New Kitemark Scheme Set To Protect Motorists

Tuesday, 10. November 2009

There are many stories bouncing around regarding end of lease charges from excess mileage charges that treble per mile if you exceed 10% overrun, eg. the excess charge per mile is set at 4 pence per mile if you exceed 3,000 miles on a 30,000 mile contract, thereafter increasing to 12 pence per mile, through to the leasing companies charging for re-repair of body repairs that they consider to be sub-standard even though the work was carried out by insurance approved body shops. One answer to the body repair problem would be to use a bodyshop with a BSI kitemark. With this level of quality accreditation it would be hard for the leasing company to put forward an argument . It would also mean that you can step back from the argument and leave the lender and the BSI to fight it out between each other. The same applies to service and maintenance if you don’t want to use a main dealer for your servicing there are service centres that now carry the kitemark and will service your car to manufacturers requirements, thereby ensuring that your warranty is unaffected. By Graham Hill