On the back of Volvo gate from the other day 
Hi all,
I bought a 2007 BMW X5 on Thursday 8th December this year from a relatively local used car dealership, for circa £5.5k.
The car was sold with a one month and 1,000 mile warranty which I thought was a little light and potentially not valid however I wanted the vehicle and was happy to progress with the purchase on that basis, thinking anything major would hopefully become apparent relatively soon.
I managed two short test drives before purchasing the vehicle and on both occasions everything seemed to be fine.
We agreed an MoT before purchase, which was initially done on the 6th Dec (failed, as below), and then passed with zero advisories the following day.
So I picked up the car the day after the MoT and service had been carried out, and away I went. I've done around 500 miles since.
Since I picked it up I've had a fair few issues with the car, as outlined below:
I've lost faith in the car, it feels like a bit of a lemon, and only having the car for 10 days and it's behaving like this is putting me off. What would you do? And what are my rights, am I able to reject the car?
Thanks in advance

Hi all,
I bought a 2007 BMW X5 on Thursday 8th December this year from a relatively local used car dealership, for circa £5.5k.
The car was sold with a one month and 1,000 mile warranty which I thought was a little light and potentially not valid however I wanted the vehicle and was happy to progress with the purchase on that basis, thinking anything major would hopefully become apparent relatively soon.
I managed two short test drives before purchasing the vehicle and on both occasions everything seemed to be fine.
We agreed an MoT before purchase, which was initially done on the 6th Dec (failed, as below), and then passed with zero advisories the following day.
- Front Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (3.5 (a))
- Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))
So I picked up the car the day after the MoT and service had been carried out, and away I went. I've done around 500 miles since.
Since I picked it up I've had a fair few issues with the car, as outlined below:
- First thing first the car, since purchased, struggled to start - this didn't present itself until I'd bought it and got it home, but figured since it we've had very cold weather recently, and the fact it needed an MoT and service since I paid the deposit, I assumed it'd had a fair few cold starts and the car needed a good run. I cracked on regardless, however, 8 days after purchase, the morning of the 16th December, the car would not start. Admittedly this was a seriously cold morning for the UK, however I believed at this point that a new battery was probably in order anyway, so I bought a brand new one and fitted it myself that afternoon. Sure enough, once fitted, it fired confidently into life.
- The windscreen washers do not work, this was a fault on the MoT which it had on the 6th (fail) and 7th (pass), the rear wipers do, and the headlight wiper washers do, but the windscreen ones are totally knackered, I don't know how they passed that second, 7th Dec MoT.
- We'd booked a trip to the Lakes this weekend and had planned to set off on the 16th, fortunately the battery issue above solved the issues so we cracked on. The morning of the 17th and 18th were both cold again and both mornings the car (diesel, admittedly) had very lumpy starts, but again I figured, hey, it's an old ish car and other issues may be present, not the end of the world.
- Most of the journey I couldn't see particularly well, I think the lights (xenons) are pretty shocking. The lenses are quite cloudy, so I'd put it on my list of things to sort to make sure that they have the best chance, not holding that against the garage.
- Braking from anywhere between 40-70mph gives aggressive juddering through the steering wheel, I'm assuming front disks, but not sure why this wasn't picked up in the MoT/service. I mean, I am sure, but you know...
- And finally, the nail in the coffin, get all the way home tonight with no issues (other than outlined above), get back in the house, unpack, order a takeaway to collect, go out to the car and it simply will not start. The key got completely stuck in the key holder (not conventional ignition like older cars, and not new enough to have keyless start). I struggled to get it out as the car "held" it in place, and none of the interior likes now work, I can't lock the car (central locking dead), just completely stuck. I can't open the boot to check the battery earthing, although I'm confident in myself that I tightened that up well when I replaced it.
I've lost faith in the car, it feels like a bit of a lemon, and only having the car for 10 days and it's behaving like this is putting me off. What would you do? And what are my rights, am I able to reject the car?
Thanks in advance

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