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1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - km77

I buyed used car with dealer and day one gear selecting was stiff and then one week after dealer call me service centre for repair,After repair two days was ok gear selecting then afer two four days I had a minor accident when passing roundabout because suddenly gear selecting stiff from 5th to 2 nd gear, then after insurance company short it out repair and again I went with dealer and i explain him I had a accident because gear selecting stiff then He was not accepting any thing. Then I rejected car after 4 weeks and sent letter to HP company and Dealer for refund but they refuse refund and give replcement car which is they say like for like base but It was easytronic automatic,That car is toatally unacceptable bec that easytronic gear change time it was jerking and engine noise too much.So now what option i have to choose?

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - km77
anybody

Edited by km77 on 23/08/2011 at 16:12

1.4 meriva (2008),manual - used car fault - Avant

Your post is quite hard to follow, so this may have deterred people from replying.

If the dealer has agreed to replace your car like for like, you should hold out for exactly that - i.e. a manual. I agre that the Easytronic transmission is unacceptably jerky: it's a design that should never have been put on sale and they're all like that.

I'm not sure what the accident has to do with it. The dealer has a duty to replace or repair only if they accept that the car was faulty in the first place, which I think is what you're saying.

1.4 meriva (2008),manual - used car fault - Victorbox

"Your post is quite hard to follow, so this may have deterred people from replying."

Exactly - I gave up after several lines of no punctuation, not even a full stop.

1.4 meriva (2008),manual - used car fault - Ethan Edwards

Well now that you mention it. I did think maybe some kind of dyslexia, so I too moved on.

1.4 meriva (2008),manual - used car fault - jamie745

It reads like an appliance manual which has been translated from Korean into English badly.

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - Avant

I should add as a moderator - as you're new to the forum (welcome!) - that we don't normally pick people up on their standard of English, as some people have genuine difficulty. On the other hand, if you're asking for advice, you do need to make yourself clear so that people can understand what the problem is.

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - jamie745

Right ive had a go at deciphering the original posters...well...post.

It looks like he/she is saying that they bought a used 1.4 Meriva from a dealer on HP. Shortly after acquiring the car the OP found the gear changing was very stiff, like hard to get in gear im guessing. Contacted dealer who took it to service centre for a repair and it seemed fine for two (or four) days then had a minor accident at a roundabout because it wouldnt change from 5th to 2nd, then something to do with the insurance company which i cant work out. Four weeks after obtaining the car, OP sent a letter to HP Company and Dealer for refund (i really hope somebody else wrote it) and they refused such terms and provided a replacement car instead but the replacement is an automatic which the OP doesnt like because its jerky and the engine is loud.

OP doesnt want this car, what are their options?

Edited by jamie745 on 25/08/2011 at 01:02

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - unthrottled

Good effort.

It would be easier if the OP had clarified if the service centre had found a genuine fault-gear linkage, clutch adjustment etc.

A lot of perfectly functioning gearboxes will baulk at a 5-2 downshift.

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - jamie745

Well i was wondering if a change from 5 down to 2 would make it go 'aaaaaahhhh!!!' anyway. I accidentally changed from 5th to 2nd in a Saab when i was delivering it to a customer and it made it go into limp-home-mode which was inconvenient to say the least. I'd never made a mistake like that before, of all the times!?!?

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - unthrottled

I'm sure you've raised a quizzical eyebrow at some of my grammar, Avant.

OP-Make sure you don't use naughty words or Avant will get cross. You don't want to see him angry...

1.4 meriva (2008),mannual - used car fault - jamie745

Ive had a go at deciphering the OP above, hope i helped :)

See Avant i can be useful!