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Recently bought a car

  • 10-03-2014 6:43am
    #1
    kever09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi all,

    I recently bought a car from a garage on the southside,
    Volkswagen polo 1.2 2002 , nice little car, all seems good apart from the small knocking noise coming from the front of the car, Usually this means, suspension , c.v joint or bushings im lead to believe....
    Im pretty sure its not the suspension as when i go over speed ramps the car is pretty sound , its only when im driving slow its like something is loose knocking around.
    The tracking in the car is gone, uneven tyre wear and the steering wheel is slighty off....

    I had an idea the tracking was off when i bought it , it didnt bother me that much as its cost is very little to fix.

    The salesman gave me a one month gaurantee on engine and gearbox and said he will stand over the nct which is up the end of may ( so i need to book as soon as )

    Would the car fail the nct on bushings or c.v joint, or whatever the hell is wrong with it?

    Im getting the car serviced this saturday and would have liked to get the tracking and whatever else is wrong with it fixed, or should i wait and only service it and drive around with the tracking gone and bushing and then put it in the nct and hope it fails and give it back to the garage to fix?


Comments

  • #2
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,612 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Bring it back to where you bought it and tell them something's wrong.


  • #3
    tom_tarbucket
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,083 ✭✭✭tom_tarbucket


    kever09 wrote: »
    Would the car fail the nct on bushings or c.v joint, or whatever the hell is wrong with it?

    Hello

    My car failed on a cv joint a few years back.


  • #4
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Was the car not serviced before you took it?


  • #5
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,612 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    aaakev wrote: »
    Was the car not serviced before you took it?

    Thinking the same myself.
    Car sounds dog rough by what you are saying OP.


  • #6
    dodzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    kever09 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I recently bought a car from a garage on the southside,
    Volkswagen polo 1.2 2002 , nice little car, all seems good apart from the small knocking noise coming from the front of the car, Usually this means, suspension , c.v joint or bushings im lead to believe....
    Im pretty sure its not the suspension as when i go over speed ramps the car is pretty sound , its only when im driving slow its like something is loose knocking around.
    The tracking in the car is gone, uneven tyre wear and the steering wheel is slighty off....

    I had an idea the tracking was off when i bought it , it didnt bother me that much as its cost is very little to fix.

    The salesman gave me a one month gaurantee on engine and gearbox and said he will stand over the nct which is up the end of may ( so i need to book as soon as )

    Would the car fail the nct on bushings or c.v joint, or whatever the hell is wrong with it?

    Im getting the car serviced this saturday and would have liked to get the tracking and whatever else is wrong with it fixed, or should i wait and only service it and drive around with the tracking gone and bushing and then put it in the nct and hope it fails and give it back to the garage to fix?

    Bring it back to dealer. It may not fail on the NCT, in which case, they might wash their hands of it, leaving you with the same issue. Bring it back in advance of the test ( tell them you have a confirmed booking ) and that you're worried, detailing the issue, and the tracking!


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  • #7
    hallo dare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭hallo dare


    kever09 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I recently bought a car from a garage on the southside,
    Volkswagen polo 1.2 2002 , nice little car, all seems good apart from the small knocking noise coming from the front of the car, Usually this means, suspension , c.v joint or bushings im lead to believe....
    Im pretty sure its not the suspension as when i go over speed ramps the car is pretty sound , its only when im driving slow its like something is loose knocking around.
    The tracking in the car is gone, uneven tyre wear and the steering wheel is slighty off....

    I had an idea the tracking was off when i bought it , it didnt bother me that much as its cost is very little to fix.

    The salesman gave me a one month gaurantee on engine and gearbox and said he will stand over the nct which is up the end of may ( so i need to book as soon as )

    Would the car fail the nct on bushings or c.v joint, or whatever the hell is wrong with it?

    Im getting the car serviced this saturday and would have liked to get the tracking and whatever else is wrong with it fixed, or should i wait and only service it and drive around with the tracking gone and bushing and then put it in the nct and hope it fails and give it back to the garage to fix?

    Was the sound in it when you took it for a test drive?
    If you knew the tracking was off when you were buying it, why did you not have the garage fix and put on 4 new tyres as part of the deal?


  • #8
    kever09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭kever09


    No i couldnt hear the knocking noise as its only slight, and as for the tyres i got a gaurantee on the NCT, so if it fails on tyres or whatever basic it is, he will pass it.


  • #9
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    kever09 wrote: »
    No i couldnt hear the knocking noise as its only slight, and as for the tyres i got a gaurantee on the NCT, so if it fails on tyres or whatever basic it is, he will pass it.

    I hope you have that in writing because I have a feeling you will need it


  • #10
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It remains to be seen. But for now,just ask the mech that will do the service to have a look underneath and give you an opinion on the knocking, then see what NCT says.
    Don't pay for stuff to be fixed before NCT in case other things fail.


  • #11
    kever09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭kever09


    Yes i have it in writing


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  • #12
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    you can take NCT 3 months early, so I can't think why the dealer didn't NCT it and charge more. You should put it in for the teat asap and then you'd have evidence of what is wrong, if anything


  • #13
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    blade1 wrote: »
    Thinking the same myself.
    Car sounds dog rough by what you are saying OP.

    a service will make no difference to a mechanical fault.


  • #14
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    A small knocking could be the water pump on the way out, if that goes you could be in trouble. As others said get it back to the dealers.


  • #15
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,612 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    corktina wrote: »
    a service will make no difference to a mechanical fault.

    I know, but it's sounds to me that nothing was checked by the garage before selling to the OP.
    Tyres worn, knocking and serving... all this after just buying the car.


  • #16
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    corktina wrote: »
    you can take NCT 3 months early, so I can't think why the dealer didn't NCT it and charge more. You should put it in for the teat asap and then you'd have evidence of what is wrong, if anything

    Was my thinking also. Would make a lot more sense than offering some open ended guarantee when they have no idea what it might fail on.


  • #17
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Littlehorny wrote: »
    A small knocking could be the water pump on the way out, if that goes you could be in trouble. As others said get it back to the dealers.

    the warranty wont cover that, you'll be operating on good will and it depends what the dealer is like


  • #18
    tin79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Littlehorny wrote: »
    A small knocking could be the water pump on the way out, if that goes you could be in trouble. As others said get it back to the dealers.

    A small knocking could be a hundred things really.


  • #19
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    There is little or no profit in a dealer spending money on bringing a 12 year old car up to a certain standard for resale. This is why I would never recommend buying a car or this age or price range from a dealer. Better off buying privately.


  • #20
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    the wishbone bushings in those polos are a very well known weak spot and one of the biggest symptoms of them being gone is uneven tyre wear and the steering pulling to one side as if the tracking is gone. it is a likely NCT fail. i would push for the garage to change the bushings and re-track it. they aren't overly cheap to replace.


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