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My father bought a car last week.

We live in Scotland (just outside Glasgow) and he travelled down to Bristol to have a test drive and he eventually bought the car.

During the test drive the dealer (the car was bought from a dealership) wouldn't let him take the car on a motorway or bypass, basically wouldn't let him get up to an speed. My dad is convinced that this is because one of the bearings has gone on one of the wheels and obviously he only noticed it travelling back home on the motorway.

He also noticed after he got home that there is a chip in the windscreen (it's a heated & tinted windscreen) but he doesn't know if this was there hen he bought it or happened during the trip home.

There are a few more little niggles with the car and my dad is convinced that he's been sold a lemon.

So basically what I'm asking is does he have any rights after buying the car? He paid the deposit with his credit card and paid the remainder with his debt card.

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call the dealer, and have a chat with them..

similar thing happened to me, i needed 3 new tyres only a fortnight after getting my new car, rang the dealer right up and we sorted it out over the phone.

if you bought it from a dealer was it a franchised one? if so you should have a warranty from them and be able to take it to any other dealer locally to get it sorted..

i wouldn't worry about the windscreen.. you can use it as a 'bargaining chip' in getting the bearing sorted, say something like.. "now the chip in the windscreen.. i'm willing to accept that may not have been there... but you need to fix my wheel bearing etc etc"

just pop over to autoglass and get them to check it, and 9/10 times they can fix it for you for free. that's all the dealer would do anyway.

good luck :)

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