QLD Dealer Refusing to Pay Repairs for Lemon Car - What to Do?

[Arron Gould]

Hi,

I have recently bought a car and once I was driving it home, have found it overheating. Then I proceeded to get it looked at by a mechanic and have found out it has a blown head. I have contacted the dealer I bought the car off to inform them via phone and email. They are refusing to cover the cost of repairs and are refusing to refund my money.

Do I have a leg to stand on and take them to court for the cost of repairs? Please help. I have spent all I had trying to get a reliable car to get me to work only to get shat on by a wholesale dealer.

Is there anything I can do?

 

[SleeplessInSalisbury]

Check with Consumer and Business Affairs in your state.

I live in SA and any car purchased which is $3000 and over and done less than 200k is covered under a statutory warranty for 3 months. A dealership is liable for a cracked head here but to act quick in case they try and say you did it after you drove it out of their dealership.

 

[Arron Gould]

That is what they are trying to say yet I have a witness that was with me when I purchased the car and have contacted accc in Queensland and they have advised me to get all my information together and send the dealer an email with a date to have this problem resolved by then if nothing is done lodge a complaint with fair trading which I am in the process of doing I just hope this gets resolved out of court and if I have to go to court will my court fees be payed by them if they lose