Mis-sold car with service history - anything I can do?

[lisalane78]

Hiya,

Historically this forum has been really very helpful with offering advice so I thought I'd give it a go again.

My situation is as follows:

I purchased a 4 year old car from a local garage for £8000, I was advised it had a full service history. After 3 weeks it broke down on me. The garage were less than helpful but after a battle they agreed to undertake the work but dragged their heels taking a couple of weeks to fix it. It again broke down shortly after the 3 month warranty, with the same fault (injector wiring issue). To cut a long story short it has broken down 3 times in under a year. I had it MOT'd this month and when I asked the garage to stamp by service booklet he advised me that it is for another car. The chassis number is different and it clearly states it is a different model of vehicle. I feel I paid for a vehicle with a full service history when it has nothing. It has also been unreliable for me and wish id never committed to it. My finance agreement states I can't return it until I've made 18 months payments which would be July this year. My query is is there anything legally I can do due to being mid-sold a car with service history that doesn't exist?

Any advice would be greatfully received.

Kind Regards

[ostell]

Re: Mis-sold car with service history - anything I can do?

Point this out straight away to the garage. They have misdescribed the vehicle they sold you. Have you checked the details on the log book (V5) ? Do they agree with the car or the service book. What was the mileage recorded on the MOT details? Have you contacted a previous owner to see what the mileage was?

They may have given you a 3 month warranty but under legislation you have more rights (for possibly up to 6 years).