Hi i got a car on finance last year in August 16 , it was a 13 plate car which had 2 previous owners, it was sold as a used car but at no point was there a mention of the car being in any collision or the fact had a front end repair done on it. It was bought from a local family run dealership and cost around £7’900
So it waas a Citroen C4 and has recently had a safety recall about the bonnet’s so while it was being inspected by the Citroen garage they noticed it wasnt a genuine citroen bonnet and also that there as some corrosion underneath it and rust which had been covered with paint and quite a bit corrosion on one of the wings which shows to me its not genuine parts
I have checked the V5 and no mention of previous damages or collisions. It was sold as a new(ish) car i shouldnt be expecting it to be rusting or finding out its been previously damaged.
As citroen done the safety recall, they explained to me about the damages and that that some of the parts were not genuine citroen parts, after consulting with their management they stayed in honour and replaced the bonnnet.
I believe i have a strong case here and would like some advice on my next steps.
I would like to add i took the car back to the local dealership today and inforned them of the same….their response was “i never knew about this, it was never declared” and they have offered to replace the rusting wing on the passenger side.
What advice can you gove on this case