Steve C
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Hello all, it's been a while. I'm hoping for some guidance.
I recently traded my car into a used car dealer. A really nice guy by the way, and bought a used Grand Vitara from him.
The car had some problems, dpf light, glow plug light, injector light, losing power, etc. I took it back to him and we had a chat. I could have had a refund but did a deal for another car, an i20 with 34k on it.
This was last week. So roll forward to tonight and there was a whine, so my mate (a mechanic) was over and I changed the oil and filters while he was here. The whine turns out to be the gearbox. The car has also had an engine, the number doesn't match the log book and there's marks from a scrapyard on it.
I've dropped the ball here, I know. The dealer has a good reputation locally and I trusted him.
How should I play this?
I'm about £3000 into this by the way.
I recently traded my car into a used car dealer. A really nice guy by the way, and bought a used Grand Vitara from him.
The car had some problems, dpf light, glow plug light, injector light, losing power, etc. I took it back to him and we had a chat. I could have had a refund but did a deal for another car, an i20 with 34k on it.
This was last week. So roll forward to tonight and there was a whine, so my mate (a mechanic) was over and I changed the oil and filters while he was here. The whine turns out to be the gearbox. The car has also had an engine, the number doesn't match the log book and there's marks from a scrapyard on it.
I've dropped the ball here, I know. The dealer has a good reputation locally and I trusted him.
How should I play this?
I'm about £3000 into this by the way.