Re: Vehicle warranty
- From: David J <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:07:32 +0000
On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 14:56:12 +0000, ????????? <me@home> wrote:
>Steve Robinson wrote:
>> "?????????" <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
>>
>>
>>
>
>Yes the car has a new MOT. I understand that the brakes are consumables
>and I'm not really that bothered about them but what I don't want is to
>find that any possible problems have been deliberately masked to last
>the length of the 3 month warranty.
>
>At the end of the day if I need to get front brakes and a section of the
>exhaust I'm not worried. I just thought they would have lasted more than
>550 miles :-)
Your MOT was done/not done by the selling garage.. It's probably worth
diddly-squat...
Take the car to your SEAT people & just have another MOT there. They
will recognise anything untoward.
.
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