Hi thought I would ask from some help/advice from you all. Bought a 07 Captiva LT in October 2011. Had the lights on dash board faults and after several visits got a new accelerator pedal which cured this fault, then took it into garage for service in June and they broke the sump plug so had to get that fixed, off the road for another week and now it broke down last wednesday, engine was making a rattle noise and no power.

The garage eventually got round to looking at it yesterday and have called to say that the engine is done, something has went wrong with the crank shaft and I will need a new engine!!! The car has only done 68000 miles, i bought it from arnold clark and they are a chevrolet dealer. A new engine would cost £8000 and they couldn't source a recon one. I had bought autocare cover which is rubbish, they will cover to fix the engine if repairable but only up to £2000. But to find out if it is fixable they need to strip the engine down and I am liable for cost of this if they can't fix it.

Needless to say I have told them to go ahead and strip it and am waiting on them calling me back with my fingers and everything else crossed. I can't believe that this could happen to such a young car, has anybody else had this problem. I am now without a car and can't afford to buy another. Thanks for reading and any help/advice would be greatly appreciated

Edited by Avant on 28/09/2012 at 00:50