Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I bought my car brand new just over 2 years ago. Since then, it has been back to the garage for repairs on the auto gearbox about 10 or 11 times. Last week I nearly had an accident because of this gearbox. The car has also had a few other problems, but this gearbox problem is continual. First time it went was about a month after I bought it. Clearly the car is a lemon.The warranty expired last week but the garage say they will honour repairs to the gearbox as the fault occurred within the warranty period.I have reached my limit though. Personally, I feel I should reject the car and demand my money back. The "lemon" law in other countries seems to permit this, but does it apply in France? And also what would the French terminology be for a car that is a "lemon"? Direct translation is citron of course, which may bring an ironic smirk to the garage seeing as my car is a Peugeot.I've had enough. They can take it back and give me a car that works. I didn't spend 20k€ for hassle. I paid that for peace of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2122 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Im not sure but new cars might be cheaper in the UK than in France ,could you take the peugeot back to the garage and maybe get a citreon instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Sadly I dont think that even in the UK you could get your money back on a lemon after 2 years.I recently saw a very expensive nearly new merc sports parked on a trailer (there must have been some reason for this) in a driveway opposite a centre commerciale, it had a great big sign across the windscreen starting with "J'en ai marre" and went on to describe how it had had more than 20K euros of warranty work done by a specified dealer and that it was still not driveable.Food for thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 This page might help you decide what to do: http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/particuliers/F10965.xhtml?&n=Achat, argent & Achat de biens et de services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Judging by what seem to be reputable surveys in the UK, French cars do disapoint their buyers more than the rest, and Mercs are not as high up the satisfaction list as one would expect either. A lot hinges on the dealer's ability to rectify faults. Doubtless lots of folk have other experiences and would disagree, however customers do seem to be generally more satisfied with Japanese cars.It's just a suggestion, but why don't you try taking it to a different dealer. We had a OBC problem on our car recently and the local dealer didn't rectify it completely after having the car for two days, although he palmed it off on me as being fixed. A city dealership rectified the problem it in a few minutes. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Well, they're coming to my house and picking the car up personally on Thursday and dropping off a courtesy car. They're then getting Peugeot's gearbox expert to come to the dealership to try and figure out the problem.If they still can't fix it, they'll see where to go from there.Action at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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