After having owned an Arona (same model) from new for 3 years and being generally delighted with the car, I ordered a new (updated) car from the local main Seat dealer. I have now had this car for 4 days and it has 71 miles on the clock. The revisions and update to the model appear beneficial and sensible.
My problem is that the car does not come as described in that this model is described and photographed (on line and on the Seat website) as having two integral fog lights. I did not notice this omission until yesterday and on looking on the Arona users website, other owners are equally as miffed over this anomaly and conversation suggests that Seat stopped fitting these at the end of 2021. If that is the case however, they do not appear to have communicated this to their customers.
The question is raised: would I have bought this car had I known that fog lights were not fitted as part of the model specification? Probably the answer to this is 'No' because I judiciously used the fog lights on my old Arona and felt them to be a core safety and safe driving issue,
On another issue, yesterday the Infotainment screen crashed and is continually trying to reboot (without success). This renders many car functions as inoperative. The Arona users site also suggests that this a is not an uncommon issue and I'm confidant that a call to the dealers tomorrow morning will put arrangements in place to remedy this.
Any legal (or common sense) views and advice would be welcomed and I have E Mailed Seat who have assured me that I will receive a response within 48 hours. What would you do because I'm still unsure as to what my stance will be?
Ian
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