hi...just bought a 2006 mps with about 125000km....is in brilliant cosmetic condition, has had a heavy duty clutch installed and appeared to be unmolested....
after purchasing it at a dealer in penrith (i live 100km+ away on the central coast) its started to make a bit of a grinding noise under heavy accelaration---i thought it was turbo related but not having had a turbo car before i was unsure.....so i had intended at some point to return it to the dealer to get it looked at under warranty....but then disaster struck....the rear end started to wobble and move around to the point i felt unsafe driving it---i limped to a local mechanic who informed me the diff cradle had snapped---and showed me evedence of a previous repair in the same area---and told me not to drive it
as you can imagine the penrith dealer tried to worm out of getting it towed the 100+kms back but 5 days later was left with no choice to do so and it was towed.....
i gave the dealer a list of things i considered to be the issues and expected them to be 100% repaired before i made the 2 hour journey to pick it up...the list included the diff cradle,passnenger door central locking, rear leaking shock replaced and an investigation of the mysterious grinding noise under heavy accelaration described earlier
well after many emails and phone calls and close to 4 weeks later today i negotiated to meet them at the halway point with the car at hornsby...all correspondance during the ridiculouly long repair period was of course left up to me---otherwise i would of never heard of them (the dealers customer service standards are another story all together let me tell you!)
despite meeting them with a filthy dirty car which i at least thought they wouldve washed i was initially pleased as it appeared all the issues had been solved however after having driven it home the 50 odd kms i am suspicious of what they have done to solve the "grinding noise"....and this is where i need some opinion......
the car still has a similar although much less noticeable grinding type noise and it still only seems to happen under heavy accelaration....but strangely the car does not seem to have the same rush or urgency that it had prior to me giving it up for repair when it did make the rather noticeable noise....is it likely they have reduced the boost of the turbo to hide the fact that there is a problem with it and to avoid replacing/ repairing the turbo??? i have though of approaching the mechanic they used to do the repair and ask for a copy of the work completed....
and can anyone tell me if i have a legitimate claim to have my legally required 3 months warranty extended by 4 weeks given the the dealer had my car for almost 4 weeks to make the repair??
hopefully someone can help me as i have a feeling i am having the wool pulled over my eyes in a big way!
thanks
andrew