crooked dealership

On the 20th of November 2020 i bought a Ford Bantam bakkie 2009, 1.3I from a Motor dealership (DU-Toit Motors) situated on Cnr of Louis fourie and Depot Road, Mosselbay, cash for the amount of R60 000

First both door handles broke, so I bought new handles. One at Autozone Oudtshoorn for R150 and the other one from B&T spare in Oudtshoorn for R250. When i tried to replace the handles i saw that the old handles was glued and that's why the broke so easily. As i tried to remove the door winders on the inside of the doors it came under my attention that it was also glued with Q-bond and the only way i would get it off was to break it and then replace it with new ones as well.

On the 4th of December 2020 i drove the the bakkie to Stellenbosch when i reached Worcester i noticed the bakkie started to overheat because the radiator cap broke, so i bought a new radiator cap from Midas spares in Worcester. When i arrived in Paarl the bakkie started to jerk and i had to buy a new fuel filter from Midas in Stellenbosh worth R210. when i was busy replacing the fuel filter i saw oil leakes at the tappet cover gasket and gearbox, the heater do not want to switch off, when it started to rain water leaked into the canopy leaving most of our clothes wet. There were problems with the steering wreck and stabilizer links since it was difficult to keep the vehicle on the road at a speed of 120 km.

On Sunday the 13th of December the bakkie just died while i was about 50km from my home, i contacted a towing service to tow the bakkie to my residence. Hellgaard from AR towing Tel: 071 3367426 arranged a vehicle to tow the bakkie

When i informed the Dealership about the problems the bakkie caused and that it was unable to start Charl from Du-Toit motors suggested that i should get someone to tow the bakkie to Mosselbay which is 80km from where i live in Dysselsdorp I explained to Charl that i did not have any money to tow the vehicle to Mosselbay to be fixed and don't see the need for my Bakkie to be repaired in Mosselbay since i am closer to Oudtshoorn who has a ford garage to repair my vehicle and Du toit motors can pay Oudtshoorn Ford garage,. If Du-toit Motors do not want Oudtshoorn Ford to repair my bakkie they should refund me so i can buy another bakkie somewhere else.

It would be convenient for both parties if the Ford garage in Oudtshoorn could do the repairs on my vehicle, because i do not have money to tow the vehicle to Mosselbay everytime it breaks down for the remaining 5 months after purchase.

Du-Toit motors went through a great deal of effort to hide the mistakes on this vehicle and that is why i do not trust them with the repair process. The places on the canopy where the water leak through was prestic coloured in black and it only became visible after I washed the bakkie. the oil is pitchblack and thick which tells me the bakkie has not been serviced in a long time.

My Ford Bantam bakkie failed to start so i sent it with a towing service to ford garage in Oudtshoorn for repairs. On the 6th of June two weeks later i received my vehicle and it cost me R7600 wich i borrowed(money i do not have) When i received the bakkie i noticed a dent on the rear and informed the lady at reception, who informed me that they will have to look on the cameras first if the damage occured there. So i left later i noticed that the left window visor was also broken and the left-side window winder was also broken and left neatly on the passenger seat with the broken parts of the window visor. on the 21st of June 2021 the bakkie failed to start again so i contacted Ford About 11:45 and they said they will arange a tow truck to come and fetch the bakkie, at about 16:00 i became impatient and phoned again. This time they said they will send a technician who lives in my area to do observations as soon he knockoff from work. At about 19:00 A man arrived at my house claiming to be the technician from Ford after several attempts the bakkie started but the fan did not want to switch off. The technician named Christopher told me that there is a possibillity that they did not programmed the pcm monitor correctly so he had to take it in the following day. the next morning Christoper came and drove the vehicle with the running fan to Oudtshoorn witch is 20km away from where i stay. On the 23rd June ford phoned me because there is a new reason why the bakkie wont start and it would cost me another R7600 plus R400 for towing services which they never arranged, and the warranty on they previous job was useless.