Apologies, posting here for traffic.
I’m not sure if anyone has experience/can offer advice…nearly four years ago we purchased a used car that we are planning to sell now. At the time we did the necessary checks and all came back good re the vehicles history. The dealer did not disclose any previous issues/accidents. Now that we are at the point of selling the car the dealerships we contacted did their own background checks (which turn out to be more in depth that the one we paid for) and it turns out the car was salvaged six months before we purchased it. Obviously whatever happened the car had been reinstated and declared roadworthy again as nothing had flagged up since from insurance/MOT etc. However, we cannot sell the car - they are either not taking it on or are offering a third of what the car is worth (understandably given the checks).
needless to say we are absolutely fuming and I’m probably completely unrealistic given the timeframe that’s passed, but is there anything at all we can do in this situation other than saying bye to our money…? Is this something we could report to trading standards, or could we challenge the dealership in any way? Just to add, we haven’t contacted the dealership yet, we are trying to understand if there’s anything we can do first (only found this out this morning)
I appreciate it’s quite a unique issue but desperate for some advice if anyone has any.