Oh sorry, if I were not clear, he ‘replaced’ the gasket which is why I didn’t proceed. But it’s since transpired that he just did a temporary fix hence the problem reoccurring. Unfortunately my limited car knowledge meant I took his word that the replacement occured when it hadn’t. It’s more a case of protecting myself as they are aggressive, know where I stay and could come accross the forum.

@bankfodder. I know, I was completely ignorant of my rights. This was my first car. Trust me, really frustrated at myself as I desperately need a car to work aswell. Frankly, the guys at the dealership are pretty agressive, I’m even a little worried about how to suggest arrangement of the return of the vehicle (though I’m almost certain they won’t give a refund). Would you put it to them to atrange for collection of the car. The 6 month period has past but I have been raising concerns since July and my initial letter before action was sent a couple of months ago. I’m concerned this will detriment my claim . Will sent the letter today and update you all. Thank you

cheers, I’ll get that done today.

Hi there, I bought a second hand Peugeot in June from a dealership. It was 8 years old. 80k mileage. I paid £1500 by bacs transfer. 8 weeks later the car had issues starting and the battery would die here and there. I returned to the dealer who reassured me there were no underlying issues (and the cause was likely low coolent lebels :/ ) and continued using the car. Couple of weeks pass and the car is making beep noises (nothing on dashboard) and strange pipe whistle sounds seem to be coming from the exhaust. I took the car back to the dealer, he checked the car and said there were no underlying issues. Few weeks after in September, I brokedown and breakdown recovery said the cause was a broken car radiator. At this point, I wasn’t aware of my rights and I paid £120 for this to be replaced. I thought this may have been the cause of the beeping and (perhaps due to overheating) the issue with battery but these issues continued and I started to notice oil leaks. Of course at this point to rogue dealership refused to assist and told me I had no rights. After much back and forth he agreed to have the car checked out by a mechanic (his choice) in October. The mechanics highlighted various issues, the main being a badly damaged head gasket. The dealership refused to meet the costs of the repairs and again after lots of back and forth and letter before action quoting CRA2015 ,after speaking to trading standards he agreed to replace the gasket. 4 weeks later, I noticed that the leaks continued (the beeping and issue with the flat battery when starting the car persisted throughout). I went to an independent mexhanic who confirmed that the leaks, issues with starting the car and noises are a result of a broken head gasket ( the one that the dealership supposedly replaced 4 weeks ago). The mechanic said whatever was done was a very temporary fix. I am considering further action, any advice? Is it worth me demanding a refund since his repair failed? Cheers