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A week ago I bought a brand new Ford from a UK dealer. The car has a fault on the emergency brake assist and it has heavily braked several times and done one full on emergency stop. The emergency stop...
I was told that a car I was buying had a full service history. It is a 10 year old car and only has 5 years service history. They offered me £100 or to have the car back. It has cost me £250 for changing...
I bought a new Volvo EX30 Ultra Long Range from a main dealer in May 2024, paying in cash. A safety recall has since been issued due to a potential high-voltage battery fire risk, and I’ve been advised...
I'm writing to request clarification of my rights regarding the rejection of a vehicle obtained through my employer’s salary sacrifice scheme. I took delivery of a new VW ID.Buzz GTX on 4 November. The...
I bought a Mercedes GLE 350 AMG unseen for £20,000 + £200 delivery. I discovered numerous faults and the dealer agreed to put matters right and returned the car a week later. Non-folding mirror was replaced...
I recently took delivery of a brand new Audi A5. Within three weeks the vehicle suffered several software issues e.g. rear camera failure, radio muting itself, blank satnav. As well as spurious fault...
I have recently (2 weeks today) purchased a car through a sales garage. After six days the car engine warning lights came on and it went in to limp mode. It has been off the road for the past eight days....
I had a customer reject a car (numerous things wrong with it mechanically, I had already repaired it once but the faults reappeared and they were no longer confident in the car). The car is in good cosmetic...
I bought a brand new PHEV on a PCP and took delivery last week. After 3 days it would not start. A recovery company came out and told me the 12 volt battery was completely drained. They got it started...
In April I bought a one previous owner low mileage 2023 Land Rover Defender 110 from a main Land Rover dealer. Since April it has hardly rained until the last week, when water started to be noticeably...