Horrendous experience from the start to finish
Horrendous experience from the start to finish. Vehicle was delivered before old finance was even settled so legally we did not own the vehicle as our finance company refused to pay out until this was cleared along with an older version of the log book so we could not even register it without paying a fee out at the post office. Both issues didn’t get solved for several weeks. Car instantly had issues. Clutch was slipping. Knocking noise when driving. Vibrations coming from the steering wheel at higher speeds. Along with this multiple cosmetic paint issues including poorly done resprays that looked dull and incorrect colour. Dealership refused to look at the issues telling us to sort it ourselves and they would then pay us back. Obviously I did not trust this. Finance company then insisted on the dealership sorting the issues which finally prompted them to contact us and arrange us to take the vehicle back to them. This was a 4 hour round trip journey. Dealership initially refused to give us a courtesy car as they claimed to not have one available. Again finance company had to intervene. We were then told we would be provided with a like for like courtesy car. Upon arrival at the dealership there were no staff working apart from a young lad from their garage who was oblivious to the issues. He gave us a key to a 15 year Old Ford focus that had severe body damage, non working windscreen wipers and a knocking noise coming from the back wheel, saying ‘it’s a courtesy car for a reason’. We had no choice but to take this as we wanted the issues sorting and didn’t want a wasted 4 hour trip. It then took 3 whole weeks to get any update from the dealership at all. They ignored messages and calls and just did not contact us at all. Again we had to get the finance company to chase for us who claimed that the dealership had said there were ‘no issues to fix’ and said we could collect the vehicle. We argued this and sent clear evidence. We then waited another week to be told the car had been sorted and they’d valeted it and it was all fixed. We drove again to the dealership to discover the vehicle in a horrendous state. The front bumper had been damaged whilst in their care and resprayed badly. Leaving a matte finish with no shine. Several new dents had been made in the doors on both sides one of the alloys had been curved and the mileage had gone up by a considerable amount. The car had been left in what I can only describe as resembling the Sahara desert. It was covered in Sand and bird poo. We spoke to a member of staff called Holly who was extremely rude and argumentative. She refused to even look at the issues we were pointing out and eventually stormed off and hid in an office in the back refusing to talk to us. The manager of the dealership then called us whilst we were there saying he promised to get all the issues sorted and was extremely sorry. We also have this as evidence in messages sent to us from him. We were then given back the key to the damaged ford focus and told to leave our car with them. A completely wasted journey. It was then ANOTHER 5 weeks of backwards and forwards chasing the dealership for an update. They finally contacted us saying all the issues had been sorted and they would deliver the vehicle to us to save us another journey. The car arrived back to us a few days after this (totalling 8 weeks it was at the dealership) in a completely unacceptable state. Even more damage had been caused to the bodywork. The drivers side front door had now also been sprayed and buffed to the point it was unrecognisable to the other doors. To top it off the mechanical issues were not fixed at all. Not a single one of them. Clutch was still slipping. Knocking noises still there and vibrations even worse. Finance company sent independent inspector who then said the car was completely unsafe to drive due to damaged suspension strut, drop link, wheels bent, clutch slipping. This prompted the finance company to force the rejection of the vehicle through and send it back to the dealership cancelling the sale.








