The High Appeals Court has upheld a ruling rejecting a car agency’s request to charge a client 4,700 Bahraini dinars for vehicle maintenance, instead ordering the agency to cover only the cost of spare parts after it was found to have made errors in the servicing. According to lawyer Hameed Al Samak, his client purchased a vehicle from an exclusive car dealership and regularly visited the agency for routine maintenance, as it was the authorised service provider for that type of car in Bahrain. After less than three years of operation, the vehicle experienced a minor malfunction, prompting the client to return to the agency’s service centre for repairs. This issue recurred multiple times until the engine ultimately failed. The client took the car back to the service center, where extensive repairs were conducted, including a complete engine replacement. However, the agency demanded a payment of 10,000 dinars for the repairs. The client refused to pay, arguing that this amount was equivalent to the price of a new car and that the engine failure was due to prior maintenance mistakes made by the agency. In response, the agency reduced the repair cost to 4,798 dinars, which the car owner still refused […]