No warranty from dealer

Sammy_Jankis

I went to see a focus st over the weekend and it had a full service history and all seemed ok. He then announced that the dealership owned the car twice (I thought was odd) and it will be sold with no warranty as its classified as high performance.

I found this a bit strange as this was the reason why I chose a dealer over a private sale. I was just wondering if this is standard across all dealers or just this one?
Cheers

Cuddlesworth

If it was sub 3k in price I could understand his hesitation. A gearbox or engine gone could cost far more than any profit possible on the car. If not then walk away. He has no trust in the car, so why would you.

On the point of "no warranty", technically there is always a warranty when selling any product from a company to a member of the product. Our law states that the product sold should be of merchantable quality and last a reasonable amount of time. Reasonable being the key word, what defines that is up to a Judge on the day.

djimi

Run. A. Mile.

I would expect a 3 month engine/gearbox warranty at the very least. Any dealer not willing to stand over a car knows something about it that means he wants to wash his hands of it.

drunkmonkey

Buy it with no warranty even get them to write it on the receipt if he wishes, make sure and get a great discount for no warranty. If anything goes wrong he has to fix it regardless. A dealer has to stand over the car regardless of what he says if your just an ordinary buyer.

Supergurrier

Sammy_Jankis wrote: »

I went to see a focus st over the weekend and it had a full service history and all seemed ok. He then announced that the dealership owned the car twice (I thought was odd) and it will be sold with no warranty as its classified as high performance.

I found this a bit strange as this was the reason why I chose a dealer over a private sale. I was just wondering if this is standard across all dealers or just this one?
Cheers

What year, if you can pm me a link i might know the car as i looked at afew during the summer

I bought my ST in a dark shed covered in dust, don't ask

Sammy_Jankis

http://m.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=30813491066636180

Here is link to the car. I would expect no warranty if it was a grand or so but not for 8.

RainyDay

drunkmonkey wrote: »

If anything goes wrong he has to fix it regardless. A dealer has to stand over the car regardless of what he says if your just an ordinary buyer.

This is nonsense. The car needs to be 'fit for purpose' and 'of merchantable quality'. There is a huge leap from that to a dealer having to 'fix it regardless'.

Big Nasty

Sammy_Jankis wrote: »

http://m.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=30813491066636180

Here is link to the car. I would expect no warranty if it was a grand or so but not for 8.

Walk away man.

liammur

I thought bt law they had to give a 3 month guarantee ?

Sammy_Jankis

Supergurrier wrote: »

What year, if you can pm me a link i might know the car as i looked at afew during the summer

I bought my ST in a dark shed covered in dust, don't ask

Classic. I haven't bought from a dealer for 5 years but thought it would be best for this type of motor.

Supergurrier

Not work what they are asking, was afew nice private sale ones around during the summer, one absolute minter and afew UK spec ones. That car isn't even worth 7k tbh

Supergurrier

Sammy_Jankis wrote: »

Classic. I haven't bought from a dealer for 5 years but thought it would be best for this type of motor.

I wouldn't worry about the engine unless it has no service history as it's based on the mighty Volvo T5 and is bulletproof compared to alot of modern turbo engines, gearbox should present no issues either as it is a simple affair. Drivetrain can be fuppered pretty easily though and it has half a dozen other small things but tbh engine+gearbox wouldn't be a major issue.

MidlandsM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Walk away man.

run....:pac:

Sammy_Jankis

djimi wrote: »

Run. A. Mile.
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I think your right!