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N/a - Lease Contracts - Unfair Excess Mileage - Tunder

Lease companies often ask for an annual mileage and base their monthly fees on that charge.

Exceed the mileage and pay an excess fee - e.g. 10ppm.

There seems to be no equivalent clause for lower than anticipated mileage, which I guess is going to be the case for a lot of lease users at the moment.

Does this count as an unfair term in consumer law - i.e. one charge for them and no equivalent allowance for the customer? Would it be worth taking to court?

Thinking in terms of money, 10,000 miles could be worth £1,000 to a consumer.

N/a - Lease Contracts - Unfair Excess Mileage - concrete

That is the luck of the draw. The mileage you select is the maximum but there is no minimum. The lease company work out their payments based on the selected mileage and condition of the returned vehicle. Most go straight to auction and get decent prices, or they used to. I doubt you will obtain a refund or rebate from any unused mileage but you can only ask. If you don't ask you don't get!! Good luck.

Cheers Concrete