Ben D

Dodgy, Avoid like the plague

Where do I begin... This trader gives Car dealers a bad name for sure. We purchased a Volvo C30 T5 from him who in the ad was described as and I quote "Engine is great and drives great" although the car drives alright there's several issues, with one being major. The Car has a Head Gasket Failure or more commonly a Torn Cylinder Liner (which would make the engine scrap) took the car for a test drive all was fine, purchased the vehicle and within 10 miles of driving it back a EML light came on, got it back and it reported a mis-fire, upon further inspection it failed a leak test on the coolant tank, this means exhaust gases are leaking through. I purchased this car with a friend of mine and unknowingly the trade had made my friend sign a document labelled "Trade Sale" clearly the dealer knew this car had issues. To top it off my mechanic had discovered that the vehicle has had a tonne of K-Seal poured down the coolant tank to hold off the Head Gasket/Scrap Engine issue, which it's now pouring of smoke from the Exhausts. I'm currently in Contact with Autotrader who don't seem to care about the issue and have suggested to Contact citizen advice bureau, basically passing the issue off. This seller should be removed from Autotrader. I'm in contact with the ombudsman regarding taking legal action against this seller. Oh also he'll just straight up ignore your texts, messaged from another number saying i was interested in a car and got a text back straight away. AVOID AVOID AVOID