Oil light on after driving out of dealership

Maybe its had a cluster change and its done high ks ?

Dodgy dealer selling cars with problems witch is 1 years old **** that it deserves to be on the news imo!!!

 

Wow way to jump the gun and accuse people of wrongful doing. My old man just got a brand new car and it's been having check engine light coming on and off. There's always going to be a few cars that have defects and faulty parts from factory, which is why they have the warranty. Doesn't help your question but don't let knobs like guy above put things in your head and get stressed.

 

Turn the car around, take it back to the place you bought it, demand they fix the problem. Don't leave or give until they do...

 

Cool story bro!

Never herd of cluster changes and dodgy dealers...

17xxx ks and it most likely has a blocked oil pic up ? That happeneds with high k cars not low!

I havent heard of any ve series 2011 model with 17k on it!! To have a stuffed oil pick up thats pretty rare thats why i am saying i wouldnt believe them ks.. He has only owned it since thurs so thats harsh..

Calling me a knob is abit harsh.. Its a forum and he wants sugestions and opinions.! Thats what i gave..

So STFU!

 

Thats exactley what i would do!

 

Most people wouldn't and that's how they get away with it half the time. Regardless of whether it's an easy fix or a major job, it's there job to sell you a trouble free car and that's what you should get. It's the minority that stick it to these people to get what they paid for.

 

So true mate allways stand up for your self or ya will get walked all over...

Fair enough if its a 20 year old car you can expect a few gremlins but a 1 year old car **** that.!

When i went to look at my calais (ve) i turned the rear dvd on nothing its stuffed..

Minor damage on rear bar

Bald rear tyres

So we negotiated at got 2 new tyres fitted and got 3.5k off!!!'

So yea you can expect minor problems and negotiate.. But oil pick up! Thats war!

 

That's it mate! Let's hope the OP wins this one with his car..

 

Thats it!

All the best with the ute and let us know how you go!

Cheers
Travis!

 

Over reaction much?? If it's under warranty then meh - they'll fix the problem and life goes on.

I have never heard of such issues before either but you are seriously jumping to conclusions. He wants well founded opinions, you just give the first thing that pops into your head with zero evidence to support the crap you type. Have you examined the car looking for signs that the odo may be tampered with? In your many years of experience working on and driving these cars (how old are you again??), how many have you personally seen with this issue? Have you spoken to the selling dealer to establish that they are acting dishonestly? Have they declined the warranty claim and if so why?

Actually I'd turn the car off. Make a phone call to the dealer and ask them to come and get it. Driving a car around with the oil light on could do further serious damage and cause any warranty claim to be (rightfully) denied. Be firm, but calm and polite.

Based on the above, are you sure that's such a good idea? Surely somebody with your extensive knowledge and experience wouldn't advocate such action?

Really?? Most people driving home after making a $35k (?) purchase and warning lights light up on the dash would just shrug their shoulders and pay for the repair?? Are you sure about that? You seem to think that the offending dealer knew about the issue and deliberately sold the car that was faulty. If it is the case, please detail the evidence you based your opinion off.

Reaper

 

ITT: a bunch of kids who know little to nothing about dealing with used cars.

blocked pickup. LOL.

drive calmly and on the speed limit back to the dealer. park quietly in the lot. approach the receptionist calmly, then explain to the service technition what needs to be fixed, then wait the 2 weeks for it to get done.

forcing your way in and making demands will put you to the back of the queue. i know because thats what i would do when some hot-head tells me whats what.

statutory warranty is the law for a car that age, but it doesnt mean they have to do it quickly. be a twat and you could be waiting months to get it back.

 

Sorry man didn't realize you had vast mechanical knowledge of everything... In the future from now on ill take every little thing that goes wrong happened because of people making a quick $$ and being dodgey. Also you never heard of a 1 year old car having only 17000km?? Suppose everyone must do minimum 20000 a year.

 

Could be something as simple as damaged wiring for the oil pressure sensor or even water in the plug, open loop will set the light off. All the issues with the idiot light I've ever had have been related to that.

The stealership will fix it anyway, best not to drive on it.

 

I agree. In my experience, low oil pressure lights have been almost always caused by either not enough oil (easily checked and corrected) or problems with the oil pressure switch.

If the engine is suffering from low or no oil pressure, you will generally get more than just a warning light fairly quickly.

I saw a very interestly issue with a low pressure oil warning light years ago. The engine would start normally, but after a couple of minutes the light would illuminate. An increase in engine revs would then extinguish the light for a short while, then it would come on again.

In this case, it turned out that the diaphragm had a small leak that slowly allowed pressure to equalise both sides. Changed the oil pressure switch and all was well again.

 

Are you for real? You've never heard of a year old car with 17K on the clock?

How did you diagnose it as having 'most likely a blocked oil pickup'? Do you have information no-one else does?

Blaming dodgy dealers and dodgy kms is just ridiculous. Brand new cars have faults, dealers repair them.

If you buy a VN from Greasy Harrys Autos, you may expect some dodgys. If you buy a year old car, you can be reasonably sure the dealer is reputable and will sort you out.

Have you ever noticed that caryards which sell new/ish cars don't sell cheapies? That's because they know they are too much trouble. They wont buy a cheapy outright, and if they trade one its been sold to Greasy Harrys before they have even finished the paperwork for the trade. Usually they call Greasy Harrys before they even give you a trade-in price.. what he offers them is what they offer you.

They don't keep the crap cars.

 

dead right DAK. stat warranty means its not worth us holding a dodged up car, cos' if it ever breaks, we foot the bill to repair it.