garage holding my car

Update,

My girlfriend went to see the garage owner and he has said if she signs and says that the engine light is not a result of the crash, he will hand the car back over to us,

She has signed for it and we can now pick it up.

Iam mad at her because now we have a broken car, and if its the ecu or bsi the repair bill can run in to the £100's

please please please advice

The first thing that I would say is have you contacted your insurers or the insurers of the driver of the van? The fact that the engine light came on and you were not able to drive the car at a speed over 20 mph immediately after the crash would indicate that the problems were caused by the crash. You should therefore be liasing with your insuracne company about this.

What is the significance of the garage asking your girlfriend to sign a disclaimer saying that engine light fault and associated problems were not a result of the crash? Did you contact your insurers and did they refer you to this particular garage to carry out the repairs?

If you can provide some further information I may be able to assist you further. gdavis@s-law.co.uk

First of all thank you for taking the time to read and answer my queston

This is the first time ive made any claim on any insurance policy,

The way I went about it is, after the crash I took the other partys details and just took the car to my local body repair shop, they said they will take care of the rest they appointed me a solicter to deal with the matter and gave me a replacement car.

since reciving the car back it not working and the garage picking it up again, Ive phoned my INS they said the matter is nothing to do with them and I have to contact the other partys INS

The other partys INS are saying because the garage never told the vehicle inspector they sent out about the engine light they cant do anything about it Its now down to me to have it fixed.

Ive phoned the solicitors the garage apointed for me and thay are saying because i signed when i picked the car up they cant do anything.

And now my girlfriend has signed this morning at the garage to get the car back a statement saying the engine light and the car not starting is nothing to do with the crash

He said sign and you can have your car back.

There are obviously several issues that need to be discussed here. I am happy to discuss this with you for free in more detail over the telephone if you would like to email your number to my email address, gdavis@s-law.co.uk I can call you or you can telephone the office on 02476 553181 and ask to speak to myself or Richard Paremain.

Once again Thank you Gerard for your time to read and reply, Your offer is a sign that there is still great people willing to help others.

A little update,

I got the car back and It still would not start, I rung a mobile auto mechanic, He fixed the problem in 30mins apperatley the crash dislodged a engine sensor and the car was over fueling, cost me £65 but now the car is up and running with no problems.

Iam glad it was such a simple job and nothing major.

surely they have procedures in place for cases such as mine? It was wrong for the INS and the solicitors that were surposed to be acting on my behalf to just say its down to me to prove the car not starting is down to the crash,

I think that you should try to discuss the situation again with your solicitors and ask them to pursue the other driver's insurance company for the cost to repair the engine damage. As they are already acting for you they should really be able to advise you as to what to do next.

Hopefully you should be able to recover the cost of the engine repair if your solicitors can show that the damage was caused as a result of the accident.

gdavis@s-law.co.uk

Why are you  pretending to be a honest guy ? Your opening line was id like some money ie cash if i give you the job ! ive been offered £100 can you better this ? Here is the tail folks this fool had a dint in his tailgate total repair cost £847.90 pence Yes we bought the job hard times etc Whilst you have my car can you include management light in the deal ! Lets see plug it in and see mate But i think your going to be lucky We repaired this cheeky T- - - ts car he wouldnt sign satisfaction note for 1 week until he had tested vehicle after repair after we put his management light out ( foc ) no faults 1 week in he came back excepted his £150 kick back Payed cheque lol His next move 2 weeks later letter of intent to shaft us because his car had broke down Yes we recoverd it yes we diagnosed fault yes we told x number of £ to fix it yes we impounded his car The stupid p---k we hadnt done a thing wrong Please note we didnt charge anything apart from learn a lesson idiot His partner came to see us lovely girl she even said he was a D--k we gave her the vehicle back after explaining he was going knowwere with no costs she prompty booked the vehicle in at our other company possibly thinking we are seperate and had the alternater replaced as we advised first time round and payed £40 quid more as we offerd to fit it for free at the  bodyshop no wounder you folk think garages are bad with t-ts like this on planet And get this this d---khead came back in this week for a quote These forums are good but get both sides before you make in roads mr legal man 

Whilst you have my car can you include management light in the deal, ARE YOU ON DRUGS? the light was a result of the crash simple! I told you at the time.... the eml has come on and I was unable to drive over 20mph ie car was stuck in limp mode!

Lets see plug it in and see mate, But i think your going to be lucky    WHAT THE FUKC YOU ON ABOUT? THE EML WAS A RESULT OF THE CRASH WHY SHOULD I BE LUCKY IF YOU CAN REPAIR? We repaired this cheeky T- - - ts car NO YOU DID NOT!!! THE EML WAS STILL ON he wouldnt sign satisfaction note for 1 week until he had tested vehicle after repairBECAUSE YOU DIDNT FIX THE FCKIN CAR THE EML WAS STILL ON,

LET ME MAKE THIS REAL SIMPLE FOR YOU.

I HAD A CAR IT DROVE OK, NO EML ON!!! I WAS IN MANCHESTER AND A VAN CRASHED IN TO MY CAR WILST IT WAS PARKED UP!!!! GOT IT SO FAR PAL? OR U WANT LARGE PRINT?

WHEN I CAME TO START THE CAR THE EML WAS ON AND IT WAS IN LIMP MODE...... I THEN DROVE THE CAR HOME AND NEXT DAY LIKE A FOOL TOOK IT TO A VERY BAD BODY SHOP. YOURS!

YOU CHARGED FOR RECOVERY EVEN THOW THE I TOOK THE CAR TO YOU.

WHEN I PICKED THE CAR UP THE EML WAS STILL ON

THATS WHY I DIDNT SIGN ANYTHING!!!!!! YOU UNDERSTAND SO FAR?

2 weeks later letter of intent to shaft us because his car had broke down

2 WEEKS? NOT 2WEEKS FELLA 1 WEEK AT TOPS AFTER SPENDING DAYS ON PHONE TO MY INS AND THE OTHER PARTYS INS.....

Yes we recoverd it yes we diagnosed fault yes we told x number of £ to fix it NO YOU DID NOT!!!! YOU SAID IT COME BACK AS NO FAULT YOU CANT GET ANY CODES FROM IT. THATS WHEN I TOLD YOU I WASNT HAPPY AND HANDED YOU A LETTER I PRINTED AND U SAID OK I KEEP YOUR CAR YOU CAN PAY FOR THE RECOVERY AND STORAGE!

The stupid p---k we hadnt done a thing wrong Please note we didnt charge anything apart from learn a lesson idiot

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? TYPING A LITTLE FAST WAS YOU?

YOU DID NOTHING WRONG?

CHARGED THE INS FOR A RECOVERY YOU NEVER MADE!AND FAILED TO FIND THE RESON BEHIND THE EML BEING ON AND FAILED TO FIX THE PROBLEM U DIDNT EVEN TELL THE INS INSPECTOR ABOUT THE EML BEING ON, WAS YOU AFRAID THEY WOULD OF WRITTEN THE CAR OFF AND YOU LOST OUT ON THE JOB?

she prompty booked the vehicle in at our other company

YOUR FULL OF YOUR OWN SH!T I took the car to a garage in town who said the ecu had gone, more lies, and if that is your sister company what a joke!!!!!

and had the alternater replaced I NEVER HAD THE ALTERNATER REPLACED ATALL! I STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAR AND CAN POP IT TO YOU ANYTIME FOR A LITTLE LOOK!

and payed £40 quid more as we offerd to fit it for free at the  bodyshop

YOU NEVER OFFERED TO FIX ANYTHING ON THE CAR.

IT COST ME £65 TO FIX THE CAR SO YOU WERE GOING TO FIX IT FOR £25?

IT WAS A SENSER THAT HAD BEEN KNOCKED THAT HAD CAUSED THE EML TO COME ON AND THE CAR TO GO IN TO LIMOP MODE IT WOUDNT START BECAUSE IT OVER FUELED ITSELF.....

Fellas - this isn't the place to have your argument - take it to emails or elsewhere. 

The site is to assist people with legal problems.  Advice given is based solely on the information provided and it is entirely impossible, and outside of the scope of the site to find out what the other party thinks.  It wouldn't even happen if one went to see a solicitor on the high street - the time to find out what the other side believes to have happened is when defences are filed! (Or mediation undertaken.)

The whole swearing stuff just makes you both look terribly ignorant, so kindly refrain from repeating your outbursts.

its been a very long time since this crappy firm fixed or tried to fix my car, the bottom line is the eml came on as a result of the crash and they failed to notify the ins inspecter, I had a strong case against the garage I went to see TS, it was to much hassle for somthing that only cost me £65 to fix.... since this has happened I had another crash in the c3 some1 hit the side of me on a roundabout in oldham, took my car to a diffrent garage and the work was 2nd to none, 100% better then the last cowboys I used......... And even gave the car a clean for me. my sister had a small bump and asked were she should take her car I gave her the name of the garage I used my dad needed some work on his 308 large dint on his rear door, so in the end they shafted me but lost 3 jobs also..... my sister also has some rust around her petrol cap that she needs fixing she asked me who can I take it to, guess who i wont take her to.....

give the receipt to your solicitor and they will recover it for you from the other side.

its been a long time since you cowboys tried to fix my car...... and believe me you messed up fella... And how did you come across this forum pal? The title is

garage holding my car

why would you type that in to google? looking for some info are we? messed up again have we?

I do have all the old receipts and even the print out from the other garage saying it was a ecu fault, and tried to get me to send my ecu off to be checked for errors... that is your other garage? lol. they tried to charge me £30 for that azwell until I stated I wasn't happy with what they were saying.. he soon changed his tune when I showed him the car working all fixed and running sweet with nothing to do with the ecu.... or the alternator for that matter.... I will scan the paper work for you to see Mr rip off garage owner!

give the receipt to your solicitor and they will recover it for you from the other side.

is it to late for this, Its been a long time and I no longer own the car, after the mans outburst, I will look in to it again trading standards said I had a strong case last time i spoke to them I still have all the paper work and all the receipts, please say its not to late because now Im going to go all the way with this!!!!