Update I have checked past mot's and the last couple dont mention any of thr faults, previous one from 5/6 years do.... dont k mm'll ow where to turn or who to hold responsible can anyone advise please.

Who do i hold accountable for these issues? The previous registered keeper, the owner of the forecourt the car was stood on or the mot tester?

Ill have a check of the past mot's and see

Update The diagnostics highlighted a leeking air pipe which gone at anytime so i dont think i have any comeback on that, however the dealership did a healthcheck on the car and found the front pads 80% worn, the rear pads 90% worn o/s/f brake pipe to flexi excessively corroded, 'play in nearside lower ball joint 'play' in nearside shocker bush, nearside anti roll bar drop link and offside lower wishbone bush. Nearside and offside tie bar gaitors split. Now im sure some off these are Mot failures, can anyone advise please.

Good evening I purchased a used car three days ago and i am now coming across some issues, I recently purchased a used jaguar s type on 51 plate from a garage forcourt in doncaster. I was told by the seller that we couldnt test drive it as it had no tax or mot. But to my admittedly untrained eye the car looked sound, no oil leaks a steady sounding engine, a little bit of white exhust but the car had been stood since early 2013, so i put this down to condensation. The seller pointed out to me that there had been some insurance work done to the paint work due to a large scratch i asked if the car had been a write off and he said no. I have since discovered that the car was a cat c write off. All seemed good (im a bit nieve when it comes to buying cars all my past cars have been bangers bought from mates for a couple of hundred quid) the seller was named on the v5 document as the registered keeper, but not the owner of the garage. The seller also has other cars for sale with the same garage. I paid up 1295 cash for the car on monday evening to the garage owner/manager who signed the receipt which state sold as seen and the seller had it mot'd on tuesday morning. The engine management light came on as i was driving the car to a three day course in hull on Wednesday evening. Thursday morning the car started to rev irractically in idle and cut out if idling for a long ish period of time (at traffic lights etc). I took it to the nearest jaguar dealership thursday evening and its booked in for diagnostics on friday afternoon. Am i within my rights to get a full refund if the diagnostics show up a major fault, can i get the seller to pay for repairs where do i stand with the cat c issue?