Hi guys,
Our family is going to get bigger soon and we've decided to change my wife's car.
Yesterday we went to a Ford dealer and fell in love with the B-MAX 1.6 auto. The car is from 2014 and has 3900 miles on clock... pretty much new! After some negotiation with the dealer, we decided to buy the car with a 3 years standard ford warranty.
Unfortunately I just found this forum yesterday (after paying the deposit)... It seems that these auto gearboxes are not very reliable.... I did drive the car and couldn't find any problem with it, actually found it quite "smooth" and nice to drive, but now I'm quite reluctant about the choice we made.. the car is covered for the next 3 years but the last thing I want to spend time with recurrent gearbox problems.
Now the questions are:
- has anyone who owns one 1.6 auto b-max (petrol) never had any issues with the gearbox?
- I've paid 500£ of deposit. Given the fact that I'm looking for a car to keep for around 5-6 years (covering 5000-6000 miles year), should I go ahead and buy the car or try to pull out of deal and most likely loose 500£?
What are you thoughts about this?
Many thanks
Our family is going to get bigger soon and we've decided to change my wife's car.
Yesterday we went to a Ford dealer and fell in love with the B-MAX 1.6 auto. The car is from 2014 and has 3900 miles on clock... pretty much new! After some negotiation with the dealer, we decided to buy the car with a 3 years standard ford warranty.
Unfortunately I just found this forum yesterday (after paying the deposit)... It seems that these auto gearboxes are not very reliable.... I did drive the car and couldn't find any problem with it, actually found it quite "smooth" and nice to drive, but now I'm quite reluctant about the choice we made.. the car is covered for the next 3 years but the last thing I want to spend time with recurrent gearbox problems.
Now the questions are:
- has anyone who owns one 1.6 auto b-max (petrol) never had any issues with the gearbox?
- I've paid 500£ of deposit. Given the fact that I'm looking for a car to keep for around 5-6 years (covering 5000-6000 miles year), should I go ahead and buy the car or try to pull out of deal and most likely loose 500£?
What are you thoughts about this?
Many thanks