David Hagon
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Hi,
I got this car on Hire Purchase in January this year and it had problems from day one and now I'm in a situation where the car is undriveable.
I took the car back to the dealer 3 times each time being told a different story as to why I had flashing lights on the dashboard. The engine management light and the flashing glow plug light came back on shortly after the dealership had fixed the issues! Although they never actually replaced anything they seemed to have just cleared the fault codes.
The car has since been looked at by 3 other mechanics all of which can't specify what the problem is. They all read the same fault codes.
My symptoms up until today have been intermittent and by simply pulling over turning the engine off and on again, which I have to do everyday, seems to restore the engine back into some sort of life! Although the car lacks the performance you would expect at least it was still driveable.
My symptoms are:-
Engine management light on dashboard which has been on since the day after I picked up the car.
Flashing glow plug light on the dashboard
Engine is noisy and seems to be only firing on 3 cylinders until I turn engine off and on again.
Plumes of black smoke when accelerating.
Judders violently and stutters when hard accelerating, sometimes goes into limp mode.
Poor fuel consumption around 25-30 mpg
Today the intermittent problems have become a permanent feature, the car is now undriveable only firing on 3 cylinders even after turning the engine off and on again which has been keeping it going for the last few months!
I have tried the dealer where I got the car and they said it's out of warranty and they wanted nothing to do with it.
I have spoken to the Hire Purchase company who also said they want nothing to do with it.
I have spoken to as a last resort to the Financial Ombudsman.
Does anyone have any advice please?
Thanks in advance.
Dave.
I got this car on Hire Purchase in January this year and it had problems from day one and now I'm in a situation where the car is undriveable.
I took the car back to the dealer 3 times each time being told a different story as to why I had flashing lights on the dashboard. The engine management light and the flashing glow plug light came back on shortly after the dealership had fixed the issues! Although they never actually replaced anything they seemed to have just cleared the fault codes.
The car has since been looked at by 3 other mechanics all of which can't specify what the problem is. They all read the same fault codes.
My symptoms up until today have been intermittent and by simply pulling over turning the engine off and on again, which I have to do everyday, seems to restore the engine back into some sort of life! Although the car lacks the performance you would expect at least it was still driveable.
My symptoms are:-
Engine management light on dashboard which has been on since the day after I picked up the car.
Flashing glow plug light on the dashboard
Engine is noisy and seems to be only firing on 3 cylinders until I turn engine off and on again.
Plumes of black smoke when accelerating.
Judders violently and stutters when hard accelerating, sometimes goes into limp mode.
Poor fuel consumption around 25-30 mpg
Today the intermittent problems have become a permanent feature, the car is now undriveable only firing on 3 cylinders even after turning the engine off and on again which has been keeping it going for the last few months!
I have tried the dealer where I got the car and they said it's out of warranty and they wanted nothing to do with it.
I have spoken to the Hire Purchase company who also said they want nothing to do with it.
I have spoken to as a last resort to the Financial Ombudsman.
Does anyone have any advice please?
Thanks in advance.
Dave.