10 hours ago, J.R. said:

I have bought multiple 3 year old vehicles over the years and usually paid less than £3K for them.

Prices have rocketed recently, @J.R., but it also helps where you buy them.

Some areas have to drop prices to attract buyers, where in more affluent areas dealers can be more bullish with their prices.

When did you buy the car? Was it from a dealer? How did you pay?

 

Where has it been for servicing? Is it the same place as the supplying dealer or the dealer who has investigated the failure?

 

How long was it and how many miles were covered since the last service? Has any other engine work been done since the last service?

 

Was the failure caused by low oil pressure alone (e.g. failed pump, blocked circulation) or low oil level (e.g. leak, poor workmanship in servicing, oil excessive oil consumption issue)? (this should be answered by the first inspection after the failure)

 

Depending on answers to the above, there might be a chance of some financial recovery/contribution, but my gut feel is that it's going to be very difficult especially as you continued to drive the car until the engine seized.

 

If I was in this situation I'd sell the car as-is for spares/repair and buy another one - that route feels like less stress/hassle and easier recourse in case of future faults.

Edited 29 January, 20251 yr by petrolbloke

22 hours ago, J.R. said:

For sure they dont want to sell cars, only finance, they want even less to have to repair them but have no choice, so they keep increasing the stupid parts and repair prices up for as long as people are willing (daft enough) to pay them. They must have special training in keeping a straight face.

 

 

I think you have a point, when people lease or get PCP they are not interested in the price of the car, they only care about what it is costing them a month and by leasing you can get essentially get a car you can't afford to buy, I think this is partly to blame for car prices creeping up. I know it's not the only reason but less and less people are caring about that actual retail price of the car so they are getting away with rediculous pricing

I would not like to be in the hypothetical position of someone whose car is coming up to the end of the lease or whatever contract expecting to chuck it in and pay a similar monthly amount for the latest model of their s***box, who was happy in the knowledge that repairs and faults were something that concerned others who bought their cars and not them with the manufacturers warranty.

 

Then one month before exchanging it after having spent ages having test drives, negotiating deals etc on the next s***box this strange light comes on the dashboard, nothing to be concerned about, its not my car, the warranty will cover it, I will carry on my journey and then tap-tap-tap-knock-knock-knock CLATTER CLATTER CLATTER

 

Car recovered by dealer and then presented with a bill for £13k and probably (not sure how these things work) having to carry on paying the rental until the repairs are done (at full main dealer price, no second hand engines) and the lease company can accept it back to sell at auction.

 

Maybe even being taken for £1800 for a strip down and photo session.

 

The OP owning the vehicle has options like selling it on, unfortunately he is £900 down and will be selling a car with nothing under the bonnet and a boot full of oily bits and pieces, unsure even if all the parts are there, a car that can only be moved on a trailer, the £900 spent will have significantly reduced the value of selling it unmolested as a repair project.

@CornishSkodaman it is bad going and bad luck.  I haven't read through all the detail and replies but I follow uk forums on the EA888 Gen 3 pretty closely and there are a few crank bearing failures.  The most recent ones I remember seem to occur with manual cars and can be related to thrust washer failure. I haven't looked back to see if yours is DSG or manual.

 

Anyhow, there are other failures for DSG cars as well. I have one as well in a golf R edit. Badly worded have a ea888g3 not a crank failure. Howerver, there are duccumenred golf r crank and spun bearings..

 

......  I don't think it is a huge failure rate from what I see but it is there.  I can get you the name of a respected VW engine rebuilder who does motorsport engines. They could maybe tell you what they see regularly and offer you perhaps some options / alternatives. They won't be cheap though one is based in somerset from memory...

 

If you can find a good low mileage donor engine and a good garage to fit that may be the best way but you are rarely fully guaranteed first time success. And even if they refund the motor you could well get stuck with removal and refit costs and delay.  It's always a tough one when you face these issues... from a few of the posts the dealer does not seem to have approached this in a very helpful / economic manner but I maybe misinterpreting and I have not seen the car!  Good luck...

Edited 1 February, 20251 yr by TheClient

Would like to know what the original person chose to do in the end.......

21 hours ago, pwee said:

Would like to know what the original person chose to do in the end.......

Yes, they only posted last Sunday, so may have not done anything yet. But hopefully may update us all when they decide on a way forward. 

Consumer Rights Act 2015: all goods over £100 in value are guaranteed for 6 year .Yes Six under certain conditions. Retailers ignore or are ignorant of this law. I was cheated in the same way. I have recovered in various issues about £3k .If no resonse go to CitizensAdvice Bureau or direct to Trading Standards. Ps a small triumph: through TS i got a fishpaste company to stop selling its " fishpaste" as it only had 3% fish in it BOL