Arnold Clark Sucks
READ HERE WHAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY
Please update your bookmarks.
I was buying a new Seat Ibiza from Arnold Clark and my husband was looking to
trade in his 1994 fiesta for a better car. Because I was buying new we thought
we would be getting a good deal on his. No chance, they promised us a car was
coming in on the Monday which sounded very good so I signed for the new Ibiza.
Lo and behold a phone call on Monday saying the other car hadn't arrived but was
offered an older car at the same price. Cancelled both cars, went elsewhere and
got a great deal, my husbands car was also supplied with a years MOT and Years
free warranty which AC wanted £395.00 for. Have been buying from AC for 10 years
but never again. 1.10.2003
I too have had a problem with Arnold Clark at phoenix Citreon Linwood. I had a
problem with my rear brakes .The car was returned after a service and when I
asked about the brakes the service manager asked in surprise WHAT ABOUT THE
BRAKES????..when i told him the fault he said his technician had found no
fault. needless to say the brakes failed 3 days later. when I called Citreon
Linwood I was told there was a weeks waiting list ....I went elsewhere. 2.10.2003
all i would say is do not buy from Arnold as i have seen
some off their salesmen at the motor auctions bidding for
vehicles which they will put on there forecourt and add a
cool £1000 to £2000 pounds or even more, also they will not
do anything to them this is why the general public should
be aware they are being conned. let me give you an example
a person i work beside bought a Peugeot 206 v reg.she did
not know much about cars and if i had known she was going
to Arnies i would have advised her against it, anyway she
got the car a nice red one. looked all right from a distance
i looked along the side of the car n/side and it was sort
of pushed in she did not notice it also there was numerous
dents along the sides .i did not have the heart to tell her
as she loves the car but if this is the sort of cars that
Arnold's are turning out then we must be on our guard as
once we have viewed the car and missed anything and handed
the cash over its too late to complain. wherever you buy a
car check the bodywork over with a fine tooth comb. if Arnold
is only giving you 30 days warranty on a £5000 pounds car
he can't have much faith in his cars i would say.ive been
a victim and since my dealings with a/c i have bought two
cars privately and neither have given me a problem well i
hope that has been of some help. ps also if you take a car
on the h/p Arnold gets a cheque from the finance company
for getting the business for them so he rips you off again
thats all folks by by 2.10.2003
ARNOLD CLARK COWBOYS
3 YEARS AGO PUT MY PEUGEOT 405TD IN FOR STARTING PROBLEMS
THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A LEAKING FUEL PRIMER PUMP COST £160.00
OK I TOLD THEM TO FIT IT .NEXT DAY I TELEPHONED THEM TO SEE IF THE CAR WAS
READY, REPLY NO SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER PROBLEM
I CALLED BACK THE NEXT DAY AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND THE FAULT. I
TOLD THEM I WOULD COME AND COLLECT THE CAR
AND THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A BILL FOR £345.00 I TOLD THEM TO GET STUFFED. I HAD
TO PAY THE BILL TO GET THE CAR BACK
WHICH WAS EVEN WORSE THAN WHEN IT FIRST WENT IN FOR REPAIR
I THEN WENT TO THE TRADING STANDARDS WHO AFTER TWO WEEKS GOT ME £198.00 BACK. I
THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A SMALL BACK STREET GARAGE WHO FOUND THE PROBLEM WITHIN 1
HOUR A LEAKING
FUEL PUMP SEAL. THE COST WAS PARTS AND FITTING £55.00 YES THATS RIGHT £55.00
LET IT BE A WARNING TO ANY BODY READING THIS BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER GIVE
YOUR SMALL GARAGE A CALLOW I NEARLY FORGOT THIS IS FOR YOU ARNOLD FU*K YOU.2.10.2003
Is it worth making it clear that Macharg, Rennie & Lindsay are actually 'Arnold
Clark' trading as someone else!!!
In 1996 I bought a pre-reg'd Fiat Punto Diesel. Sad, I know but I've learned my
lesson!
Within 12 hours it rejected the coded-key and was back in their hands where it
stayed for a week.
1 month later - the oil-dipstick had fallen off the side of the
engine.....leaving a hole for the oil to escape from during the 1500miles since
it was last checked...the garage response "Don't be stupid - it can't have
damaged the engine!"
3 months old the locks broke! This was apparently my own fault....being too
forceful with the key?? Balls it was me!
Other hassle that was my fault included....
Paint, seals, bushes... blah blah blah. 3.10.2003
TOLD I NEEDED NEW DISCS AND PADS AT A COST OF £300.I WAS A BIT SUS, BUT PAID UP
AS THE WIFE SAID "IT IS THE BRAKES AFTER ALL".SO ANY WAY ,ANOTHER YEAR GOES BY
AND ITS TIME FOR A SERVICE AND MOT.I CLICKED ON THE NET TO GET THE SHAWS AC
PHONE No AND LOOK WHERE I END UP!,AND GUESS WHERE I WONT BE GOING FOR MY MOT.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 3.10.2003
May I say bravo.....I brought a Vtr Saxo from them October Last Year and Since Jan this year I have complaint after complaint, it has now been back 11 times, with the same fault that over the last 10 months has got worse and worse. I have tried talking to them customer service is a Joke, they advise me to take it to the main dealers, they are finding fault after fault. I have gone back to Arnold Clarke again, where they tell me not there problem cause i have taken it to a main dealers it is now theirs. Takes a month to get a courtsey car from the main dealers so its dragging on and on. The complete incompetent idiot who dare call himself a manager Jaime in Newcastle would not know what a car was if it ran him over.
I am know seeking legal advise and suing them. 4.10.2003
