Hi All
Posting this question on behalf of a friend. He purchased a Vauxhall Insignia in mid-November from a local car dealer. Independent, not one of the big chains, however holds a decent fleet of 50-60 cars. I'm not going to name them.
The car was down on power, and I replaced a split boost hose for him and it was running well. The car also has started to give intermittent issues cutting out and failing to start. He brought the car to his mechanic who sent it to an autospark who found a damaged loom and repaired and it was running well again. This time however it is now intermittently showing low oil pressure, and he has been quoted £700-1000 to repair, but he hasn't asked the car dealer he bought it from about this yet.
I've advised he speaks with the used car dealer, as this is a pretty serious failure. The service history shows no evidence of a belt change, which is overdue and will need done as part of this.
He has had the car 3.5months. What sort of warranty should a used car dealer be providing? If it was under 3 months I'd be fairly confident it should be covered, but after 3 I'd think it's a bit of a gray area
Any advice?
Posting this question on behalf of a friend. He purchased a Vauxhall Insignia in mid-November from a local car dealer. Independent, not one of the big chains, however holds a decent fleet of 50-60 cars. I'm not going to name them.
The car was down on power, and I replaced a split boost hose for him and it was running well. The car also has started to give intermittent issues cutting out and failing to start. He brought the car to his mechanic who sent it to an autospark who found a damaged loom and repaired and it was running well again. This time however it is now intermittently showing low oil pressure, and he has been quoted £700-1000 to repair, but he hasn't asked the car dealer he bought it from about this yet.
I've advised he speaks with the used car dealer, as this is a pretty serious failure. The service history shows no evidence of a belt change, which is overdue and will need done as part of this.
He has had the car 3.5months. What sort of warranty should a used car dealer be providing? If it was under 3 months I'd be fairly confident it should be covered, but after 3 I'd think it's a bit of a gray area
Any advice?