Rejecting vehicle from dealer within 30 days.

[mac132]

Hi,
I've purchased a vehicle 5 days ago from a dealer.
I've recently had the car checked and following issues were found:
Wishbones needed replacing
ball joints both sides
breaks
anti roll bar bush
Mainly issues with the suspension.
The car has only 2 month MOT left but in the current state the car wouldn't pass MOT.
On top of that car uses excessive amounts of petrol for 1.4L. After just travelling 10 miles my estimated mileage went down from 160 miles to 120 miles.
No faults were found that could lead to such excessive fuel consumption.

I am aware vehicles purchased from a dealer with "significant faults" can be returned although what is considered as a significant fault. Based on the issues listed can the vehicle be rejected under the grounds that the vehicle is not of satisfactory quality, and free from any defect”.

Thanks

[mac132]

cuprabob said:

Just because tbe estimated range dropped 40miles during a 10 mile journey, doesn't mean it's using excessive fuel.

The estimated range is based on the average mpg over a defined previous period. If the car has been driven gently over the previous period the range can actually increase, just like it goes down quicker if it's being driven around town.

Problem is, mileage only decreases, hasn't gone up once after testing on different roads. I've tried driving as economically as possible motorways / dual carriageways. I am aware fuel consumption increases in town / city.

[mac132]

Tony33 said:

How old is the car? Was any warranty supplied by the dealer?

Regarding fuel consumption going by the change in estimated range is very inaccurate as the car will base it on the average fuel consumption over a period of time. So if the car was being driven at a steady 40mph the estimated range will be much higher than stop start traffic in town. I recently filled up, did a few short trips and did a long trip on the motorway. The estimated range kept increasing for a good 50 or so miles. I did a 260 mile journey for about half that amount of fuel according to the estimated range from when I set off!

Car is 09 reg approx 85k miles, 6 month warranty was supposed to be emailed to me but nothing come through. Since I've had this car I haven't noticed the estimated range to increase even once and I drive short and long distances outside of town which worries me.

Edited by mac132 on Friday 25th May 22:00

[mac132]

seriousrikk said:

Where did you get it checked over?

My sister in law purchased a car last year and had a couple of issues, so took it to a well known if not respected auto chain for their 'X points car check'.

Naturally it failed quite spectacularly, as one would expect from a 14 year old pug. The list of jobs needed was over £800... So once she had got over her abject disappointment and spoken with me I looked at the list and predicted that a reliable garage would probably be a better option. It was, out of all the 'safety issues' which meant the 'car should not be on the road' it only needed tie rods and couple of new tyres.

My point is the larger garages that do these free safety checks will paint the worst possible picture - they have to. If they say something is fine and it fails catastrophically and painfully on the way home, current litigation culture could see them facing claims.

Also, what is the car?

Got it checked over at my local garage, its a seat ibiza petrol 09 plate with 85k mileage 1.4. Just checked mpg and its showing 19.6 down from 24 , this is dropping even when car is IDLE. I know for a fact there is a problem with fuel consumption. Avg is 47 on auto trader for these vehicles.