Statutory warranty

IH8HSV · 06-06-2008, 10:01 PM

Hi all...

My sister in law brought a Daihatsu applause last week.

The car now has knocks coming from underneath, is running rough and is gutless.
When we rang the car dealer they didn't seem interested.

I'm just wondering where we stand with the statutory warranty that comes compulsory with any car purchased over $2000.

Does anyone know what these warranties cover and what has to be repaired under these warranties???

Cheers.

Bazil · 07-06-2008, 12:02 AM

Dont worry about what is written in the dealers warranty, the statuatoy warranty overides them.
If you are a member of the RAC they are very helpfull in this area. I got a new set of rotors for my GTP earlier this year on the basis of an RAC, report even though the car yard warranty excluded them.

IH8HSV · 07-06-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Bazil

Dont worry about what is written in the dealers warranty, the statuatoy warranty overides them.
If you are a member of the RAC they are very helpfull in this area. I got a new set of rotors for my GTP earlier this year on the basis of an RAC, report even though the car yard warranty excluded them.

Are you saying i should get her to get a rac report now and then take it back to the dealer to get the faults they find repaired?

cheers

Bazil · 07-06-2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by IH8HSV

Are you saying i should get her to get a rac report now and then take it back to the dealer to get the faults they find repaired?

cheers

Thats what I did. You would be supprised what is cover by the statutory warranty and thats at the end of the 3 month period not just the beginning. Includes tyres and brakes.

IH8HSV · 07-06-2008, 12:45 AM

Thanks mate you have been very helpful. I will get her to do this then.

Cheers

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madmelon · 08-06-2008, 01:26 AM

A Statutory warranty is only applied to vehicles less than 10 years old. Is it?

JC · 08-06-2008, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by madmelon

A Statutory warranty is only applied to vehicles less than 10 years old. Is it?

Correct, car must be less than 10 years old and have travelled less than 160,000km. Anything more than either, and stat warranty doesn't apply. Doesn't matter how much you paid for the car. And dealer "extended" warranties (usually 3 or 5 years) are often not worth the paper they're printed on.

last fairlane · 08-06-2008, 10:08 AM

When I bought my last Fairlane an AU S2 here in Brisbane the power steering pump leaked oil within 2 days so I took it back to the car yard and it took them 3 days to do a 30 minute job and after complaining the manager told me he is entitled to hold the car for 2 weeks to complete the work ( I guess warrantee work is low priority) any way it was fixed and works perfectly
thanks John

Skotty · 08-06-2008, 10:57 AM

I was talking to someone on friday night who got a BA (i think) fairlane, he took it back to the car yard and complained about the drivers seat (he got it from a Mazda dealership), they said they couldnt do anything about it. anyway he took it to a ford dealer and $2,000 later on warranty it was repaired lol. (not sure if it was coverd under ford new car warranty tho)

burnz · 08-06-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by IH8HSV

Hi all...

My sister in law brought a Daihatsu applause last week.

The car now has knocks coming from underneath, is running rough and is gutless.
When we rang the car dealer they didn't seem interested.

I'm just wondering where we stand with the statutory warranty that comes compulsory with any car purchased over $2000.

Does anyone know what these warranties cover and what has to be repaired under these warranties???

Cheers.

in n.s.w. all car sold must have a r.w.c.
if the car is not roadworthy to the letter of the law the onus is on the seller to make the car roadworthy.
you can have the r.t.a. fail the car, and then goto fair trading, and sue the dealer..

IH8HSV · 08-06-2008, 01:54 PM

Thanks for your replies.

Unfortunately W.A. is a bit behind the times and don't need a road worthy certificate.

The car has only 100000km on it so the warranty will apply. I will let her know to try the rac report and see how she goes with it.

Cheers.

samsy351 · 08-06-2008, 06:46 PM

I recently bought a AU II wagon and 1 day after picking it up it started playing up. Turned out to be a TPS problem . Anyway there was no warranty at all on the car but the car yard was only too happy to have a mechanic check it out and rectify the problem at their cost. I was surprised and impressed. I think most car yards would tell you to go jump!

IH8HSV - good luck with yours ....

Interceptor · 08-06-2008, 09:06 PM

samsy, why do you say there was no warranty on the car?

**GasoLane** · 08-06-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Interceptor

samsy, why do you say there was no warranty on the car?

Some cars can be bought with no warranty.

samsy351 · 08-06-2008, 11:01 PM

It had over 160,000k's so they dont have to offer a warranty