Another victim of UK169/Auto Essentials/Ecu solutions AKA Jack Wilkinson

[Ossie2408]

I have been in the motor trade for 35 years and have used hundreds of companies for a variety of repairs, only once have i had a major problem which i sorted out in County Court and won.

I had a Vauxhall Insignia with an engine fault and advertised on 1st Choice car repairs site for a repair.  Jack, actually his alias Lee contacted us with a quote which we accepted. We transported the car to Unit 4/18 Burnt Mills Road North Benfleet SS129JX expecting its return within the promised 28 days.

I have had every excuse you could possibly imagine, in the last 2 YEARS!! as to why the car is not repaired. Ecu faults, Ignition faults, Gearbox faults, Exhaust faults, Wiring chaffing faults, Communication faults, Cancer treatment delaying the repair, medical treatment in Turkey delaying the repair, Covid delaying the repair!!

The man is a pathological liar and a fraud. He is now refusing to tell me where the car is and refusing me access to collect it. He is under investigation by trading standards dept Jasper Singh officer in the case but he just keeps getting away with it. Police say its a civil debt and not a criminal offence.

1st choice do not want to know, they refuse to do anything other than request the car be repaired directly by UK169 which is of course ignored

I found recently all the posts on this site about Jack and his tactics but it was too late. To date i am £6200 out of pocket to this man and it appears the law is powerless to deal with dishonest rogues.

[BankFodder]

Do you want help with this?

[Nicky Boy]

15 hours ago, Ossie2408 said:

He is now refusing to tell me where the car is and refusing me access to collect it

 

15 hours ago, Ossie2408 said:

Police say its a civil debt and not a criminal offence.

Sounds like theft to me, which is a criminal offence.

Why not go back to the police and report the vehicle as stolen?

[BankFodder]

If the OP wants some help with this then he ought to engage with this thread.

Contacting the police is the obvious way to go and that should be done in any event at least to obtain a crime number but it is unlikely to result in any particular success.

I would suggest an action for conversion under the Torts (Interference with Goods Act) 1977. On the basis of what we have been told here, the chances of success are pretty well 100%. The only problem will be that of enforcing the judgement that it will be a very good start.

Of course we haven't been given any details about the car and particularly its value et cetera so we don't know how much such an action would cost to bring and that might affect the OP's decision whether or not to make the claim but the successful outcome is pretty well guaranteed.

I don't understand why the OP who apparently is an experienced car mechanical engineer as allow this to go on for two years. That is quite extraordinary.

We need to know the whole story if the OP wants any help. Otherwise we are all wasting our time and of course other people will become victims of this same person.

If the OP has simply come onto this forum to add a story and effectively to do a hatchet job on this car repair person then that is pretty unhelpful because that's not what we do.

That's what social media such as Facebook et cetera are for.

If the OP doesn't come back and tell us the story and the details that we need so that we can set about attempting a solution, then our time is effectively being wasted in exactly the same way that his time is being wasted by this car repairer

[Ossie2408]

Hi,

I am not trying to use this site to vent a personal grudge nor do I use social media as a vendetta platform. Everything I have written is true about this man and his companies.

Essex police have now agreed to investigate but as yet trading standards department have not replied to my complaint. I have 52 txts and over 100 phone calls as evidence.

As I am in the motor trade I understand that some repairs can be very complicated and time consuming. Lee/Jack initially stated the repair would take some time as sourcing the crankshaft shells etc was difficult but he was confident he would do so.

I gave him 3 months without chasing him. He eventually circa November 2022 said he had an engine and it was fitted but the car had a fuelling problem. This is where the lies started. Since that date I have had to chase him every 7-28 days.

He told me in circa March 2023 that he could not honour the initial quote of £1895 and the final bill would be circa £3000, I agreed on the proviso that the car would be finished and ready for collection within 28 days. I agreed to this price increase because the car was depreciating rapidly and it was a matter of damage limitation as to my financial loss when I could sell the car .

Since that date I have been told that the ECU was burnt out but he had it repaired, The wiring harness from ECU to central control body was burnt out, the wiring behind the dash was snagged and crimped, the engine was leaking oil on 4 separate occasions and had to be removed every time,

he was away in Turkey have medical treatment, the exhaust was full of oil, the exhaust was wrong, the ignition module had lost signal from the keys, he had surgery for cancer, he is having treatment for cancer, his workshops are not answering the phone, he and his staff have all had Covid  etc etc ........... Exactly the same excuses that all other posters have previously reported. 

He has refused to give me the address where the car is , he just said it was somewhere else. I have tried to send engineers to the delivery premises but was told I was wasting my time as the car had been moved. I have tried to meet him personally but he has no office and avoids the conversation, says hes busy and finishes the call.

The point of my post is to warn others of this mans MO.

I will now make it my mission, as I have recently retired and genuinely have received cancer treatment, to stop this man on every site I can from his deceitful and dishonest acts.

If anyone can supply me with any more information as to his other company names and his address then more detail will help put him out of business.

Unfortunately, 1st Choice car spares/repairs the on line site that he contacted us through are not interested in blocking him and just ignore your complaints, I think a police action might change their minds.

I am exactly, including delivery, £6740.80 out of pocket. This is as a result of trying to be honourable.

 

 

[BankFodder]

Nobody disbelieved you – and I was fully aware of what you are trying to do.

However, back to the question – would you like some help with this?

[Ossie2408]

Thanks for your kind offer but I will see who the police deal with the matter first.

I have tried to track this man down but it appears he has no trading address in his name, no social media platform, a ghost.

I will post any further updates when I have them.

Regards 

[BankFodder]

Well we are here to help you if you can find out some information about him. 

A trading address is not necessary but a residential address is essential. 

Have you looked up to see if there have been any judgements against him.

Search the registry trust although it costs about 3 quid per judgement. 

You might be able to find out to what addresses the documents have been served

[Ossie2408]

Could you provide me with the website details please

Done the checks and no ccj records, like I said he’s a ghost

Essex trading standards department have now given me a reference and are investigating this man/companies.

[BankFodder]

Home

WWW.TRUSTONLINE.ORG.UK

 

[dx100uk]

its worthy to note this would be a business to business claim.

dx

 

[Ossie2408]

Surprise surprise, Lee/Jack text me this morning to say I could collect the car Saturday. I am going Monday so will see what sort of state it is in.

[Nicky Boy]

Maybe take a transporter with you?