Rejecting a used car

kiel367 · 17 Aug 2011 at 18:58

stay away from renaults, they suck

Mr^B · 17 Aug 2011 at 19:02

It does sound like a bit of a pig. With all that going wrong I'd probably reject it too.

[TW]Fox · 17 Aug 2011 at 19:23

TRNC said:
What Fox has done is take snippets from one page, and bits from another and concocted a very misleading post (nothing new there then).

Gosh you seem to know me so well despite having registered only a month ago, fancy that

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/676408/oft1241.pdf is the "official" guide for dealers. I stand by the statement i made, you CANNOT reject the car, if you dont believe me then try and I will fall about laughing as will the dealer. You have no legal redress to force them to take it back and you wouldnt win any legal action. At best you can try to get them to fix it but as you had another garage do work in the mean time you would have to prove their work didnt cause the problems, not the selling garage.

Your link proves what I said is correct. I didn't say he could reject the car - nowhere have I said he has a case for rejection.

What I said was:

any faults occurring in the first 6 months are deemed to have been present at time of purchase unless the trader can prove otherwise which is very hard and means almost all traders offer a warranty to cover themselves.

And the link you've provided confirms this to be correct.

Could you point out where I have stated he can reject the car? I wasn't even talking to the OP - I was questioning a point somebody else had made about the law and warranties.

TRNC · 17 Aug 2011 at 20:11

[TW]Fox;19855005 said:
Gosh you seem to know me so well despite having registered only a month ago, fancy that

Yeah, fancy that Michael

Gaygle · 17 Aug 2011 at 20:13

TRNC said:
Yeah, fancy that Michael

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but you sound ever so slightly creepy.

TRNC · 17 Aug 2011 at 20:24

That was the intention.

I know who he is...a month, pah! Been around here for years and years!

Westyfield2 · 17 Aug 2011 at 20:40

First one to work out which previously banned member TRNC was wins!

Mud · 17 Aug 2011 at 20:45

TRNC said:
I stand by the statement i made, you CANNOT reject the car, if you dont believe me then try and I will fall about laughing as will the dealer.

I did read up on my rights on this matter, and your opinion is counter to what all sites I read indicate as fact. You also seem to assume the cam belt job is what's causing the problem, when it's been all-but ruled out. Also consider that people sell/trade cars with intermittent niggles, so it's not unlikely that a 5 year old used car will have been sold for a reason.

kiel367 said:
stay away from renaults, they suck

Wouldn't be my first choice, but try to find a 3.6m baby mover that's quite as clever (see rear seats) and safe as the Modus...shame the Nissan Note is more like 4m (and loads more expensive).

Westyfield2 said:
First one to work out which previously banned member TRNC was wins!

Who cares? With a little luck he'll be gone soon.