What are my chances of claiming against the dealer who sold me a faulty Jaguar XJ?

I bought a 2012 Jaguar XJ for £15,500 from a small dealer and it had done 111,000 miles. Took it for a service and cam belt (which I knew it would need) and was advised it needed a new gearbox! There was...

Ford Powershift gearbox fault - unacceptable issue?

We have a 60 reg S-MAX with the power shift box. We bought it second hand from a large non-Ford dealer. When the car was 3 1/2 years old but with only 21,000 miles on the clock, in November last year,...

Ford Galaxy Powershift clutch judder

Four weeks ago my Ford Galaxy 2010 Automatic began juddering during driving a bit like misfiring. I took to Shaftesbury Ford and the diagnostics said it was a known fault - 'Clutch Judder' but Ford had...

Automatic gearbox problem on Ford B-MAX

I purchased an ex-demonstrator B-MAX from a Ford dealership in April 2015. Auto transmission 10,000 miles. Problem with seat belt chimes was fixed promptly but the local dealership has had three attempts...

Local garage has damaged my car - what are my rights?

I took my 2006 Ford Focus into a local garage to change two tyres. However, when I collected the car I found that the gear stick had shifted to the right. As a result, reverse was where 1st was, 1st and...

Citroen C1 will no longer get into first gear

We have a 2008 Citroen C1 with 80,000 miles on the clock. It started refusing to go into first gear unless the car was totally stopped with the handbrake up. But now it no longer goes into firs at all....

Broken gearbox - should the seller pay for repairs?

My daughter purchased a used Peugeot 3008 (2010) with 60,000 miles on the clock and full service history from a car supermarket. Yesterday it broken down with what appeared to be a clutch failure. Our...

Buying a replacement gearbox online - what are the risks?

I bought a 2002 Nissan Almera a few months ago, whilst we had torrential rain and gale force wind for weeks. When the weather got better, I realised the car was making a metal grinding/scraping noise....

Should I keep my diesel Ford C-Max or replace it?

I am 83 and have a Ford C-Max 1.6 diesel automatic, registered in 2006. I am very concerned about the many reports of gearbox trouble and I am beginning to listen for problems when I am driving now. However,...

Is it common for Volkswagen DSG automatics to suffer major failures?

My 2005 Volkswagen Touran developed an intermittent but persistent fault with the automatic gearbox. The car would randomly drop into limp home mode (third gear). On the dash all the gear lights were flashing....