Re: Vehicle warranty


"?????????" <me@home> wrote in message
news:7aGdnXP5nNdTCCLeRVnyuw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Happy New Year all
>
> I think I already know the answer to the query I have but need some advice
> anyway.
>
> I bought a 3-year old car in the last week of November for £4950 and
> having tested it everything seemed okay. The car was from a dealer and
> came with a 3 month warranty covering everything apart from consumables.
> Since November I have done 550 miles but there seems to be issues with the
> brakes and possibly engine/exhaust. The car had a service at the garage
> the dealer uses but having worked in the car industry (20 years ago) I
> know there are garages who do things to mask problems.
>
> The front brakes were quiet for the first week or so but suddenly they
> became extremely noisy when used. Everytime I use the brakes there is a
> grinding noise coming from the front but the pads look okay.
>
> At about the same time the engine/exhaust became noisy when the engine is
> pushed to about 4000 revs so not exactly over pushing it.
>
> I am about to book it in with Seat for them to go over the car to tell me
> what, if anything, is wrong with the car but I only want a report from
> them at this stage. The dealer asked me to take the car back to him before
> anywhere else but I want it checked over by Seat first before taking it to
> the dealer in case the dealer asks his garage to do a quick job on it.
>
> My question is this: If things are found to be wrong can I get them fixed
> under the warranty? If the brakes/exhaust are faulty they wouldn't
> normally be covered by the warranty but in my mind nothing should go bad
> on a £5000 car after only 550 miles so would that give me any leverage? I
> think problems with brakes and exhausts should have been rectified during
> the service the car had and if there are problems I hope Seat can show
> that a service should have picked them up and rectified them.
>
> thanks for any advice, even though I think I am going to be out of luck
> with this one.


Brake pads are a consumable item , so are disks etc so you may not get
anywhere with them same with the exhaust , did it have an mot when you
bought it
check this out



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