Hey guys,
I recently bought a 4x4 Holden Colorado from a private seller, $12800. Took the car for a test drive the week prior and nothing seemed wrong with it, no funny noises and everyone seemed to run alright. I’m not too mechanically minded so from my own look it seemed alright. It was advertised as in full working condition and seller got a roadworthy prior to the sale. A couple days later I take it to the mechanic for a service to check as brakes were noisy and no good news. Rear brakes were fully gone, tail shaft out of alignment with broken tail shaft bracket, and no EGR cooler at all, among plenty of other things required for the roadworthy certificate. Just a rough quote from the mechanic says $5000-8000 just to get the car roadworthy, and more on top for other things that need fixing. Roadworthy certificate was only issued 9 days ago so there’s no way either the seller didn’t know about these issues, or the company that issued the roadworthy. The car is within the 2 months/2000km for when the roadworthy expires. I’m not entirely sure of my best course of action here, but I’m going to QLD transport main roads for advice and asking here too. Ideally, I would get either the seller or mechanic who issued the fraudulent roadworthy to pay for the repairs but I’m not sure I have any standing for that. The fraudulent roadworthy is clean, no issues with brakes, driveline or emissions, and was issued 2.5 hours from where I live.
What are my options?
Can I get a refund from the seller?
Can the seller/roadworthy company pay repair costs?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Brendan
I recently bought a 4x4 Holden Colorado from a private seller, $12800. Took the car for a test drive the week prior and nothing seemed wrong with it, no funny noises and everyone seemed to run alright. I’m not too mechanically minded so from my own look it seemed alright. It was advertised as in full working condition and seller got a roadworthy prior to the sale. A couple days later I take it to the mechanic for a service to check as brakes were noisy and no good news. Rear brakes were fully gone, tail shaft out of alignment with broken tail shaft bracket, and no EGR cooler at all, among plenty of other things required for the roadworthy certificate. Just a rough quote from the mechanic says $5000-8000 just to get the car roadworthy, and more on top for other things that need fixing. Roadworthy certificate was only issued 9 days ago so there’s no way either the seller didn’t know about these issues, or the company that issued the roadworthy. The car is within the 2 months/2000km for when the roadworthy expires. I’m not entirely sure of my best course of action here, but I’m going to QLD transport main roads for advice and asking here too. Ideally, I would get either the seller or mechanic who issued the fraudulent roadworthy to pay for the repairs but I’m not sure I have any standing for that. The fraudulent roadworthy is clean, no issues with brakes, driveline or emissions, and was issued 2.5 hours from where I live.
What are my options?
Can I get a refund from the seller?
Can the seller/roadworthy company pay repair costs?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Brendan