Been taken for a ride by car dealer

[Claires828]

UPDATE 17/12 - CAR HAS NOW BEEN SOLD WITH FAULTS DECLARED TO NEW BUYER . THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVICE . WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS


Ok so I have posted here before about my Corsa cdti being sold to me faulty . Anyway to cut a long story short I didn't get anywhere so have decided to sell the car with the fault fully declared at an appropriate price. I have now found out today that the Corsa has previously been recorded as a Category N . There was nothing on the bill.of sale and the dealer never mentioned it but this has significantly reduced the value further . Stupidly - yes I know that now - because I was buying from a garage I did not do a hpi check on purchase so I did not know. So when I have come to sell it a prospective seller has asked me reduce the car because it's a Cat N ... I was gobsmacked when they showed me the report. Do i have any recourse on the seller after some 8 months of owning the vehicle ?

Edited by Claires828 on Tuesday 18th December 09:25

[Claires828]

Sadly it wasn't a cheap car .. it was 2000

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Nickp82 said:

Have you double checked for yourself that the car is indeed Cat N?

Yes - I thought car sales people were obliged to declare since October 2017 ?

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Nickp82 said:

Claires828 said:

Yes - I thought car sales people were obliged to declare since October 2017 ?

If you bought it from a dealer/trader (which I believe you have said you did) then they are indeed obliged to inform you of the car's Category N status and unfortunately it does sound like you are right in saying you have been taken for a ride. Personally, given the time that has elapsed since you bought it I think you are better off cutting your losses and moving on.

Ok thank you ... if I could afford to cut my losses I would but for me it's a massive amount of money to lose .. and already cut my losses once as a result of the fault with the car ... I can't afford to lose 2 months wages in total .

[Claires828]

Thank you . Currently composing a letter to go recorded delivery to these crooks . Needless to say any replacement for the car will have had a full AA inspection and hpi check before agreeing to anything

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MYOB said:

Claires828 said:

Thank you . Currently composing a letter to go recorded delivery to these crooks .

Do you have the original advert for the car? You will need evidence that they did not declare the Cat N in their advert.

There was no advert . It had just come in . I was there looking at another car. I have the bill of sale though ...

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Alucidnation said:

Did you get the engine problem sorted?

Nope - no-one has been able to get to the bottom of it at all . It runs fine except smoking like a trooper in the morning ... injectors , glow plugs all fine ... told egr could be sticky but also told that it's not faulty . No engine management lights or warnings ... just smokes from cold and then continues as normal when you pull away

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Ok so Update - best ofdwr so far on car is £350. Thats a loss of 1650 ... not sure gow many people would be able to swallow that kind of loss. No one wants a cat N car . So ... after trying to get hold of the dealer ... they have liquidated .... literally in the last few days . Because they were a Ltd company there is no recourse for me at all.

So I have been well and truly screwed really by this bunch of cowboys . What a fabulous early Christmas present ..

[Claires828]

I wasnt worried about the smoking - I had given up getting that repaired anyway . The point was that the car was sold to me without the seller declaring that it was Category N - I accepted that I would be making a 1000 loss by selling it for 900-1000 or there abouts but because it is Cat N - No one will pay more than 350 for it - Do you not think I have tried to get it fixed ? No one knows what is causing it - If it was that simple I would have done it - and then sold the car in full working order As for losing £200 plus per month - that may not seem much to some but to me its a huge amount .

Anyway the point is mute - trader has gone - no doubt sued by another unsuspecting purchaser so I am stuck with it ..

[Claires828]

The offers I have received from private buyers are 200, 250 and 350 - This isn't trade offers .

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loskie said:

was any of it paid on credit card or finance? If so you may have recourse through a section 75 claim.

Yes the deposit was paid by credit card £300

[Claires828]

Thank you for all the replies . I have found a buyer for it who is fully aware of it's fault and the category N . At least it's new owner is fully aware of it's problems and as much history as possible . So ... it's gone ... and to be honest I am relieved .

Thanks to all for the helpful replies

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Begall said:

How much for, out of interest?

It went for £850 in the end . I am fairly happy with that and at least it means not a complete loss . Lesson learned and hpi checks all the way from now on .