What is life like with your car? Let us know and win £500 in John Lewis vouchers | No thanks

I bought a car but have since found out it has been clocked?

I bought my Audi A3 TDI from a garage in January 2012 and paid in cash. I got pulled over by the police who informed me that I wasn't the registered keeper, I rang up DVLA who confirmed it was registered to a female (I'm male), I had to produce documents to show I owned the car but when I produced my receipt I noticed that the mileage in January was 17 miles less than when it had been MoT'd in October at a garage 262 miles from where I bought the car. I was promised service history but this has never appeared. I've now owned the car for just short of my 3 month warranty and since finding all this out I feel that I've been severly misled. Where do I stand on returning on the car?

Asked on 12 April 2012 by Baldy123

Answered by Honest John
Talk to Trading Standards about prosecuting the garage, or holding the threat of prosecution against it in order to get your money back.
Similar questions
The MoT on my 2003 Jaguar X-Type 3.0l Sport Manual expired on Wednesday. Last week I booked it into an MoT centre in Bath and took it there on Monday. I was very confident that it would sail through -...
I conducted a HPI check on my car prior to selling and found out that it had been clocked. I bought the car in March 2009 with just 16(!) miles on the clock, the documentation states this also, it was...
A couple of colleagues reckon that there is a wide variation in the margin of error allowed in the despatching of pump fuel. One colleague reckons that he does not get as much Shell per litre as he does...
Related models
Good choice of engines. Some petrol engines now chain cam. Comfortable and well built interior. cheap to run 1.6 TDI. Feels very refined especially on the motorway.
 

Value my car

Save £75 on Warranty using code HJ75

with MotorEasy

Get a warranty quote

Save 12% on GAP Insurance

Use HJ21 to save on an ALA policy

See offer