Heavens to Betsy, what a shower of shi*ehawks!
Bought Monty (my 04 plate Stilo) May 22. June 30th and 1,600 miles later, alarming squealing noise happening intermittently. Sounded like brakes to me. I was en route to Birmingham airport to collect my bloke and had to then drive back to Retford.
I then had a round trip to Huddersfield on the Monday, Retford to Nottingham to Worksop and Worksop - Chesterfield on Tuesday and back to Birmingham airport Wednesday, then Birmingham to Chesterfield and back to Worksop on Thursday. (Yes, I am ruddy knackered after all that driving - drove to Suffolk and back over the weekend for pleasure, too).
I didn't have the chance to drop the car in till Monday evening. The squealing was intermittent on the way back from the airport so I hoped it was due to rain or something. On Monday's trip to Huddersfield it was constant. Bloke had a look and said the left rear disc was grooved, probably a stuck caliper. My old mechanic is in Honley and said the same (over the phone - no time to look at it that afternoon).
Dropped by Stoneacre Monday night. Had a quick word with the guy who sold it me to check the warranty position: he was eating a pasty when I arrived and didn't even bother to swallow before replying. He advised me to speak to their service department.
The manufacturer's 3-year warranty expired in March, and there was no warranty attached to the car when I bought it. Is it unreasonable of me to expect that my car would be fit for purpose and would not develop a brake problem within six weeks of ownership, given age and the fact that when bought it had only 34,225 miles on the clock?
I was further told that they would not be able to fit it in until Friday at the earliest and that they had no courtesy cars due to the local flooding.
Took it round to Motorsave in Worksop on Tuesday after I got back from Nottingham (it was juddering like mad on braking by that point so I knew I shouldn't be driving it) and they had to order in a caliper and rear pads and discs (recommended replacing both sets, although my bloke said later that that is unnecessary - he used to be a mechanic years ago). The caliper had to be couriered up from their main depot as Stilo parts are not common, but it was all done within 24 hours with no fuss and bother and for £305 (I paid £15 for the courier charge on the caliper).
It does seem that once they've sold you the car they don't give a monkey's whether it works or not. Gits.
:yuck:
Bought Monty (my 04 plate Stilo) May 22. June 30th and 1,600 miles later, alarming squealing noise happening intermittently. Sounded like brakes to me. I was en route to Birmingham airport to collect my bloke and had to then drive back to Retford.
I then had a round trip to Huddersfield on the Monday, Retford to Nottingham to Worksop and Worksop - Chesterfield on Tuesday and back to Birmingham airport Wednesday, then Birmingham to Chesterfield and back to Worksop on Thursday. (Yes, I am ruddy knackered after all that driving - drove to Suffolk and back over the weekend for pleasure, too).
I didn't have the chance to drop the car in till Monday evening. The squealing was intermittent on the way back from the airport so I hoped it was due to rain or something. On Monday's trip to Huddersfield it was constant. Bloke had a look and said the left rear disc was grooved, probably a stuck caliper. My old mechanic is in Honley and said the same (over the phone - no time to look at it that afternoon).
Dropped by Stoneacre Monday night. Had a quick word with the guy who sold it me to check the warranty position: he was eating a pasty when I arrived and didn't even bother to swallow before replying. He advised me to speak to their service department.
The manufacturer's 3-year warranty expired in March, and there was no warranty attached to the car when I bought it. Is it unreasonable of me to expect that my car would be fit for purpose and would not develop a brake problem within six weeks of ownership, given age and the fact that when bought it had only 34,225 miles on the clock?
I was further told that they would not be able to fit it in until Friday at the earliest and that they had no courtesy cars due to the local flooding.
Took it round to Motorsave in Worksop on Tuesday after I got back from Nottingham (it was juddering like mad on braking by that point so I knew I shouldn't be driving it) and they had to order in a caliper and rear pads and discs (recommended replacing both sets, although my bloke said later that that is unnecessary - he used to be a mechanic years ago). The caliper had to be couriered up from their main depot as Stilo parts are not common, but it was all done within 24 hours with no fuss and bother and for £305 (I paid £15 for the courier charge on the caliper).
It does seem that once they've sold you the car they don't give a monkey's whether it works or not. Gits.
:yuck: