I bought a Phase 2 Clio 172, '52 a few weeks ago - after a few days or so the car developed a bit of a strange fault handling-wise, turned out that I had to have a new rear spring + suspension damper. So then I find out that the following things have gone too recently:
- Dephaser pulley (so I need a new cam-belt too, big job!)
- Climate control stuck on hot
- Passenger seat cable come off, cannot recline seat using top lever
- Brief scraping sound on press / release accelerator, sound coming from engine bay
So my question is: can I go back to the dealer and force them to pay for these fixes? I think the dephaser has literally gone in the last few days but tbh I may just not have noticed it when I bought it so perhaps that one wasn't there when I drove it off the forecourt, same with the scraping sound. Truth be told I didn't even know what a dephaser was until my car started sounding like a taxi
Other faults including spring / damper / climate control & seat release must have been there from the start.
Car came with a 12-month RAC warranty - upon inspection maximum claim is just £300 on that! Useless!
Just wondering what other people would do in the situation? Called the dealer but he said it was running fine when I bought it, so not sure I've got a leg to stand on. Starting to wish I hadn't bought it now... I got new tyres, brakes and the suspension bits sorted for ~£400 in total and thought that was it, but now I'm looking at another £650 or so!
Thanks in advance!
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- Dephaser pulley (so I need a new cam-belt too, big job!)
- Climate control stuck on hot
- Passenger seat cable come off, cannot recline seat using top lever
- Brief scraping sound on press / release accelerator, sound coming from engine bay
So my question is: can I go back to the dealer and force them to pay for these fixes? I think the dephaser has literally gone in the last few days but tbh I may just not have noticed it when I bought it so perhaps that one wasn't there when I drove it off the forecourt, same with the scraping sound. Truth be told I didn't even know what a dephaser was until my car started sounding like a taxi
Other faults including spring / damper / climate control & seat release must have been there from the start.
Car came with a 12-month RAC warranty - upon inspection maximum claim is just £300 on that! Useless!
Just wondering what other people would do in the situation? Called the dealer but he said it was running fine when I bought it, so not sure I've got a leg to stand on. Starting to wish I hadn't bought it now... I got new tyres, brakes and the suspension bits sorted for ~£400 in total and thought that was it, but now I'm looking at another £650 or so!
Thanks in advance!
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