I bought this car in August 2009, it had around 5500 miles on the clock. I traded my car in, and took out finance on this one. I bought it as I had become a childminder. No problems until around October last year when it experienced total power failure and the engine management light came on. Took it to local Vauxhall dealer, who were a bit vague about the problem but said they had cleared the fault code. Engine light came on again on Tuesday of this week. Phoned Vauxhall service dept was told I could not be booked in til next Thursday. Today (Friday) the engine cut out 7 times. Limped it to edge of road and called breakdown. Have had to leave it outside garage as they were closed for the night. I need this car for my business and I'm starting to wonder if this fault was apparent with the previous owner and that is why they got rid so promptly. Even if the garage clear the fault again, I have no confidence in this car. The finance agreement is not even halfway point - do I have any recourse with the dealership as its clearly not safe to drive?
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