houst69
Striker
Further to my recent post about my Suzuki Grand Vitara f***ing up I am after some advice.
I purchased a car in October last year from Redburn Motor Company in Blyth.
Started driving it in November after my driving ban was up.
Just before Christmas had the DPF warning light and Diesel Injector Warning light show up on the dashboard, car went into limp mode on the bastard motorway.
Anyway, took it to a local garage, he re-generated the DPF and sorted the warning lights. Cost me £50 for this
Diesel Injector Warning light appeared again last weekend, took it to garage again, needed new glow plugs and another re-generation another £157.
This morning the f***ing Diesel Injection Warning light flicked on and off on the way to work, and when I came home from work stayed on permanently, so off to the garage again, they plugged it in and said the fault code was DPF blockage. Give me 3 options, burn it down the motorway to Catterick and back to re-gen again, take the car back to the garage and let them take filter out, clean it and take it back to 70% cleanliness or install a new one which will be costly.
Obviously I took the first option and drove like I stole it down the motorway. It's stayed off.
Anyhoo, I paid £6,500 for this and paid cash, I have been in touch with the garage and they have told me that the car needs at least one hour per week run down the motorway at constant speeds to re-gen the filter.
I asked the original garage if they would take it back and fix the problem, basically got fucked off.
He then asked me about my driving habits. Basically gan to work at Aycliffe each day and back. Me being me, I know fuck all about cars and just bought one that looked canny and I could easily get in and out of due to hip problems, was told that diesels were the best to buy by a mate.
What I am trying to say is that I should have some consumer rights regarding my original purchase, it seems the car is permanently off road, what rights do I have? does anyone know the crack with consumer rights etc?
I purchased a car in October last year from Redburn Motor Company in Blyth.
Started driving it in November after my driving ban was up.
Just before Christmas had the DPF warning light and Diesel Injector Warning light show up on the dashboard, car went into limp mode on the bastard motorway.
Anyway, took it to a local garage, he re-generated the DPF and sorted the warning lights. Cost me £50 for this
Diesel Injector Warning light appeared again last weekend, took it to garage again, needed new glow plugs and another re-generation another £157.
This morning the f***ing Diesel Injection Warning light flicked on and off on the way to work, and when I came home from work stayed on permanently, so off to the garage again, they plugged it in and said the fault code was DPF blockage. Give me 3 options, burn it down the motorway to Catterick and back to re-gen again, take the car back to the garage and let them take filter out, clean it and take it back to 70% cleanliness or install a new one which will be costly.
Obviously I took the first option and drove like I stole it down the motorway. It's stayed off.
Anyhoo, I paid £6,500 for this and paid cash, I have been in touch with the garage and they have told me that the car needs at least one hour per week run down the motorway at constant speeds to re-gen the filter.
I asked the original garage if they would take it back and fix the problem, basically got fucked off.
He then asked me about my driving habits. Basically gan to work at Aycliffe each day and back. Me being me, I know fuck all about cars and just bought one that looked canny and I could easily get in and out of due to hip problems, was told that diesels were the best to buy by a mate.
What I am trying to say is that I should have some consumer rights regarding my original purchase, it seems the car is permanently off road, what rights do I have? does anyone know the crack with consumer rights etc?