Car Dealer

mrniceg28

I bought a secondhand car from a dealership on the 6th of January. Noticed a couple of faults and spoke to the dealer and they were happy for me to take to local garage as it was a 4hour drive back to the dealership. On the 27th of January my car was looked at by local garage and they alerted me to another fault of the engine knocking badly. I phoned the dealership up and they said that they would need the car back to sort out the problems. I agreed and arranged to get the car back to them. Was told it had a faulty steering column and needed a new cam box for the engine problem. It's taken 3 weeks to get the car back and the knocking on the engine is not fixed in any way and still has a severe knocking. Was hoping someone could help me with my rights? Officially I believe I could of asked for full refund if any faults were found for up to 30 days. Now obviously I'm well past that date but only because it took them 3 weeks to get the car back to me. If anyone could help me with what rights I have I would be very grateful. The car is 2019 and I paid 17500 it that is any relevance.

Del2005

You have the 3 Rs when buy from a business. They are Repair, Replace, Refund.

1st step is Repair and you sent it to them with a fault and they failed to fix it, so now it's Replacement or Refund. You'll need to push this as garages don't think the sale of goods and supply of services act applies to them.

Citizens information on 2nd hand cars

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/consumer/cars/problem-with-a-used-car/#:~:text=If%20a%20used%20car%20you,of%20similar%20quality%20or%20value

The Sale of Goods and Supply of services act

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1980/act/16/enacted/en/html