used car warranty

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Cire, May 1, 2006.

  1. Cire

    Cire Guest

    I haven't bought a used car from a dealer for some years so I am somewhat
    inexperienced in what I should expect. Having now just bought a 2002 model
    at 6K (UK pounds) and been given a verbal promise of 12 months warranty,
    parts and labour, I am a little surprised and put out to find that there is
    absolutely no mention of the warranty terms at all in any of the
    documentation that I have recieved. This is from a large Peugeot dealership
    ..

    Even if I buy a £6 watch I would expect to find the warranty terms spelt
    out, so am I being unreasonable to expect it with a £6,000 car, or am I
    being fussy?

    Can anyone please tell me what is normal practice assuming that they have
    recently done a similar transaction.

    EBM
     
    Cire, May 1, 2006
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  2. Cire

    Chris Guest


    I find the warranties are not worth any thing may be just for wipeing
    your bum with,
     
    Chris, May 1, 2006
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  3. Cire

    Chris Dugan Guest

    Can anyone please tell me what is normal practice assuming that they have
    Last year when I bought my car I got my warranty documents through the post
    about 2 weeks after I took delivery ofthe car. If you are worried about the
    warranty then why not just ring the stealership and ask the sales person who
    sold you the car whichcompany the warranty is though and when you will
    receive the documents??

    Chris
     
    Chris Dugan, May 1, 2006
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  4. Cire

    Malc Guest

    This might be as good a place to ask as any. I've been looking thought the
    s/h ads for a car and I notice a lot of dealers flogging px vehicles "to
    clear" with no warranty. Now I understood that a dealer had to warranty a
    car for at least a couple of months on things apart from normal wear and
    tear. I can understand not getting much of a warranty but none at all?
     
    Malc, May 1, 2006
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  5. Cire

    faggy Guest

    I got my warranty at the same time I bought the car. Assuming it's the
    standard peugeot warranty it's actually a mechanical breakdown parts
    and labour insurance type of thing and has some fairly important
    limitations - in my case the head gasket started to go at 11 months but
    the dealer wouldn't do the work unless I authorised that at risk, i.e.
    if it turned out to be something else I'd have had to pay for the head
    gasket work. However, compared to the bad old days when any problems
    were the customers as soon as you drove it away, it's better than a
    kick in the pants.
     
    faggy, May 2, 2006
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