North Yorkshire car dealer sold Toyota with ‘potentially catastrophic’ faults

A car dealer has been fined £1,000 by magistrates after an investigation by trading standards officers prompted by complaints from members of the public.

The inquiry by a North Yorkshire trading standards team found there were hidden structural defects in one car making it unroadworthy and potentially dangerous.  

Junaid Ahmed Majeed and his company, Dealonwheelz, pleaded guilty to selling an unroadworthy Toyota Aygo to a Kirkbymoorside resident, and misleading a Thirsk resident about the service history, warranty and MOT history of a Vauxhall Corsa. 

Majeed and the company also admitted telling both customers that the cars were ‘sold as seen’ to try to prevent them from asking for a refund or repair when things went wrong, and of failing to tell the Kirkbymoorside resident that she had a right to cancel her contract with the company. 

York Magistrates heard that a consultant engineer who examined the Toyota found that it had been “repaired” in a totally inappropriate manner, with defects covered by filler and underbody sealant presenting a serious defect of the structure of the vehicle’s bodyshell.