- Joined
- Jul 12, 2011
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- Location
- Near Salisbury
- Car
- E32O CDi Sport, MX5 1.8 Sport, Range Rover 5.0 SC, BMW X1
I had my W203 320 delivered to me two weeks ago today, a new MOT was arranged on the day of delivery by the dealer.
As the A service was due in 800 miles I asked my local MB specialist to do this and I also wanted him to check it over. He asked me to go down to look at the car as he had found a couple of things I needed to be aware of, a leak from the gearbox pilot bush, not serious and easily fixed. Overall his opinion was a car in good order.
More concerning was the play in the nsf torque strut, you could move it by hand, no pry bar required, the other side had play but did require a pry bar to move it At least this explains the knocking noise over rough roads.
His opinion as an ex MOT tester was that it would be an instant fail with an advisory for the off side. The MOT shows no advisories, not even for the largish windscreen chip mentioned on the previous MOT and clearly present on the day of the test.
I have spoken with the dealer, the garage that carried out the MOT is on the same site, literally next door to his sales area but apparently there is no connection business wise. He was reasonable when discussing it and asked me to bring the car down to let him "have a look and see what we can do"
That I will do today or tomorrow. What is my legal position here? If the dealer offers to get it fixed then I do not want this garage next to him repairing it as I clearly have no confidence in them.
My MB specialist is also strongly suggesting we only use the MB part as the bushes can be changed in that one though why then we cannot change the bush in this one is unclear unless the design has changed. The MB part is about £130 with arm, bush and protective boots plus labour. ECP do several at around £50, £70. £90 and well over £100 and I cannot see why one of these would not be suitable especially at 25% off!
As the A service was due in 800 miles I asked my local MB specialist to do this and I also wanted him to check it over. He asked me to go down to look at the car as he had found a couple of things I needed to be aware of, a leak from the gearbox pilot bush, not serious and easily fixed. Overall his opinion was a car in good order.
More concerning was the play in the nsf torque strut, you could move it by hand, no pry bar required, the other side had play but did require a pry bar to move it At least this explains the knocking noise over rough roads.
His opinion as an ex MOT tester was that it would be an instant fail with an advisory for the off side. The MOT shows no advisories, not even for the largish windscreen chip mentioned on the previous MOT and clearly present on the day of the test.
I have spoken with the dealer, the garage that carried out the MOT is on the same site, literally next door to his sales area but apparently there is no connection business wise. He was reasonable when discussing it and asked me to bring the car down to let him "have a look and see what we can do"
That I will do today or tomorrow. What is my legal position here? If the dealer offers to get it fixed then I do not want this garage next to him repairing it as I clearly have no confidence in them.
My MB specialist is also strongly suggesting we only use the MB part as the bushes can be changed in that one though why then we cannot change the bush in this one is unclear unless the design has changed. The MB part is about £130 with arm, bush and protective boots plus labour. ECP do several at around £50, £70. £90 and well over £100 and I cannot see why one of these would not be suitable especially at 25% off!