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I purchased a Toyota Celica used y reg
Mileage upon collection was 43320
On 15th June I took the car into my local garage as the car was making a severe grinding noise from the front when braking, at the time it was the closest garage to me, I didnt trust the cars braking system so the closest garage was the most sensible and safest solution
I was advised that the both the discs and pads needed replacing, in fact the inner most pads were down to the metal. (Removed discs and pads are in my possession),
Mileage at time of work carried out 43867
Total miles driven since purchase 547
I asked the mechanic who carried out the work if this problem should have happened in so few miles after purchasing and after a recent MOT,(1st may 07) I was told that if the brakes were this badly worn there should have been an advisory note on the MOT
Upon checking the MOT there is a section that said an advisory note was made but this was NOT shown to me, disclosed at sale or given to me at time of purchase, after checking online the VOSA status check states
“Advisory notice nearside rear brake pads wearing thin”
If this information had been presented to me at the time of sale I would have insisted that this be rectified before the sale was completed as I would not have purchased a car whose brakes were close to failure. I would not have put my small child and wife in a compromising position, as a Paramedic I see first hand what brake failure can do
The bill for the rectification from my local garage was £179.25
Called garage I bought it from15th June stated that because I never went to them prior to having the work carried out they would not make a contribution to the bill of £179.25
My complaints are thus
I was sold a car and NOT given the relevant information about its condition following the MOT ie the MOT recommendation was not included or disclosed to me or rectified prior to sale, indeed it was ommited from the pack i received from the garage upon collection of the car
That I had little choice but to take the car to the nearest garage as the brakes were failing.
I need transport so had to have the work done ASAP, it was completed at my local garage in half a day
An £8000 car should not have ben sold to me with brakes in such poor condition, so much so that 547 miles later the pads are down to metal, and the discs need replacing
I would like the garage to offer to pay the bill or offer compensation towards the bill and wonder if I have any claim
A little contradictory. Regardless, your issue is with the MOT station that passed the car. Brake pads and disks are consumable items but the MOT station obviously deemed their service life to be satisfactory for at least a couple of months or so and they made note of the fact that the pads were low.
I could make a set of pads with 3mm of material last for 10,000 miles on a motorway yet my missus could take the car on two Sunday local trips and do the same damage.
I think you're on a hiding to nothing on this one.
The MOT is only valid for the day it was carried out, so I don't think you will get very far by going back to the MOT station. They did an advisory about the brakes anyway and it isn't their fault that the garage you bought the car from didn't show you this.
However, I would pursue this with the garage you bought the car from. True, they say you didn't contact them first, however, it would have cost them more to arrange recovery etc to rectify the problem.
Good Luck
have i any right for compensation
to the bill of £179.25
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