advice

[caney]

morning all, daughter has brought a peugeot 206 gti, 2000 on w plate, nice looking car but, broken down twice r.a.c plugged his computor test thingy in and it wont reed faults, also garage tried to no avail, could this mean something is dodgey about this car, cheers

[MUD MUNCHER]

sounds like the ECU is not storing fault codes sounds like it will need a new/recon ECU.try going back to where you bought it and getting them to fix it
cheers shaun

[Taliesins]

morning all, daughter has brought a peugeot 206 gti, 2000 on w plate, nice looking car but, broken down twice r.a.c plugged his computor test thingy in and it wont reed faults, also garage tried to no avail, could this mean something is dodgey about this car, cheers

'Broken down' doesn't give much of a clue. How was it started again (it must have been to have 'Broken down twice). The ECU does not store all faults eg. faulty RPM sensor. What were the symptoms?
Mick

[caney]

sounds like the ECU is not storing fault codes sounds like it will need a new/recon ECU.try going back to where you bought it and getting them to fix it
cheers shaun

thought so, poor kid had brakes fail on her as well, dealer more or less said tough cant have money back, cheers

[caney]

a breather pipe that goes into throttle housing broke upsetting running, that was on rac sheet.

[Taliesins]

a breather pipe that goes into throttle housing broke upsetting running, that was on rac sheet.

Definitely no reason to suspect a faulty ECU then. As I said the ECU does not necessarily store all fault codes.
Mick

[caney]

Definitely no reason to suspect a faulty ECU then. As I said the ECU does not necessarily store all fault codes.
Mick

ta for info but they cant get any reading to show up,

[fuddymucker]

'Broken down' doesn't give much of a clue. How was it started again (it must have been to have 'Broken down twice). The ECU does not store all faults eg. faulty RPM sensor. What were the symptoms?
Mick

how long has she had it - if it's within the 30 day period she should be able to get money back or exchange for equivalent car. Failing that what kind of warranty did she get if any and last resort is always trading standards

[meooo]

How long ago did she buy the car?

Whilst obtaining a refund is probably not going to happen, if a dealer sells a vehicle its supposed to have a minimum 3 months warranty (breakdown assurance) If the breakdowns occured within that period, the dealer must be given the chance to fix it.

[caney]

3 month warranty on most parts, got the car 18th march been in and out of garage most of the time, trading standards say if he repairs the faults not much they can do, she just dont wont the car after the brakes failing, scared her to death.

[PDR]

Q- What’s wrong with the car?

A- It’s French

[TobyJug]

mmmm sounds like the Surf gang needs to pay the dealer a visit.....

[caney]

mmmm sounds like the Surf gang needs to pay the dealer a visit.....

if all else fails as they say,

[Albannach]

morning all, daughter has brought a peugeot 206 gti, 2000 on w plate, nice looking car but, broken down twice r.a.c plugged his computor test thingy in and it wont reed faults, also garage tried to no avail, could this mean something is dodgey about this car, cheers

There's your problem, the monkeys can't diagnose a fault without a computer! Take it to an old school mechanic, they'll fault find the thing to death until they find out what's wrong.

Are the 2 breakdowns the ones you've described? Hose and brakes? If so and they're both fixed, then I'd say not to worry too much.

If the brakes failed because of a fault on the car, the dealer has sold you an unroadworthy vehicle and must refund.

[nero279]

lay your cards on the table and give him a final opportunity to get it sorted, tell him you're wondering if it was a mistake to trust a 'reputable' dealer, brakes failing on a car 2 weeks after it was sold, presumably off a forecourt from what's been said, is more like what you'd expect from a battered up sold as seen auction cheapy. Tell him it's out of order and dangerous or negligent to be selling cars that are unfit for the road. Lay it on thick that the brake failure has traumatised a new driver, and it's really put her off driving at all and whatever else you wanna throw in.

His reputation is what sells him cars, if he begins to get a bad reputation it will affect his business, and he will be only too aware of that. A local paper short on news would likely take up a story about a traumatised young driver who's been ripped off by a garage aswell, especially if there's someone else in the trade who can identify anything which could have been classed as unsafe or not roadworthy at the time of sale on the vehicle. And if they won't the sun will because she's young and female