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I know I know this is the SLK forum but I figured it'd be a good starting point.
So my car has racked up 17 faults:
1) Left window doesn't always go down when the door opens.
2) Drivers side, passenger window switch 1st touch doesn't work.*
3) The smell that made my 4year old nephew puke when my car has been in sport and not even thrashed. Stand by one of the intakes after its been driven.*
4) Brake pedal sticks. What kind of poorly maintained, luxury car has a brake pedal that doesn't come back up and the brakes stay activated?!
5) It's been through 3x headlights. How can a car burn so many bulbs?*
6) Hill hold intermittent. The green hold light flashes instead of staying on.*
7) Electric parking brake fault. The fault occurs weekly with the red e brake light flashing.*
8) PCM bluetooth in and out. Calls drop in and out. Tried different phones problem persists.
9) Horn sticking. Yes, the horn sticks when pressed.
10) Ignition. When you turn the key nothing happens 50% of the time.*
11) Parking sensors. The detect things are there when nothing us. Must be my ghost coming back to haunt the car because the car is adamant on killing me.*
12) Spoiler jamming. How pathetic?*
13) Windscreen chip and front bumper fin chip.*
14) Interior passenger panel.
15) Headlamp fogging. A seal must've failed around the headlight because in the wet the headlights fog up and distorts the headlights (which are usually blown anyway so no worries apparently.)*
16) Vibration in clutch when depressed. Had 4 manuals none of them did that.
17) Heated seats automatically shutting of after 5-15 mins. Yup, they just turn themselves off after 5 to 15 minutes.*
When I negotiated the car deal, there was a panel that was covered in scratches that the sales and business manager promised was repaired, but they didn't, and I let it slide but I raised it again for replacement. I sent a very stern note saying that they had outright lied enclosing the above list.
The car was recovered this morning and I followed it in a courtesy car (530d not bad but prematurely ageing me by 20 years)
When I got to the dealership the service team were nice. They were working on the car at the expense of other cars which was a plus.
On the other hand, the service manager got his chest out and said "YOU CALLED ME A LIAR. THEY TOLD ME THE PANEL WAS FIXED I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHECK A Friggin' PANEL" red in the face, trying to be intimidating lol
I said, well if "it's too difficult I'll give Stuttgart a ring and see how that Pans out" and he changed subjects.
So my question is, what are my rights? What should I do in this situation? Should I seek legal help, should I contact Stuttgart?
The UK boxster community is practically non existent. Any help or advice would be grateful.
So my car has racked up 17 faults:
1) Left window doesn't always go down when the door opens.
2) Drivers side, passenger window switch 1st touch doesn't work.*
3) The smell that made my 4year old nephew puke when my car has been in sport and not even thrashed. Stand by one of the intakes after its been driven.*
4) Brake pedal sticks. What kind of poorly maintained, luxury car has a brake pedal that doesn't come back up and the brakes stay activated?!
5) It's been through 3x headlights. How can a car burn so many bulbs?*
6) Hill hold intermittent. The green hold light flashes instead of staying on.*
7) Electric parking brake fault. The fault occurs weekly with the red e brake light flashing.*
8) PCM bluetooth in and out. Calls drop in and out. Tried different phones problem persists.
9) Horn sticking. Yes, the horn sticks when pressed.
10) Ignition. When you turn the key nothing happens 50% of the time.*
11) Parking sensors. The detect things are there when nothing us. Must be my ghost coming back to haunt the car because the car is adamant on killing me.*
12) Spoiler jamming. How pathetic?*
13) Windscreen chip and front bumper fin chip.*
14) Interior passenger panel.
15) Headlamp fogging. A seal must've failed around the headlight because in the wet the headlights fog up and distorts the headlights (which are usually blown anyway so no worries apparently.)*
16) Vibration in clutch when depressed. Had 4 manuals none of them did that.
17) Heated seats automatically shutting of after 5-15 mins. Yup, they just turn themselves off after 5 to 15 minutes.*
When I negotiated the car deal, there was a panel that was covered in scratches that the sales and business manager promised was repaired, but they didn't, and I let it slide but I raised it again for replacement. I sent a very stern note saying that they had outright lied enclosing the above list.
The car was recovered this morning and I followed it in a courtesy car (530d not bad but prematurely ageing me by 20 years)
When I got to the dealership the service team were nice. They were working on the car at the expense of other cars which was a plus.
On the other hand, the service manager got his chest out and said "YOU CALLED ME A LIAR. THEY TOLD ME THE PANEL WAS FIXED I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CHECK A Friggin' PANEL" red in the face, trying to be intimidating lol
I said, well if "it's too difficult I'll give Stuttgart a ring and see how that Pans out" and he changed subjects.
So my question is, what are my rights? What should I do in this situation? Should I seek legal help, should I contact Stuttgart?
The UK boxster community is practically non existent. Any help or advice would be grateful.
