Renault Family
A Peugeot garage personally ammited to me this was a design fault!
Yes it is a out of warranty but a car thay young shouldnt be allowed on the road with this kind of fault. People can get killed due to a lack of design detail.
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and you have that in writing yes?
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I'm with RF - you haven't a hope. Peugeot have got you over a barrel - they've got your car, say it needs a new ECU, and want £500 - you won't get the car back (running anyway) without parting with the cash. You could sue them, but it's likely to cost you a lot of money, time and stress, with no guarantee of winning. Pegueot will say, well there's x million ECU's that haven't broken, so where's the design fault. I doubt you have any evidence of same, except a few folks saying so.
Afraid you're going to have to grin and bear it.
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RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
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As a light hearted comment, it was funny the first time. Now it's rude.
They are helping you. Just because you don't like the answer, doesn't mean it isn't true/helpful.
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Adam
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Dont shoot the messenger. I would be delighted for you if it happens and still hope it might.
In your book helpful means telling you what you want to hear and not the truth?
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That?s fighting talk young lady
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What a rude person. Registers here 9th September, asks a question, alleges Peugeot have a design fault , and then is rude to the people who try to answer.
Apart from being impolite it's self defeating as who wants to answer someone who is impervious to any answer except one they want.
madf
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You'll have to pay up, but you could always sue them in the Small Claims Court, on the basis that the ECU should last the life of the car (I doubt the normal Sale of Goods act 'Fit for Purpose' laws would help on a car of this age). If you can get proof of a known fault then so much the better.
You can do the Small Claims thing on line and it doesn't cost very much. There's a possibility they'll pay up before you get to court. If it gets to court then forget it.
One thing I'm not sure about is who you'd sue. Sale of Goods act stuff means you have to sue the seller, not the manufacturer. So who sold you the car? Have you had it from new? If you sue Peugeot they may just be able to say that they're not liable - I'm unclear about this.
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I'm with RF unless you are very, very, lucky.
Peugeot dealers are not part of Peugeot PLC, so anything they may choose to describe as a design fault will doubtless carry little weight with Peugeot themselves; "Says who? We'll decide what is a design fault and what isn't."
Many owners have known for some time that with the Magneti Marelli throttle bodies used until 2002 on petrol P2 platform S60/V70/S80 Volvos there is a fundamental design flaw that can result in all manner of poor running. Many owners are reported to have had collisions or near collisions that they (whether proven or not) related to this problem. Perhaps Volvo aka Ford have known of the problem all along but to admit it and fix it would cost a monumental fortune. Pure cost-benefit assessment in the real world, and please no "they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it; my poor Sonny Jim could be killed" retort. It has therefore taken huge effort by an equally huge number of people and the litigatious nature of American society to finally bring a class action on Volvo North America and force that they rectify affected cars at no cost to the consumer and compensate those who have already paid. As far as I know (happy to be corrected) this is a US only act, so no joy for UK owners.
So, there may well be a design problem with your Peugeot and Peugeot may perhaps be aware of it, but if it doesn't affect a zillion people and Peugeot don't choose to put their hand up you are on an unfortunate hiding to nothing.
Good luck with whatever you choose to do.
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If your not going to be helpful go away. What car you got? A renault! So dont mac me off like a two bob
Trist206, change your attitude towards others before I lock this thread and disable your account.
DD. BR Moderator.
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Just reported Trist206 to the mods for offensive posting. Sorry guys - I didn't get to the end of the thread!
Definite troll I would say.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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I'd have reported him as well if I knew what it meant...
Must be getting old - I'll go back to watching the cricket-
It seems to me the ECU failure could not have happened to a nicer guy.
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And anyway shouldn't it be 'mac me off like a 10 pence ' these days ?
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a two bob what?
I know a london expression refering to ladies of the night.
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