Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! I know the motor trade have got a reputation, say no more. However, this dealership Westaway Motors in Northampton make Arthur Dailey look like an Angel. I think you'll find that if they take your car into their workshop, it will come out with various faults on it that were not there before. If not right away then shortly after.It seems that with the right computer test equipment they can put in false fault codes, adjust voltage levels, so as all of a sudden you have a fault/s appear. I don't know what they charge now but it was £100 an hour, probably double that now. I took my Jeep to them under warrantee and it suddenly developed other faults, when I took it back I was told it was a turbo. which it was not.As I was very suspicious about what I was told, I called out another company under warrantee, who found a hose had been oiled up so it would come off. The mechanic was astonished that the pipe had oil on it, as it was a vacuum pipe, the only way this could have happened was if someone deliberately did it. I shortly after had problems with the Mag wheel centre caps which had corroded, I asked them if they supplied them to me I would fit them myself. I was told no, they have to be done properly. What they actually did was to force a screwdriver into the side damaging all four wheels and then hammered the new one in. The actual damage was in the thousands to a brand new vehicle.The final experience was a recall, I don't know why I took it to them again, I put in cameras with sound and saw what was going on in the workshop including the workshop manager have a very long conversation with the mechanic.I saw the bonnet open, the radio went on and off as it was playing most of the time. I also heard the fuel cap open and slam shut. It seemed that all was ok little did I know then.I did notice a funny smell and the engine was overheating a little. The Jeep was left for a couple of days, it only had 12000 miles on the clock. When I started it, a few days later the whole dashboard light up like a Christmas tree. There must have been at least five to seven faults appeared. I took it back and they denied everything. I contacted trading standard only to find the manager is a personal friend, so he is above the law. I later found he had put petrol into my tank to destroy the engine.I took the Jeep to another Garage miles away who diagnosed numerous fault codes, I was with the mechanic while he was testing the Jeep. I asked him to delete the fault codes which he did and most did not come back. Only the sensors on the ABS had burnt out due to someone messing with the voltages. The satnav also did not work unfortunately the only one who could fault find that or should I say switch it back on was the dealer. I did find, once the vehicle was going, the Sat Nav worked. This was due to a duel feed via the ABS which had not been deliberately and maliciously turned off.I did try to contact many other people but even with video evidence it is hard to prove so they got away with it. I wonder how many others have been ripped off the same way. I managed to replace some parts that they damaged but I will never let this go. You really cant make this up! All I can do is to try to warn others off from the same ordeal. I do believe Mr Westaway has other dealership of other car brands as well, I know one is a Ford.
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