is this legal and aibu if i do it

[tangofandango1]

bought a used car a few weeks ago. seemed fine, test drive great, hpi clear, etc. drove away and warning light came on. after that more faults appeared within a few days of purchase. major faults - suspension problems, electrics problems, battery needs replacing. starting motor broke, etc etc etc. turns out they did their own mot at the garage and removed a past advisory without actually fixing it (pointed out by another garage).

asked for refund. garage being funny about it and refusing. said they will look at it tomorrow (with their own mechanic lol - so i know where it’s going) and refund if they find a fault (of course they won’t it’s their own mechanic who has evidently lied before).

if they refuse a refund i’m going to small claims court as advised by citizens advice as i’m within 30 days as stated in consumer rights act

firstly - does anyone know if i can claim the small claims court fee back from them?

secondly - say i were to stand in or outside of their garage and advise other customers not to purchase a car with them as they knowingly sell faulty cars - is this illegal?

thanks :))

My exdh did this many years ago, he bought a car from a garage and it was riddled with problems, so he and his brother stood on the forecourt one Saturday morning and told prospective customers not to deal with them. He soon got his money back!! I must add that he was very mild mannered but he was very particular about his cars!😂

There's no harm in standing outside the garage protesting provided you stick to provable facts.

You can prove that they knowingly sold you a faulty car (singular) so you can protest about that.

It gets dodgy if you say they are continuing to sell other faulty cars because you may not be able to prove that is true.

As long as you stick to facts that you can prove are accurate, any legal action they take against you should fail.