Shakespeare01
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I bought a Qubo Mylife 1.3 auto in June 2013 from a fiat dealership. It was 8 months old and had approx. 6000 miles on clock.
The 3 year warranty ended on 29 Oct 2015.On 1st Dec 2015 I found gearbox stuck in 2nd gear and had to have car transported to Fiat dealer who quoted £96.00 + VAT to diagnose problem.Two days later dealer phoned to say they could not find fault and asked me to agree couple more hours of labour. They still couldn't find problem so they contacted Fiat UK who told them to check various things and ran up many hours of labour.
After several weeks Fiat told dealer to change actuator and said they would pay half of cost leaving me to pay £600 + vat and labour charges.
Dealer fitted new actuator but it didn't solve problem. Fiat have now told dealer that the ECU is the problem and have said they will pay half again leaving me to pay approx. £400 plus labour.Car is still with dealer waiting to change ECU and leaving me with bill for thousands of pounds.
As the car is only 3 years old with under 11000 miles on clock should I be liable for repair or should it be free under Sale of Goods Act 1979 which can cover problems up to 6 years. Has anyone any advice about what I should do as the repairs are now half the value of the car. They also want to charge me for the actuator and because it didn't solve the problem I have no idea if the actuator was faulty. Qubo is still at garage after 10 weeks and they could not supply automatic courtesy car (my wife can't use manual gearbox)
Any advice would be appreciated.
The 3 year warranty ended on 29 Oct 2015.On 1st Dec 2015 I found gearbox stuck in 2nd gear and had to have car transported to Fiat dealer who quoted £96.00 + VAT to diagnose problem.Two days later dealer phoned to say they could not find fault and asked me to agree couple more hours of labour. They still couldn't find problem so they contacted Fiat UK who told them to check various things and ran up many hours of labour.
After several weeks Fiat told dealer to change actuator and said they would pay half of cost leaving me to pay £600 + vat and labour charges.
Dealer fitted new actuator but it didn't solve problem. Fiat have now told dealer that the ECU is the problem and have said they will pay half again leaving me to pay approx. £400 plus labour.Car is still with dealer waiting to change ECU and leaving me with bill for thousands of pounds.
As the car is only 3 years old with under 11000 miles on clock should I be liable for repair or should it be free under Sale of Goods Act 1979 which can cover problems up to 6 years. Has anyone any advice about what I should do as the repairs are now half the value of the car. They also want to charge me for the actuator and because it didn't solve the problem I have no idea if the actuator was faulty. Qubo is still at garage after 10 weeks and they could not supply automatic courtesy car (my wife can't use manual gearbox)
Any advice would be appreciated.