Have been sold a car with suspicious MOT

[gemryanellie]

Hi, my other half bought a Land Rover a week ago on 18/04/14. It has 12 months MOT on it but when he has gone to see a land rover specialist, they have said the car should never have past MOT and is unfit for road with the amount of rust on it (even has holes on the wheel arches when you open the door its rusted that bad). He has been in touch with the MOT garage and they have said they will do all the work for free but when he rang the dealer that sold it him he went mad at him saying it was nothing to do with him. Can any one shed some light on where we go with the dealer that sold it him because surely he is in the wrong for selling us a car unfit for road use. Thanks

[ericsbrother]

Take it back as being not fit for purpose and not of merchantable quality. Demad a full refund. you may ahve to leave the vehicle but you cant drive it anyway so no loss there. warn the dealer that you will be seeking to recover any additional costs incurred between now and when he pays up.

[ericsbrother]

Oops, make sure you supply your complaint and demands in writing as well.

[gemryanellie]

Thanks for reply. When he rang him he said hes not taking it back for a refund as it has 12 months mot on it and to him there was nothing wrong with it! But I think he was in on the bent mot so he didn't have to pay for the work to be done before selling it.

[gemryanellie]

Does anyone know if trading standards will help in any way please? and if so how would I go about it?

[f16]

If VOSA find out about this, The MOT garage will be investigated and may well lose its MOT status

[JoeyJoeC]

I would say this is more down to the garage, not the dealer.

 

Worth reporting it to VOSA, and get them to test it again at the same garage, if they find major issues (which they sure will), then the MOT garage / tester will get punished for it. No wonder the garage are offering to fix it for free!!

 

Perhaps offer to sell it to the garage?

[renegadeimp]

Threaten to get vosa involved then do it anyway.

[Conniff]

There should be a number on the cert for you to ring if you think you have a problem.

[ericsbrother]

You dont ring and ask, you go round and demand, leaving a letter with the dealer saying exactly what the problem is and making it clear that it is your right under the SoGA to have a full refund as you dont accept the goods because of the reasonds given..

[heliosuk]

I just love these posts from people who say get VOSA involved having never seen the car involved. If it's a Land Rover on a ladder chassis then it can have holes in the bodywork. Makes little or no effect to the rigidity of the vehicle.

 

Which land rover is it first????????????

 

Again people jump to conclusions before the full facts are known.

[renegadeimp]

helios, please read the first post again.

[f16]

heliosuk,

 

What's the problem with reporting to VOSA ???????????????? (My post #6, JoeyJoeC #7 and renegadeimp #8 )

 

Seeing as the OP states that an Independent Land Rover specialist has said the car is unroadworthy. (See post #1)

 

I would have thought reporting to VOSA was very good advice.

[JoeyJoeC]

I just love these posts from people who say get VOSA involved having never seen the car involved. If it's a Land Rover on a ladder chassis then it can have holes in the bodywork. Makes little or no effect to the rigidity of the vehicle.

 

Which land rover is it first????????????

 

Again people jump to conclusions before the full facts are known.

 

Sorry but this is a support and advice forum. People offer advice based on what the OP has posted. Based on what the OP posted, mentioning a specialist has inspected the vehicle, it would be worth taking it up with VOSA.

[heliosuk]

Then perhaps the OP will state what Land Rover it is???? Perhaps also age and mileage plus price paid???

 

Rust is very subjective and there are clear guidelines as to what is acceptable and what is not. A general rule is excessive corrosion within a set distance of a load bearing area. Wings do not necessarily fall under this.

 

Like I say, people jump to conclusions so perhaps a bit more from the OP first?

 

This is a support and advice forum as you point out but it needs to be good advice and support based on more detailed facts rather than loose canons going off!!

[f16]

Then perhaps the OP will state what Land Rover it is???? Perhaps also age and mileage plus price paid???

 

Like I say, people jump to conclusions so perhaps a bit more from the OP first?!

 

heliosuk,

With all due respect to a fellow CAGGER (No insult intended or implied)

 

What has the "Model, age, milage and price got to do with it ???

The car is "unroadworthy"........ Independent Land Rover specialist.

Trying to advise OP correctly, Going on Post # 1

[JoeyJoeC]

Heliosuk, would you not trust the opinion of a Land Rover specialist?

[j66]

Garages have higher standards for vehicle inspections than what is required for a MOT. The MOT standard is a low minimum that's not much above what would be considered scrap.

 

The definitive opinion as to the vehicles MOT condition would be that of VOSA, not of a garage who habitually use a service standard rather than people who are trained to inspect to the MOT standard using MOT inspection methods and tools.