fatboyz

hi a mate of mines missus bought a pug 206 from a local garage without him knowing ( not the best idea ) paid £1400 for the car its had a few problems windows not working central locking not working it looks like its been hit down the side and badly repaired but now it looks like the headgasket is gone using water the top of the dipstick is snapped off anyone know if the garage HAS to do anything ????

thanks

tsutton

Privately or dealer?

If private, you're basically fscked, sold as seen.

If dealer, you have 3 months warranty for any repairs - But you can get money back - I did after 7 days whenw e got a car and found that the gearbox was dodgy - got full money back.

fatboyz

hi it was a garage that sold it , so does every garage have to give 3 months ???? do you have to state anything when you want to take it back law wise or just say

tabetha

Basic consumer law, ANY major fault within SIX MONTHS from date of sale is covered, simple as that, only exception is where the car price was substantially cheaper than retail and sold as faulty, ie with faults declared.
Sale of goods act simple as that, the law states the fault is considered to have been there at time of sale, where it's within 6 months, contact trading std's if necessary, or park the car outside garage with "do think carefully before buying here" and put the facts down, 100% legal to do, makes people sweat a bit, I did this for a £7 toy outside argos once, it worked got me £7 back!!
tabetha