Heres the story so far...
I bought my punto Mk2 in may knowing it had a few faults... mainly groaning noise when setting off and PAS failure. Sorted the PAS.
When i looked through the paperwork with the car, it had recently had a refurbished gearbox fitted by Mr Clutch. I also noticed another paper from Mr Clutch where they had diagnosed the groaning noise - worn gearbox mount.
So i got under the car to find that the gearbox mount had been absolutly mangled and bogded back together - the mount had obviously been damaged (no doubt done when removing the old gearbox or fitting the new one) and in an attempt to repair it, it had been welded in place. The weld was very poor and hadn't been protected against rust, so over time the weld had broken on the front side, causing the groaning. Only option really was a new subframe... cost me £50 from a scrapyard.
Now IMO Mr Clutch had most probably caused this problem in the first place and then had the cheek to try charge the guy to have it repaired.
Then i noticed leaking from the diff. Seals were replaced by a mechanic i know to no avail, so i had a look myself and replaced the driveshaft circlip. Problem solved it seemed. Cost around £40 in parts.
Now the other day i heard a clonk from the gearbox as i was braking. over the past 2 days this has now become more and more frequent and much more 'violent'.
I'm sick to death of these gbox problems now and am tempted to make the trip over to manchester (im in bradford) to have Mr Clutch sort it - and i'll make damn sure im not charged for it. its already cost me nearly £100 in repairs that i should have got under warrenty but couldn't be assed making the trip over to manchester.
The thing is, on this paperwork it states that warrenty may be void if clutch inspections are not carried out by them at the milages stated on the paperwork. With it being all the way over in manchester, i haven't bothered. The clutch is fine, and i doubt it could have caused any of the problems ive been having. Plus, this may just be for the warrenty on the clutch they fitted, not the gearbox.
So what do you think my chances are? What are my rights bearing in mind that the inspections havent been carried out? The guy paid £700 to have this gbox fitted and its had nothing but constant problems.
I bought my punto Mk2 in may knowing it had a few faults... mainly groaning noise when setting off and PAS failure. Sorted the PAS.
When i looked through the paperwork with the car, it had recently had a refurbished gearbox fitted by Mr Clutch. I also noticed another paper from Mr Clutch where they had diagnosed the groaning noise - worn gearbox mount.
So i got under the car to find that the gearbox mount had been absolutly mangled and bogded back together - the mount had obviously been damaged (no doubt done when removing the old gearbox or fitting the new one) and in an attempt to repair it, it had been welded in place. The weld was very poor and hadn't been protected against rust, so over time the weld had broken on the front side, causing the groaning. Only option really was a new subframe... cost me £50 from a scrapyard.
Now IMO Mr Clutch had most probably caused this problem in the first place and then had the cheek to try charge the guy to have it repaired.
Then i noticed leaking from the diff. Seals were replaced by a mechanic i know to no avail, so i had a look myself and replaced the driveshaft circlip. Problem solved it seemed. Cost around £40 in parts.
Now the other day i heard a clonk from the gearbox as i was braking. over the past 2 days this has now become more and more frequent and much more 'violent'.
I'm sick to death of these gbox problems now and am tempted to make the trip over to manchester (im in bradford) to have Mr Clutch sort it - and i'll make damn sure im not charged for it. its already cost me nearly £100 in repairs that i should have got under warrenty but couldn't be assed making the trip over to manchester.
The thing is, on this paperwork it states that warrenty may be void if clutch inspections are not carried out by them at the milages stated on the paperwork. With it being all the way over in manchester, i haven't bothered. The clutch is fine, and i doubt it could have caused any of the problems ive been having. Plus, this may just be for the warrenty on the clutch they fitted, not the gearbox.
So what do you think my chances are? What are my rights bearing in mind that the inspections havent been carried out? The guy paid £700 to have this gbox fitted and its had nothing but constant problems.