Hi,
I recently purchased a used car from a dealer, 05.01.2024
Within 4 days the car developed a fault and the engine light came on, they asked me to get a quote at a local garage for repair who told me what the faults were then said they advised me to return to them for repair as there may be other problems present but we're unable to tell untill the thermostat was replaced and the car would get up to temperature,
Should mention that the thermostat wasn't the EML problem it was the soot content of the DPF, however my garage advised that untill the engine couple get up to temperature nothing else would.
I then phoned the dealer who agreed to repair the fault, they had the car 10 days and only changed the thermostat on the last day when I spoke to the garage that the dealer uses.
Picked the car up on Friday noticing a smell all the way, have a feeling there may now be a farely severe oil leak, so yesterday I went to my local garage for diagnostics again, I had suspicions anyway about what the dealer was doing for 10 days, and my garage agrees with me in thinking the DPF has been removed but will confirm today when a ramp is free to have a better look.
What is the best courseof action from here?
I do really like the car and would like it repairing, they obviously won't admit to removing the DPF so how would I go about that matter? The car is unroadworthy and illegal to drive in that condition
Any help would be appreciated thanks
I recently purchased a used car from a dealer, 05.01.2024
Within 4 days the car developed a fault and the engine light came on, they asked me to get a quote at a local garage for repair who told me what the faults were then said they advised me to return to them for repair as there may be other problems present but we're unable to tell untill the thermostat was replaced and the car would get up to temperature,
Should mention that the thermostat wasn't the EML problem it was the soot content of the DPF, however my garage advised that untill the engine couple get up to temperature nothing else would.
I then phoned the dealer who agreed to repair the fault, they had the car 10 days and only changed the thermostat on the last day when I spoke to the garage that the dealer uses.
Picked the car up on Friday noticing a smell all the way, have a feeling there may now be a farely severe oil leak, so yesterday I went to my local garage for diagnostics again, I had suspicions anyway about what the dealer was doing for 10 days, and my garage agrees with me in thinking the DPF has been removed but will confirm today when a ramp is free to have a better look.
What is the best courseof action from here?
I do really like the car and would like it repairing, they obviously won't admit to removing the DPF so how would I go about that matter? The car is unroadworthy and illegal to drive in that condition
Any help would be appreciated thanks
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