{"id":90607,"date":"2014-12-01T10:47:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=90607"},"modified":"2020-08-24T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T00:04:42","slug":"secondhand-car-buyers-at-risk-racq-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/12\/01\/secondhand-car-buyers-at-risk-racq-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Secondhand Car Buyers At Risk: RACQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 1, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The RACQ has warned secondhand car buyers they now have less consumer protection from being sold a lemon.<\/p>\n

The motoring body says the State Parliament has scrapped the requirement for licensed dealers to provide a one month statutory warranty for vehicles more than 10 years old or those with more than 160,000km on the clock.<\/p>\n

RACQ Executive Manager Technical and Safety Policy Steve Spalding said it was a bad decision that effectively left some of Queensland\u2019s most vulnerable motorists with limited consumer protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who purchase older vehicles or those with higher mileages are typically young drivers and those with limited budgets,\u201d Mr Spalding said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people buying those sorts of cars can least afford to have something go wrong.
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\n\u201cPreviously, they were protected against costly mechanical defects by a one-month warranty. Now this protection has been wiped away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Spalding said the State Government\u2019s justification that the removal of the warranty would reduce red-tape was ludicrous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis protection had been in place for more than a decade and had served car buyers well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only people who benefit from the removal of the statutory warranty are the car dealers as they will no longer have to pay for repairs to cars they have just sold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Spalding advised motorists it was now essential that they have an independent inspection to help protect them from buying a car with potentially expensive defects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe message is simple. If you are looking at a secondhand car, make sure you are satisfied with its condition before agreeing to buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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