Bear with me chaps, its a long story so far, but suffice to say I wish I hadn't bought my car.
2 months ago I drove my Leon Tdi FR out of the dealership in Essex and 80 miles home. A week later I started to notice an annoying issue with the gears and clutch. Quite often the car would still be in 1st gear even with the clutch down, the car wouldn't come out of gear until I literally force it out. Often a struggle to get the stick into 1st and reverse.
I called the dealer and he tells me to bring the car down and he'll get his gearbox specialist down the road to look at it for me - so after 2 x 180 mile round trips and after picking the car up a week later, the problem is still there.
So - after some negotiation I arrange for my local garage to have a look at the gearbox, they are reasonably confident it is a gear selector issue and the cables need replacing, this won't be a cheap fix - around £450. The Dealership then disputes with me wether the warranty will cover this as they state that nothing is actually broken - the problem is down to 'wear and tear'.
Eventually we agree that they will cover the lion's share of the fix, £300 and I'll pay the remaining amount - £150. I've just picked the car up and the problem is still there, even worse now
I really don't know what to do now, the garage who did the work are saying its now likely to be a gearbox strip and possible replacement - £1000 +
2 months ago I drove my Leon Tdi FR out of the dealership in Essex and 80 miles home. A week later I started to notice an annoying issue with the gears and clutch. Quite often the car would still be in 1st gear even with the clutch down, the car wouldn't come out of gear until I literally force it out. Often a struggle to get the stick into 1st and reverse.
I called the dealer and he tells me to bring the car down and he'll get his gearbox specialist down the road to look at it for me - so after 2 x 180 mile round trips and after picking the car up a week later, the problem is still there.
So - after some negotiation I arrange for my local garage to have a look at the gearbox, they are reasonably confident it is a gear selector issue and the cables need replacing, this won't be a cheap fix - around £450. The Dealership then disputes with me wether the warranty will cover this as they state that nothing is actually broken - the problem is down to 'wear and tear'.
Eventually we agree that they will cover the lion's share of the fix, £300 and I'll pay the remaining amount - £150. I've just picked the car up and the problem is still there, even worse now
I really don't know what to do now, the garage who did the work are saying its now likely to be a gearbox strip and possible replacement - £1000 +
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