Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

[Cyclops]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

It's difficult to make any real comment without knowing how old the car is, and how many miles it has done. If it's done a fair few, then perhaps your mate should have expected something like this to need doing, That said, if I had paid over ten grand for a car, I wouldn't expect the clutch to fail, and I'd certainly expect at least some compromise from the selling garage. My advice is to get it done by Mazda, (or an independent Mazda specialist), and get them to check the rest of the car over, while they're at it.

Thanks for those observations!
The car had a low mileage 40K and is about five years old.
Mazda charge repairs at £140 an hour, btw

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

Thanks for those observations!
The car had a low mileage 40K and is about five years old.
Mazda charge repairs at £140 an hour, btw

If you haven't sorted it , send me the reg and I will give you an alternate quote.

I don't think you will have much luck chasing the selling garage .It may have been the previous owner was hard on the clutch (40,000 miles is very low for a clutch to wear out )although hard to select gear is normally the hydraulic side which isn't affected by driving style.

[Vindec]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

Mazda charge repairs at £140 an hour, btw

Bettr than BMW which comes in at a mouth watering £257 per hour.

[tforturton]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

Bettr than BMW which comes in at a mouth watering £257 per hour.

Every make will have an independent specialist somewhere. Look around...

[Cyclops]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

Some may be interested to know the outcome of this situation.
My friend negotiated with the selling garage at Salisbury. They arranged for him to drive to a halfway rendez-vous where they provided a car and took the Mazda to a garage for a complete replacement of the clutch and an anciliary part. A week later, they swapped cars at the same spot. The work was completely financed by the garage and my friend has his car back in full working order.

[Feedback]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

caveat emptor

[cityhammer]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

My friend said there was a problem with the gear selector from day one.

Then your friend should have sorted that out with garage when still under warranty.

[BLUETIT]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

Some may be interested to know the outcome of this situation.
My friend negotiated with the selling garage at Salisbury. They arranged for him to drive to a halfway rendez-vous where they provided a car and took the Mazda to a garage for a complete replacement of the clutch and an anciliary part. A week later, they swapped cars at the same spot. The work was completely financed by the garage and my friend has his car back in full working order.

Your friend (:hehe:), took a chance, going on a motorway with a dodgy clutch !

[Gofer Blue]

Re: Second-hand car bought from a garage - needs a clutch replacement. Remedies?

Some may be interested to know the outcome of this situation.
My friend negotiated with the selling garage at Salisbury. They arranged for him to drive to a halfway rendez-vous where they provided a car and took the Mazda to a garage for a complete replacement of the clutch and an anciliary part. A week later, they swapped cars at the same spot. The work was completely financed by the garage and my friend has his car back in full working order.

Then he was a very lucky chap indeed! I was once caught in a similar situation but with a semi-automatic car. I now know differently but in my naivety I assumed an automatic did not have a clutch as such but a semi-automatic does and as others have said, clutches are considered to be consumables. The car was bought in Reading and we had to take it all the way back there to be fixed. A very expensive outing all round.

Moral(s) of the story: 1. Don't buy a semi-automatic car. 2. Always buy locally if you can.