Bought a dodgy car...
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The best advice anyone on here can give, is go to citizens advice.
If the car was bought from a trade then you have the right to challenge them. I suggest taking a copy of the advert to the CAB and explaining the situation to them. From what I can gather you saw the advert and had your mum pick up and pay for the vehicle (i assume).
As long as the advert clearly states sunroof, electric windows etc and non of those function then you are entitled to a refund or the repair to be carried out at their expense as they have clearly advertised a car as something it isn't.
If the car was bought from a trade then you have the right to challenge them. I suggest taking a copy of the advert to the CAB and explaining the situation to them. From what I can gather you saw the advert and had your mum pick up and pay for the vehicle (i assume).
As long as the advert clearly states sunroof, electric windows etc and non of those function then you are entitled to a refund or the repair to be carried out at their expense as they have clearly advertised a car as something it isn't.
Mine doesn't have a button on the dash . . . .
A lot of cars do not. (Modern ones tend to)
So what have trading standards actually done in this case?
Mine's on the driver's door, as is our Volvo and many, many other cars!
BMW's used to be next to the handbrake, so yes that comment was rather silly
I don't miss any parts of your mum.
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I do.
Or just lock the door and see what happens....
It's a really odd case, I don't know where you would stand tbh. Any faults that make the car not fit for purpose should be rectified, unless she signed something saying no warranty was implied or given. As for the missing features, yes it's been misadvertised but by looking the car over and testing it, I wonder if a court would deem that she's accepted the specification....
Basically, it's her own silly fault that she didn't check the car was what she expected, but she should still pursue any faults
It's a really odd case, I don't know where you would stand tbh. Any faults that make the car not fit for purpose should be rectified, unless she signed something saying no warranty was implied or given. As for the missing features, yes it's been misadvertised but by looking the car over and testing it, I wonder if a court would deem that she's accepted the specification....
Basically, it's her own silly fault that she didn't check the car was what she expected, but she should still pursue any faults
Is there such a thing as a genuine car in West Yorkshire?
So if you bought a car from a dealer and shortly after found it was faulty you'd just chalk it up to experience and do nothing would you?
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No, but this is a completely different scenario. What do you expect the dealer to do when you didn't notice a lump of wood holding the window together? There is no way you could prove the car was in this condition when you bought it. You would be fighting a loosing battle.
To an extent, but in this situation you would have a tough time proving it. Fundamental mistakes have been made which could have avoided this entirely. If you didn't spot the issues at the time then how do you expect to go back to the dealer and make them take action?
Ok, a bit of clarity here. It was my mum that bought the car not me, so don't flame me as most people have over the past couple of pages.
Secondly, she went to see the car and it had no sunroof, we were't bothered about that as much but it's an element we can use against them, under false advertsing.
As regards to the wood thing, we only realised after getting it home, getting a mechanic friend to take a look at it and take the door panel off, where the mech should have been was a plank of wood. Externally the electric window switch was there, there was just no mech. The dash panel says that the coil's gone but we reckon it could be the choke sticking as it's supposed to be a new coil.
Thanks to those that actually have given decent advice, we sent the bloke a letter as advised by trading standards two weeks ago via recorded delivery, it was signed for and we had no response. Trading Standards say we can take him to the small claims court but it'll cost £170 (and as the car only cost £600 + £200 from our old one in part exchange).
The car itself was advertised on Autotrader, that's what I mean by "advertised as" and nowhere did it say the car was faulty. I figured it might come under being unfit for purpose
Secondly, she went to see the car and it had no sunroof, we were't bothered about that as much but it's an element we can use against them, under false advertsing.
As regards to the wood thing, we only realised after getting it home, getting a mechanic friend to take a look at it and take the door panel off, where the mech should have been was a plank of wood. Externally the electric window switch was there, there was just no mech. The dash panel says that the coil's gone but we reckon it could be the choke sticking as it's supposed to be a new coil.
Thanks to those that actually have given decent advice, we sent the bloke a letter as advised by trading standards two weeks ago via recorded delivery, it was signed for and we had no response. Trading Standards say we can take him to the small claims court but it'll cost £170 (and as the car only cost £600 + £200 from our old one in part exchange).
The car itself was advertised on Autotrader, that's what I mean by "advertised as" and nowhere did it say the car was faulty. I figured it might come under being unfit for purpose
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Where does this £170 figure come from? You can issue a claim on the small claims system for £30.
Because the car only cost £600 you'd not get very far in a small claims court.
Cars can be sold as seen and without warranty if they are not of significant value, as a £600 is definately not of significant value you would be wasting your time!
Cars can be sold as seen and without warranty if they are not of significant value, as a £600 is definately not of significant value you would be wasting your time!
I think they can but only if you sign something to that effect