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Can I return a used car because it has been smoke in?
The cigarette odour is impossible to eradicate completely. Would a distance purchaser have every right to reject the car, is that the legal position? .
Asked on 29 October 2024 by PETER SMITH
Answered by
David Ross
Under distance selling regulations a buyer has the right to cancel for 14 days from the date at which they take ownership of the vehicle. It could be argued that the smell of cigarettes is clearly not something that can be discovered by the buyer before physically being in the vehicle and is unlikely to have been communicated by the dealer.
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