Problem after buying second hand car

Dadazzler87

Hi guys I bought a second hand car 2 months and the engine went in it. I was given a 3 month warranty which the company is not willing to honour. Since I logged the complaint with the company they have re registered. Is there anything I can do?

Atlantic Dawn

When you say engine went what happened? How old was the car, how much did you pay?

Dadazzler87

The con rod broke on it as I was driving to work 1 morning....I paid him €3200 nd traded in my old car

Dadazzler87

The car is a 07 Opel Astra 1.4 petrol

Atlantic Dawn

Search the companies name or the directors names on http://www.solocheck.ie/ to see if the other company was dissolved and a new one created and if same people are involved.

Dadazzler87

Have done this nd it seems they wer dissolved nd new company name with same people involved

savagethegoat

sounds like nothing you can do. You have no claim against the new outfit and the old one is gone.
sorry for your trouble

porsche boy

Name & shame??

Turkish1

savagethegoat wrote: »

sounds like nothing you can do. You have no claim against the new outfit and the old one is gone.
sorry for your trouble

Far from an expert but I believe it is illegal to wind down/liquidate a company and set up a new company carrying out the same business just for the purposes of screwing over creditors.

Could be something to mention to the CRO/police etc if you believe this is the case and have any evidence of such e.g. Same directors, premises/lease, same business, set up almost immediately after other company liquidated etc...

Probably won't get you anywhere but could be worth a shot - or perhaps just mention it to whoever you dealt with to see if they would remedy the situation as a "goodwill" gesture.

Dadazzler87

Who would I " name & shame" to?

Neilw

Sounds like one of the cowboy outfits from the Bluebell area, notorious for selling dodgy cars and changing names often.

robtri

I would do some digging, if owners are the same and they are operating out of the same premises carrying out the same trade... then you can still pursue...

Dadazzler87

I will do further digging on it I will be talkin with my solicitor tomorrow to figure out my options

Del2005

robtri wrote: »

I would do some digging, if owners are the same and they are operating out of the same premises carrying out the same trade... then you can still pursue...

And pursue and pursue. People who do this know the law better then most and how costly, in time and money, it is to get a judgement. Then you have the fun of trying to get the judgement enforced.

bazz26

Yep, these guys are usually as slippery as an Italian politician and know all the tricks and loopholes. Good luck OP.

winnie the schtink

did it run out of oil?

Dadazzler87

No was full

shietpilot

I feel sorry for you OP but I don't think you'll get much out of them now. Unfortunately there are people in the trade who do dirty things and seem to get away with it very easily :mad:

Jesus.

Dadazzler87 wrote: »

Who would I " name & shame" to?

Everybody on here.

_Kaiser_

Dadazzler87 wrote: »

Who would I " name & shame" to?

Jesus. wrote: »

Everybody on here.

I wouldn't be doing that if you're considering legal action OP

Myrddin

Admin note - No naming & shaming here please, despite requests to do so. All it'll do is open the OP up to civil action, & land Boards.ie in legal trouble too.

Op - I have seen it argued successfully in the small claims court, that a garage was liable & responsible for the terms of warranty, despite going through a name change. It might be worth the small fee to try anyway.

robtri

Del2005 wrote: »

And pursue and pursue. People who do this know the law better then most and how costly, in time and money, it is to get a judgement. Then you have the fun of trying to get the judgement enforced.

small claims court €15....

Tigger

robtri wrote: »

small claims court €15....

if he paid 3200 and a trade in then scc wont cover him

PaddyWilliams

I'm the OP's brother. If we were just to claim for the cost of repairs, which would be less than €2000.00, the small claims route would still be ok? These guys really are cowboys. I got in touch with another person who had a similar experience to my brother. Problem with car and they tried to put the blame on her. They 'offered' to pay half the costs of repair (same as with my brother). If it were her or my brothers' fault solely, why would they offer to pay at all?

biko

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

I'm the OP's brother. If we were just to claim for the cost of repairs, which would be less than €2000.00, the small claims route would still be ok?

Yes

The current fee for making a claim in the Small Claims Court is €25.
The procedure is designed to deal with claims up to €2,000.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/courts_system/small_claims_court.html

PaddyWilliams

Thanks Biko

winnie the schtink

if they offer a grand i would take it and run the torment it will cause you trying to get the better of these cnuts is not worth it