Un-knowingly sold clocked car....

Alex*TLR

Alex*TLR

Alex*TLR

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Hi there, bit of a tricky one but any advice or experiences from you guys could prove helpful.....

Girlfriend just traded in her X-reg corsa 1.0 for a 02 plate 1.2 Clio. Did the deal through a "trader" on Autotrader, can't be sure of how official he is, girlfriend is trying to find the website she had for him now.

Anyway, the deal was fine, her car + £1k for the clio, everyone was happy v5 signed etc. However 2 weeks later and we get a text from the trader.

"Hi, appears your car has been clocked at some point, trading standards are looking into it".

Girlfriend is instantly panicing and trying to offer him more money etc. Have told her to calm down whilst I try and speak to trading standards etc to see where we stand. Personally we have no idea if the car was clocked before our ownership. However, we have ALL mots for our ownership showing that the milage has stayed steady with no massive jumps.

Basically, any advice on where we stand, or how similar situations you have had and how they were resolved would be great!

Thanks

Alex
 
could be a dodgy dealer trying to pull a fast one,

its the dealers responsiblity to check the car he's selling not yours, as long as you sold in good faith you have NOTHING to worry about
 
Have you had any other communication with the dealer? Only that text could mean that the car your bought has been clocked or the car you sold has been clocked.
 
Doesn't sound right to be honest, why would he not check the car's history before part-x but check it afterwards when he knows full well he has no rights?
 
End of day you have all MOT certificates showing what you thought was a legit milage on the car.

You PX'd in good faith. His fault for not doing HPI check.

Or...he is trying to pull a fast one...got the car from you, tried to shave a few miles off car, new buyer HPI'd and he has been caught, now trying to put the blame on you?

His problem, not yours, don't worry.
 
Cuchulain said:
Nope.

Car was traded in in good faith. The dealer is just trying to put the frighteners on. Tell him to go do one and take more care before he buys vehicles in the future.
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And definitely don't offer the dealer any more money. I suspect he is the one doing the clocking and has been caught. Cheating scum, tell him to take a hike!
 
All sounds great stuff! Spoke to the consumer direct people. They said it was a very grey area in that yes we were at fault un-knowingly but also as a private seller there is very few obligations.

The kind woman on the phone basically said leave it and wait untill he makes any demands, at which point they'll happily advise further.

It does all seem weird to me tbh, I mean, who texts about that kinda thing?! Fingers crossed nothing will come of it!

Thanks to all for the advice!

Alex
 
Surely they don't have a leg to stand on with this, against a private seller (assuming it is true, which is may not be).
 
Duke said:
Surely they don't have a leg to stand on with this, against a private seller (assuming it is true, which is may not be).
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No, they don't have a leg to stand on. However you can imagine what would've happened if the OP wasn't around - the girl probably would've been conned out of more money.
 
the trader clearly has no shame.

that is meant to be his profession and he is sending a pathetic text to try and scare a bit of cash out of a young girl who sold him a car that MAY have been clocked

i cannot stand traders
 
Just sit tight. Save every text he sends you and don't reply to any of them. Certainly don't offer him any money as if this did end up in court its going to make you look guilty straight away.

If it does end up with legal proceedings then get as much evidence to help you as you can i.e the texts, any old receipts/mot's you have for the car still and any receipt you got from the trader.
 
As mentioned earlier, are you sure he is not referring to the car he sold you? Unlikely, but stranger things have happened..
 
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