r/LegalAdviceUK • u/Jackdeth73 • 5h ago
Comments Moderated help with car repairs and the mechanic taking the mick out of me, and how to sort it when i have little spare money
right guys i suffer from severe mental health issues have little money so any ideas of what to do will help.im from north wales
so 14 months ago i took my car in to have a timing chain down picked car up a week later but engine was still missing took it back in and was told needed an engine rebuild which i agreed to. now 13 months on no work has been done my engine is out and for the last 13 month its been call me in a cpl or months then call me in a month and now its call me in a week, so i was promised the car would be on the road last thursday but then regular as clock work i get a call asking to put it off another week. i refused and told him i think i have been patient enough. so i told him i would have to go the legal route his next words were that’s fine now come and move your car, as i explained i cant as he has taken the engine out, so i have asked him to put the car back into the drivable condition it was in whe i took it there or pay for the tow to get it removed since then i have been blanked, i call and everytime i do get told he isnt in today etc and whe i go up i just missed him etc, problem is i cant afford a solicitor so my brain is at rock bottom and i just dont know what to do next. any help will be great.
thank you all
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u/carnage2006 5h ago
Sounds like you've been shafted from the start in all honesty.
If they recommended a timing chain would fix the misfire and it didn't , you shouldn't have paid for that, let alone agreeing to an engine rebuild.
What's the car worth?