Rejecting Car Based on Misleading MPG
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Hi
I bought a 2017 Peugeot 5008 SUV GT Line 1.6 diesel on the 4th July. After two days of driving it, it has become very apparent that the purported 65.7 miles per gallon combined claim is never going to be attained. Real world is more like 44.5 MPG. I drive like a saint.
What are my rights in this regard? Can I hand the car back to the dealer for a full refund? Have already emailed the dealer to express my dismay about the very misleading economy figures.
I bought the car to replace my Land Rover Discovery 4 to save money on fuel. I’m in the UK by the way.
Thanks
I bought a 2017 Peugeot 5008 SUV GT Line 1.6 diesel on the 4th July. After two days of driving it, it has become very apparent that the purported 65.7 miles per gallon combined claim is never going to be attained. Real world is more like 44.5 MPG. I drive like a saint.
What are my rights in this regard? Can I hand the car back to the dealer for a full refund? Have already emailed the dealer to express my dismay about the very misleading economy figures.
I bought the car to replace my Land Rover Discovery 4 to save money on fuel. I’m in the UK by the way.
Thanks
Are you driving it like they do in the test? On a rolling road at 40mph? Are you fatter than the driver in the test? Have you got the air con on? Have you got the window open? Have you got any electrical systems on? Carrying any load? Tyres inflated to the same as during the test?
If the answer to any of these is diffrent to the test you have no chance
You have no chance.
If the answer to any of these is diffrent to the test you have no chance
You have no chance.
Shrub said:
Hi
I bought a 2017 Peugeot 5008 SUV GT Line 1.6 diesel on the 4th July. After two days of driving it, it has become very apparent that the purported 65.7 miles per gallon combined claim is never going to be attained. Real world is more like 44.5 MPG. I drive like a saint.
What are my rights in this regard? Can I hand the car back to the dealer for a full refund? Have already emailed the dealer to express my dismay about the very misleading economy figures.
I bought the car to replace my Land Rover Discovery 4 to save money on fuel. I’m in the UK by the way.
Thanks
That's some lurking I bought a 2017 Peugeot 5008 SUV GT Line 1.6 diesel on the 4th July. After two days of driving it, it has become very apparent that the purported 65.7 miles per gallon combined claim is never going to be attained. Real world is more like 44.5 MPG. I drive like a saint.
What are my rights in this regard? Can I hand the car back to the dealer for a full refund? Have already emailed the dealer to express my dismay about the very misleading economy figures.
I bought the car to replace my Land Rover Discovery 4 to save money on fuel. I’m in the UK by the way.
Thanks
Shrub said:
Hi
I bought a 2017 Peugeot 5008 SUV GT Line 1.6 diesel on the 4th July. After two days of driving it, it has become very apparent that the purported 65.7 miles per gallon combined claim is never going to be attained. Real world is more like 44.5 MPG. I drive like a saint.
What are my rights in this regard? Can I hand the car back to the dealer for a full refund? Have already emailed the dealer to express my dismay about the very misleading economy figures.
I bought the car to replace my Land Rover Discovery 4 to save money on fuel. I’m in the UK by the way.
Thanks
You are aware that advertised mpg figures are attained under strict laboratory conditions, and cannot be replicated in real life?I bought a 2017 Peugeot 5008 SUV GT Line 1.6 diesel on the 4th July. After two days of driving it, it has become very apparent that the purported 65.7 miles per gallon combined claim is never going to be attained. Real world is more like 44.5 MPG. I drive like a saint.
What are my rights in this regard? Can I hand the car back to the dealer for a full refund? Have already emailed the dealer to express my dismay about the very misleading economy figures.
I bought the car to replace my Land Rover Discovery 4 to save money on fuel. I’m in the UK by the way.
Thanks
You bought a nearly new car to save a few pennies on MPG?
You shouldn't be worrying about MPG but the massive depreciation you will face because of the need to have a nearly new car. The MPG difference will pale in comparison.
This is why this nation has gone downhill. However not atypical from the demographics on here.
You shouldn't be worrying about MPG but the massive depreciation you will face because of the need to have a nearly new car. The MPG difference will pale in comparison.
This is why this nation has gone downhill. However not atypical from the demographics on here.
Edited by Audemars on Saturday 7th July 09:59
Audemars said:
You bought a nearly new car to save a few pennies on MPG?
This is why this nation has gone downhill. However not atypical from the demographics on here.
No, I bought it to replace a Discovery 4 that is out of warranty, has 100,000 miles on the clock, is starting to need very expensive repairs, costs £540 per year in road tax and does 26mpg. I do 20,000 miles per year. The diesel really adds up in top of all the other costsThis is why this nation has gone downhill. However not atypical from the demographics on here.
Hopefully the new WLTP tests can end this mpg fiasco so many cars claim they do.
and regarding getting your money back from a dealer its a tough one, having had a few customers try this in the fast usually the same outcome, the dealership didn't build the car or do the mpg tests or claim it does that economy.
get in touch with Peugeot and they will maybe help you out with a goodwill gesture or they will contact the dealer.
and regarding getting your money back from a dealer its a tough one, having had a few customers try this in the fast usually the same outcome, the dealership didn't build the car or do the mpg tests or claim it does that economy.
get in touch with Peugeot and they will maybe help you out with a goodwill gesture or they will contact the dealer.
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