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Any good to you Clint? p.s. I’ve un-marked this as ‘Solution’ since it still remains a bit unclear. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Clint, So you are looking for mechanical warranty policy and not strictly a maintenance plan -? If so, you will find most ( if not all) are based on cover for non wear and tare components, which equates in a large part to a fair degree of ‘limitation of cover’. If this is what you are after, then the all important thing is to obtain copy and read the small print before committing. Perhaps someone else on here can offer a recommendation for you. With c10k /a I would be tempted to opt for getting it serviced every year at a trusted local garage. Kind regards, Gareth.

Do you want to advertise it on here Gary?

Hello Clint, Apologies in advance for requesting additional information before comment:- What will be your anticipated annual mileage? Why do you want to lock yourself into a service plan, as opposed to investigating suitable trusted local garages to look after it as necessary? Kind regards, Gareth.

Have you actually confirmed they definitely wont post it at an additional charge Alexander?

Thanks Graham, but I don’t think it’s an activator. Believed to be a de-activator, which is used to deactivate an active Stop/start , every time the car is reused.

Hello, Any good reason why you are replying to a predominance of over 1 year old threads - generally with similar posts? Later:- Can now see your posts have been marked as spam. Fine. Liverpool location - German e-mail address!

Are you intending to return to answer the question Charles?

Taken off someone else’s pre purchase vehicle??

Welcome Glyn and thanks for joining. There have been quite a number of posts on this subject over the last couple of years. As you will realise once you have read them, VAG have changed their recommendation on belt change intervals and removed the ‘………or every 5 years, whichever comes first’. This leaves the owner to decide whether they now follow VAG’s current advice of no time limit, and run the risk of catastrophic ( economical write off potential) failure, or spend and buy into peace of mind and get the belt assembly changed every 5 years. Please bear in mind that low annual mileages usually result in additional stress on belts, due to the number of stop/starts and gear/rev changes. In effect David, the decision will ultimately rest with you. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Charles, Is S. Wales a typo for S.West? - due to your location being Cornwall. Kind regards, Gareth.

Where have you tried so far Alexander - to save us suggesting where you might have already tried?

I’m very much in agreement with Cliff’s sound advice. Your first and zero cost action is to get the battery efficiency checked - Halfords stores will do that. Ask them to also check the alternator output at the same time. Please let us know how you get on Lee. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Oli, Welcome and thanks for joining. To your last point first :- it really doesn’t matter if anyone else has had a similar issue - you have, and it’s a potentially dangerous fault which the dealer has failed to resolve. As I see it, you now need to take legal advice on how to proceed to reject this unsafe car. CAB should be able to help you. If there is any element of finance involved in the purchase/part purchase, then you would need to inform them too. Please keep us posted on how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome Dave and thanks for joining. The suffix letter G will denote the modifications made to the basic part numbe over the years. If G isn’t available, then you need to do your homework on what other letter variants are like compared with yours. You may find another letter variant that you can modify on a ‘cut and shut’ basis Can we take it you have searched EBay international as well as EBay U.K? Kind regards Gareth.

Welcome Daniel, Try registering your ‘want’ with on-line breaker link websites such as Partsfinder - there are more. Please let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

That’s Kev. Try on-line breaker link websites, such as Partsfinder - there are more. Perhaps you could let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Steve, I think that’s very sound advice, but I would add a very important (to me anyway) caveat, and that would be ‘if you know your way around cars’. To me, buying cars direct from a private seller is great, because I feel relatively confident that I can assess its overall condition. If I wasn’t confident ( as I guess a high % of buyers won’t be) then I would only go down that route if I had a professional inspection carried out before committing. Perhaps we can take Steve Q’s recent unfortunate experience in buying from a car supermarket - the plus side has been that despite finding that the car needed work, that work was carried out at no cost to himself - as would have been the case if he had bought the same car direct from its last owner. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Kev, Where have you searched so far - to avoid us suggesting where you have already tried? Kind regards, Gareth.

Any new thoughts Dave?

Thank you for coming back on this Wayne. As a matter of interest, what brand of battery was fitted last time? OK, entrusting replacement batteries to your local garage is one way, and you usually get the best deal to them via. their motorfactors suppliers - which might not be the best value for money for you, but…. Just let us know what your Halfords battery check reveals, and what brand you currently have, and we will take it one step at a time if it tests substandard. Kind regards, Gareth.

Sort of thanks Lucy, What has being a socialist - or indeed of any other political bias got to do with it? Anyway, being old, brings with it reduced inhibitions about saying it as you see it, and as I see it in this case, your opening words…’ You’re (that’s me) fining this time consuming’? .. suggests what have I got to complain about in comparison with the time YOU have spent -? The difference is this actually Lucy:- You have spent your time chasing details about this car so that you ultimately reduce your real-time financial risk, whereas all contributors on here spend their time - including weekends - giving free advice on demand, often resulting in financial gain for the poster, and you question the comparison of my for-no-gain time against your potential gain time. Um, not really on, is it? Please bear in mind Lucy, that you have been economical with the full detail until the end, and largely have failed to provide answers along the line. So OK a salesman has told you that the car has FSH - but as far as I can see that fact has not been written into an advert - and I would guess you haven’t recorded your conversation - so his verbal statement cannot be confirmed in evidence. You have hung your hat on a ‘dissatisfaction’ that FSH has not been forthcoming, and potentially lost sight of the vital evidence which suggests the car is likely to have a history of being rejected. Just seems a strange dissatisfaction to me, but good luck with your complaint, and buying what you want privately. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Wayne, I too would want to eliminate the battery as being the culprit, but to charge you £51 to check it is extortionate, and I certainly would be returning to them to check it again. If it were mine, I would take to a Halford’s store and ask them to test it for you. They usually do this FOC. If it does test as below par, then it would generally be to your advantage not to buy one from there, but to come back to us for some recommendations of what brands to buy, and where to buy at competitive prices. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Terry, please return to the forum and provide the information asked for. So far, you have posted your advert and not returned to read any responses.

Thanks Ranabir, but I await your answer before offering any additional advice.