Where do i stand legally?

lyzardking

My Iveco daily has cost me 12,900 in fuel pumps, injectors in 12 months.Water gets into the diesel tank and eventually ends up in the injectors,their is a hollow on top of the tank and when it rains heavily it gets in through.I have noticed spills of diesel on the outside of the tank so in summary if diesel is getting out water is getting in.Two separate ''trained'' Iveco mechanics have blamed it on the diesel i am using to which i responded '''Are you telling me that TOPAZ filling stations are selling me watered down diesel'' to which he responded i never said that.This is a manufactures error and was wondering where do i stand legally. I owe one of them 1000e from the last breakdown since i am broke trying to keep this van on the road.It broke down last Friday week with the same problem so
the last garage that ''fixed it'' came out and transported back to theirs. I got a phone call
from their office to tell me that van was fixed but it was going to cost me 1800e which i haven't got so i cannot get my van until i pay them 1800e in total.
To sum up i have spent 12,000e in the last 12 months on a van that was never fixed correctly anytime i brought it in to either of the two Iveco dealers,just a temporary solution
until the next rainy day comes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as to where i stand legally

high horse

Talk to a solicitor. Don't take legal advice from anonymous strangers on the internet

PCPhoto

lyzardking wrote: »

My Iveco daily has cost me 12,900 in fuel pumps, injectors in 12 months.Water gets into the diesel tank and eventually ends up in the injectors,their is a hollow on top of the tank and when it rains heavily it gets in through.I have noticed spills of diesel on the outside of the tank so in summary if diesel is getting out water is getting in.Two separate ''trained'' Iveco mechanics have blamed it on the diesel i am using to which i responded '''Are you telling me that TOPAZ filling stations are selling me watered down diesel'' to which he responded i never said that.This is a manufactures error and was wondering where do i stand legally. I owe one of them 1000e from the last breakdown since i am broke trying to keep this van on the road.It broke down last Friday week with the same problem so
the last garage that ''fixed it'' came out and transported back to theirs. I got a phone call
from their office to tell me that van was fixed but it was going to cost me 1800e which i haven't got so i cannot get my van until i pay them 1800e in total.
To sum up i have spent 12,000e in the last 12 months on a van that was never fixed correctly anytime i brought it in to either of the two Iveco dealers,just a temporary solution
until the next rainy day comes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as to where i stand legally

I know I'm not au fait with EVERY legal situation - but I would consider contacting a Civil Solicitor and take a civil action....I've seen plenty of such actions made in the courts - if you take an action against the mechanic - he blames the manufacturer - the onus of proof being that you MUST prove that this is a design flaw (as you have claimed) and take a civil action against the manufacturer - best of luck with that !!

of course you could always claim against the mechanic claiming that the previous work done was not properly performed as you have the same problem returning and they were supposed to have fixed it last time.

Either way ...good luck !


EDIT: ....what he/she (highhorse) said !!!

Marlow

There's a opening on the top of your tank, for overspill etc. There should be a small hose/tube attached to that.

We had similar problems, the van going dodgy, Diesel watering down, injector light flickering up etc. until we found out, what happened, was that that tube came loose and then driving through waterpits water would come into the diesel tank. In the end all it took was a jubilee-clip to ensure it didn't jump off again.

Two different mechanics didn't spot the problem, blamed the diesel. We figured it out ourselfes in the end.

It's a pain in the neck alright. As for where you legally stand, I wouldn't know. Our vehicle is a '04, so no comeback anyhow.

/M

lyzardking

Thanks for the advice i think I'll speak to a solicitor on it...........;)