![]() I need to do motorway driving and I just don't want to risk it." She said: "Now I'm stuck with a car I'm terrified to drive. Lyndsey said she feels trapped by the situation. Now, only a few weeks on from her East Lancs ordeal, the car is back in garage once again. When she took the car back to Peoples Ford following the incident, she claims she was told by the dealership there were no company cars available for her that day. She activated the car's emergency release and managed to get the vehicle off the busy road where they could wait safely for the recovery van to arrive. Thankfully, Lyndsey remembered a tip given to her by the AA man last time he came to recover her car. But there were cars and buses and HGVs going past so we couldn't get out." They told me they could be there in an hour and that we'd have to get out of the car to safety. "I called the AA and I was hysterical on the phone. I thought we were all going to be killed. We just stopped right there in the middle lane in heavy traffic. Lyndsey, who had her mum and toddler in the car at the time said: "The car completely lost power. In February the mum said she "thought we were all going to be killed" after her Ford Focus cut out completely on the busy East Lancashire Road during the 5pm rush hour. The working mum said her car is a "necessity" for transporting her two boys - an eight-year-old and three-and-a-half year old with additional needs and also for helping her parents, who rely on her to drive them around. She claims she has been forced to call out the AA eight times since she bought the car and said each time it happens her "stomach is in knots". She said she has returned to the dealership three times in the past five months and despite fixes being carried out the car continues to cut out for reasons unexplained. Lyndsey told the ECHO how every few months since she has got the car she has been faced with warning lights on the car's dashboard, before it would turn completely black and then the vehicle would cut out. Now the dealership, after the ECHO intervened, has offered its "sincere apologies" to Lyndsey and said it is conducting "a thorough investigation" to get to the bottom of the car's repeated faults. Lyndsey said she has been back to Peoples Ford several times after a series of "terrifying" incidents - including a recent breakdown in the middle of a busy main road during rush hour. READ MORE: Merseyside woman dies after assault outside Isle of Man hotel READ MORE: Win £100 Aldi voucher this Easter to help with your Spring spending Speaking to the Liverpool ECHO, Lyndsey said: "I've had nothing but problems with it. Mum-of-two Lyndsey Anderson, 40, from Fazakerley, bought her Ford Focus at Peoples Ford in Bootle in July 2022, thinking she was opting for a "big, safe, reliable car".īut since making the £15,700 she has had to call the AA out eight times due to the car being undriveable. A major city car dealership has issued an apology after a mum endured endless problems with a car she bought there.
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