I bought a car for $4000 from a small dealer and when I took it in to the maker (Mazda) for a service after 5000km (as per the warranty conditions). They said that the car needed $2500 work to make it roadworthy. When I contacted the dealer about this, they basically said that Mazda overcharge and would be comparing it to a new car, not one that's 12 years old and has done 200,000km. They then said that unless I wanted to pay them to do the servicing / repairs, they didn't want to hear from me again.
I'm just wondering what to do now - should I pay for RACQ insurance or a local mechanic (independent from the dealer or Mazda) to do a roadworthy so I know whether to keep pushing for the dealer to do something about the lemon car under the Australian Consumer Law?
Thank you,
I'm just wondering what to do now - should I pay for RACQ insurance or a local mechanic (independent from the dealer or Mazda) to do a roadworthy so I know whether to keep pushing for the dealer to do something about the lemon car under the Australian Consumer Law?
Thank you,