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The garage have found a fault with a car I traded in - what are my rights?

I signed and drove an Audi away from a dealer on Friday. The garage now want me to go back as they have found a fault with the trade-in car. What are my rights? My car was bought as seen.

Asked on 22 March 2017 by N Reilly

Answered by Honest John

Depends how you described the trade-in. If you said it was all okay, then you have committed a breach of contract. If you said nothing of the sort and they failed to check the car properly then they have no right to undo the deal.

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