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Just seen an advert for diesel claims, said did you own or lease a diesel between 2007 and 2020. Does this include a Motability lease?
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The question has been asked in the past and think the answer is still the same “No” as its not we the customer who bought the cars in the first place but it was Motability.
It’s a bit of a controversy because although Motability would of lost money on the resale value of the diesel cars we may have had at the time, myself being one, it is we the customer who pay larger AP’s because of the scandal.
Can’t remember if it was good old Brydo brought this up before..
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I have messaged Motability, will update on their reply
On the radio advert that keeps playing – it says “Even if you leased the vehicle”.
Is Motability a leasing scheme? I’m sure it is.
Hi, I would suggest the term leased does not apply in this case as any cars obtained by way of Motability are not leased as are other cars offered by dealers direct to custermers, cheers Mike
In that case Mike… I would assume that Motability will check back through their records & make a claim against every Mercedes & Volkswagon offending vehicle that they had “purchased” over the time period?
Maybe we’ll all get a big bonus/larger Good Condition Bonus with the windfall coming Motability’s way?!?!
Right Rico.
No claim of this kind has ever, nor will ever be successful, regardless of whether the car is bought or leased
Why? Because no user of the car can demonstrate a “loss” in legal terms. Quite the opposite – VW cars which have had the emissions cheat fixed, are known to be less economical. Do you think VW and Mercedes will sue all their customers because they’re getting better MPG?
Resale value won’t make any difference to these bogus claims because diesel model second hand values gave been on the slide for a few years now, and is more down to less demand than anything to do with emissions.
Keepers have a quantifiable loss. A loss of efficiency quoted & the possible loss of buying a cheaper car, maybe that vw costore & you paid it because of quoted efficiency or lower emissions.
I doubt such a loss would make a successful claim AND I suggest that any collapse in used vw prices if that occurred here (I know it happened in the US) affects ALL of us, how else will motability recoup any losses?
Anyway as I said before no one should use these ambulance chasing jerks they’re parasites
A Motability car sourced through a supporting dealer is exactly the same as any other lease. You sometimes pay an Initial rental for the car and you give up the Mobility component of either you PIP or DLA allowance. You need to have been awarded the higher rate of DLA/PIP, whichever one you receive, which works out to approximately £240 every 4 weeks. This money is signed over by the claimant to Motability operations who then lease you the car.
Anyone who has obtained a vehicle this was is every bit as qualified as any other leasee of a car to make a claim under one of the Diesel claims.
I personally have no idea if the claim would be successful or not, but any Motability customer is definitely eligible to make a claim.
I had a diesel cars up until June 2021 can I put a claim through
Sure, why not?
Let us know how that goes ?
I leased a diesel mitsubishi outlander through motorbility from 2017 up to October 2020, I would like to make a diesel claim
Thank you
You can not claim as not the owner of vehicle just the driver
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