April 2007
Just posted a follow up to continued problems with daughter's Clio on the technical section
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=4&t=50...2
but the relevant section is this, which may be more appropriate to the "Discussion" section of the board.
"She is sending me all details of probems with car over last 4 years, is there any point in pursuing this with Renault HQ? (she is on her 4th Renault dealer - none of whom seem to show any concern)
She has (understandably) lost all faith in Renault and Clios(and French cars!!) despite her 2 previous cars being Renault, - a 5 and an old Clio neither of which gave any trouble at all, and is considering a "new" (not necessarily brand new) car
So far she has mentioned Honda Civic , Seat Leon, Toyota Corolla, and Skoda Fabia. (About which I know very little!)
She has a 60 mile commute each day (London to near Cambridge) so needs something not too big but comfortable and economical - recommendations please (not Focus or Astra she says - I don't know why!)"
Hope this does not count as a double post, if mods feel it is, please delete as you feel necessary
Thanks for any help, suggestions,
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Hi,
My 3 1/2 year old 2.2 Primera developed a fault with the turbo, so I took it into a main dealer, who has been servicing my car from new, he told me that there where three campaigns (recalls to you and me) that needed doing, the first two have been outstanding since 2005
1/ Replace a hose that supplies the turbo
2/ Remap the engine management software to take care of the black smoke from the exhaust
3/ Improve the handbrake efficiency (nearly failed it's MOT two months ago on that point)
Do you think there has been any long term damage or accelerated wear to the car? I asked the service manager why had these three recalls had not been picked up during the earlier services? He had no answer.
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Hi Graham,
The short answer is yes, the turbo feed pipe (or something like that) had actually split, hence the whoosing noise which is why we took it in in the first place, but the engine management upgrade really seems to have had a positive effect, no more black smoke, and I think there is now a better response from the throttle.
As you are a fan of the Primera, it seems a shame that Nissan are not going to produce another family saloon/hatchback, but instead have gone for the Qashqai which I had on loan while my car was being fixed, in fact we picked it up on the Friday, and we were to return it on Monday however because it was not a patch on the old Primera, I phoned up on Saturday to see if our car was ready, which it was, and took my car back early.
Joe 90
My local bus company charged me £1.50 to travel a mile on sunday.
Are they taking me for a ride? Read more
I live a little less than a mile and a half from the city centre. In the past couple of years the single bus fare has increased from 70p to £1.20. I think this is because the number of fare stages has been reduced. A day's parking in the city centre varies from £4 to around £10. Half an hour in a pay-and-display street parking space costs 90p.
I tend to walk because I need the exercise.
blows hot air even when the a/c is running.ac serviced by citroen today. is there something that shuts the hot water off to the heater. Read more
Apologies for the tone of my previous post. The fault was actually in the 'air' system rather than the 'water' one? Whatever, glad it is sorted for the long hot summer!
Hy Guys, new to this site,my name is ian im a tattooist,must say looking through it looks realy good!!
Right to my problem,i have a M reg 18i cavalier single port injec,it goes like the wind,YET wont tick over properly,and stinks of petrol,out the exhaust??
its MISFIRING,sounds like a diesel,iv checked the plugs clean,i checked the leads,(got a shock of all of them) good spark,iv tryed every thing i can think of???the managedment light is NOT on???i had a problem with the alternator,and it BLEW the bulb on the dash board,just had a new one fitted ,would you think it could be a sensor??if so wich one??im no merchanic??i can do most things but being disabled i find i hard to keep hanging in and out the bonnet,and its no better!!i have a manual and tool kit ,just need a few sergestions,ANY help would be brill so come on an make my day(may get you a free tattoo)
Thank you Ian
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Thanks to all,ill try all the tips,and let you know how we get on??
just bought a new set of plug leads of EVILBAY so will try them, as and when they get here??
Thanks Ian
noticed over the months that pug owners are either anoraks , perfectionists , or just having a lot of probs with the said vehicles , im not knocking them cause im after a newer car myself , was thinking of a 106 ( brothers misses selling a low mileage on a 97 plate for 600 quid) what do i look for at an inspection? Read more
the price sounds good by the way milkyjoe
dont come a knockin if the car turns out shockin mind
caveat jumper stuff
This question came up today in a discussion about how the motorist is being clobbered by this government. So does anyone have any idea how much in total this government extracts from all motorists per annum, must be a huge amount of dosh !!.
Mal. Read more
>I?m well-off enough to live anywhere in the world but choose to love here. I don?t even especially
>mind paying the tax I do to pay for the education and healthcare of other people?s kids. The biggest
>downer in this country is the whinging self-pity of so many of the populace. It make my flesh creep.
Ahah! You flynn are Gordon Brown and I claim my £5.
Kevin...
PS.
Taxpayers in this country have a right to expect that their taxes will be spent wisely and efficiently.
Taxpayers in this country have a right to honesty and integrity from their elected representatives.
Taxpayers in this country have a right to whinge and complain when they don't get the above.
If that makes your flesh creep then I suggest you go and live elsewhere - I hear that whinging is unpopular in North Korea.
what are the different types of grease needed in a typical diyers garage , obviouslly you cant use wheel bearing grease on a gasket to hold it in place as in a sump gasket or can you? what is high melting point grease used for? just wanted to knoe thanks Read more
Aerosol silicone lubricant is perfect for sticky / skewing electric windows or sunroofs as well.
I "fixed" a virtually non-functioning drivers side window on the Mondeo over a year ago with this stuff as a last resort , and a year on it's still perfect.
Otherwise I concur with the wisdom imparted in the previous posts.
Cheers
DP
hi does any one know someone who is breaking a late 90;S cherokee jeep. i need the blower motor resister block from behind the glove box.. i will pay you for it of course but i cant find any one with one to sell... any takers much apprecisted cheers triple h Read more
hi all ive just got a vdo seimans for my omega from a guy off ebay... turns out the code dont work and the robbin pink fluffy dice has done a runner.... does any one know of a free service for recoding or finding the codes for, the cdr players fitted in vauxhalls.. the ones ive tried want £25 quid just to tell me and vauxhall them selves want £20... any help would be very appriciated... ive got all the details but wont bore you with numbers untill there needed,. many thanks if any is out there call me by the way i have a blaupunkt 300 that i got with the omega... it has no code as my battery went flat...and ive got a 400 with the code that i was to replace with this vdo... any one need any bits. Read more
Browse
Phil, I have just made you up a 'grid' of the cars mentioned, and ALL of their editions....
honestjohn.dealdna.com/grid.cfm?gridkey=2f3977c6
It is quite a big grid, so I suggest you only check it out on broadband, there are a LOT of editions of each of those models.
Jerry