To not mention that transmission isn't working when I part ex my car tmw?

[kaymondo]

I'm picking up my new car tomorrow and my old car is being taken by the dealership as part exchange. The deal was negotiated and price agreed for the part ex about 6 weeks ago when we ordered the new car.

In typical bad timing, when I got in the car yesterday a load of new warning lights came on and the car isn't getting beyond 2nd gear (automatic transmission). I have no idea what to do now. We can get it to the dealership but not sure what kind of warranty, if any, we're expected to give about the condition of the car. Also, we're generally very honest people and saying nothing doesn't exactly sit right. On the other hand I really don't want to have to start renegotiating the part ex value on the day and finding extra cash to make up the shortfall.

Does anyone know what happens in this type of situation? Does the garage just go on the assessment of the vehicle they did 6 weeks ago or will they inspect again tmw and/or ask for any kind of warranty? And if they don't ask, would you disclose the issue?

Can't believe the stupid car couldn't wait another 2 days before it decided to give up on us

Don't tell them, it's a bloody car a garage and I know most of the people claiming to the contrary wouldn't tell them if it were them
Who had to find the additional grand or two the part ex is covering.

Yabu to ask on Mn though it was inevitable there would be lots of pious replies calling you a fraudster

I had a chronic oil leak in a car I part ex'd. On ex date I parked the car I was trading in over a drain. I've never ever signed any document on handover saying the car was in a particular working order. My theory is they're a garage, repairing a car costs them nothing and they over inflate the price of the car you're buying to boot.

My only issue would he if you're given a warranty on your new car which you need to use so you might need to keep them sweet for that. Having said that every dealer I've ever known has tried to wiggle off the hook for a repair required under warranty.

DH had a friend who was slippery. DH used to joke about how he could extract himself from any pile of shit and come up smelling of roses.

One day (back in the 90's) he put a deposit on a brand new car, offering his in part exchange. Being his usual golden self he managed to get a much better trade in on his old car than you or I would have gotten. The day before trade in he had an accident, I don't recall exactly how but he managed to dent the panels all down one side of the car. It was a mess to say the least.

He went to collect the new car and carefully parked the exchange car against a wall hiding the damage. When the dealer took the keys to go out and check he pointed over to it, said 'oh it's there, it's fine' and amazingly dealer didn't check.

He left with his new car and by some miracle never heard from garage again. Safe to say he didn't use that particular dealer for any services though.

DH could write a book on the escapades of this bloke. Keep expecting it all to catch up with him but it never does.

I just part-exed my car. It had done 26,000 miles but the engine started failing three days before I was due to pick the new car up. I did take it to the garage but they thought it was quite a serious problem...a big oil leak, a valve needed replacing, the turbo had gone, over £1000 all-in-all.

I told the dealer. I was glad I did because they did give us a sheet that they'd filled out and asked us to sign that the part exed car was in the same condition as it was previously. It's also in the contract. They edited to say that there was now an engine fault, but we decided that it shouldn't affect the deal because the car was still so new.

I'd tell them because the stress if you don't could be huge. They'll know as soon as they turn it on, and it's not like they won't have your details. Caveat emptor goes so far, but it could be an expensive lesson if you lead them into a contract knowing that the car is in a different condition to the time that they agreed a deal. If they decided to pursue it through the courts, it'd be an interesting case study. Even if they didn't, if you needed to take your car back, it'd be awkward.