
The reality is with any used car the seller might have cleared the lights and codes just before you view it and they are fingers crossed it doesn’t come on during test drive. In this sense you are ahead of the game.
Keep a daily check on the oil level check the floor for any drips of oil.
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