My car had been in a garage for six months undergoing repairs. The car is worth approx £4000 in working order and I have had a repair bill for over £5000 which I am refusing to pay. Do I have a case for not paying because the garage have caused unneccessary damage to the car (new cylinder head required after garage inspection) and done work that was not required etc etc etc. The car was working well when driven into the garage the only problem being a regular tick which I was told was a normal for a diesel. This tick was not present for the four years I had previously owned the car. Since having the car back four weeks ago the car has broken down resulting in being towed of the motorway and further repairs to the car costing me in excess of £1000. I have written to the garage quoting the "Supply of Goods and Services Act (1982)" but they do not seem bothered resulting in the owner of the garage calling at my home demanding payment of his bill. What do I do ? Advice would be appreciated..
Tom wrote: > My car had been in a garage for six months undergoing repairs. > The car is worth approx £4000 in working order and I have had a repair bill > for over £5000 which I am refusing to pay. Do I have a case for not paying > because the garage have caused unneccessary damage to the car (new cylinder > head required after garage inspection) and done work that was not required > etc etc etc. The car was working well when driven into the garage the only > problem being a regular tick which I was told was a normal for a diesel> This tick was not present for the four years I had previously owned the car. > Since having the car back four weeks ago the car has broken down resulting > in being towed of the motorway and further repairs to the car costing me in > excess of £1000. Let's get this right. You put your perfectly good car in a garage........
"Tom" <nospam@add> wrote in message news:sYCdnZWs6pPBPDDVnZ2dnUVZ8h2dnZ2d@bt.com... > My car had been in a garage for six months undergoing repairs. > The car is worth approx £4000 in working order and I have had a repair > bill > for over £5000 which I am refusing to pay. Do I have a case for not paying > because the garage have caused unneccessary damage to the car (new > cylinder > head required after garage inspection) and done work that was not required > etc etc etc. The car was working well when driven into the garage the only > problem being a regular tick which I was told was a normal for a diesel. > This tick was not present for the four years I had previously owned the > car. > Since having the car back four weeks ago the car has broken down resulting > in being towed of the motorway and further repairs to the car costing me > in > excess of £1000. > I have written to the garage quoting the "Supply of Goods and Services Act > (1982)" but they do not seem bothered resulting in the owner of the garage > calling at my home demanding payment of his bill. > > What do I do ? > > Advice would be appreciated.. I think there is only one thing you can do. First, obtain a full list from the garage of what work they did and what parts they replaced. Then go to an independent consulting motor engineer and ask him to report on whether or not the workmanship and expertise was up to standard. Did they damage parts through carelessness and did they replace a lot of unnecessary parts in an effort to cure the problem through trial and error? Then if your report supports you, sue the garage for whatever damages seem appropriate.
"Flobber Lob" wrote in message news:g8k8jk$3m2$3@aioe.org... Tom wrote: > My car had been in a garage for six months undergoing repairs. > The car is worth approx £4000 in working order and I have had a repair > bill > for over £5000 which I am refusing to pay. Do I have a case for not paying > because the garage have caused unneccessary damage to the car (new > cylinder > head required after garage inspection) and done work that was not required > etc etc etc. The car was working well when driven into the garage the only > problem being a regular tick which I was told was a normal for a diesel. > This tick was not present for the four years I had previously owned the > car. > Since having the car back four weeks ago the car has broken down resulting > in being towed of the motorway and further repairs to the car costing me > in > excess of £1000. Let's get this right. You put your perfectly good car in a garage........ Correct... the only problem was a tick tick tick ...like a clock from the engine. Car was running OK
"Flobber Lob" wrote in message news:g8k8jk$3m2$3@aioe.org... Tom wrote: > My car had been in a garage for six months undergoing repairs. > The car is worth approx £4000 in working order and I have had a repair > bill > for over £5000 which I am refusing to pay. Do I have a case for not paying > because the garage have caused unneccessary damage to the car (new > cylinder > head required after garage inspection) and done work that was not required > etc etc etc. The car was working well when driven into the garage the only > problem being a regular tick which I was told was a normal for a diesel. > This tick was not present for the four years I had previously owned the > car. > Since having the car back four weeks ago the car has broken down resulting > in being towed of the motorway and further repairs to the car costing me > in > excess of £1000. Let's get this right. You put your perfectly good car in a garage........ What is so strange about that? I put my perfectly good car into the garage everytime it's due a service.
