July 2007
I have got a strange problem in my 2006 Suzuki Ignis.
I am going in 4th gear, slowing down, shifting to 2nd.
Release clutch, a "ghat" sound - gear stick jumps to NEUTRAL!
Especially acute when I'm going uphill/downhill. Sometimes happening in level ground as well.
I have checked several times, unless the car becomes too slow in 2nd gear, it always pops to neutral by itself as soon as I release the clutch.
So far, this problem happens only when downshifting to 2nd gear!
Called dealer today and gave me appointment after 10 days [car is still under warranty] - says they are fully booked otherwise.
I'm furious - bought the car just 10 days back from Suzuki delaer. Already started trouble. Previous owner was an old lady - so it is unlikely to be driven hard.
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followed an Astra 2 nights back that had those new brake lights that flash when you stand on the middle pedal hard........are all cars getting them i.e. new legislation or is it a newish gimmick filtering in?
as an aside, i still can't get on with Vauxhall indicators.... they're infuriating Read more
"brake lights flash for the duration of ABS control"
Perhaps so much current is required by the ABS that there isn't any left for the lights...
I'm after a left hand drive auto small medium sized, preferably jap for reliability up to about £3k
Any ideas how I can actually search for suitable cars for sale?
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missed off the price 2.5K from a trader who will surely give you a few hundred off if you don't sound too keen.
In technical a thread with a lady with a x reg astra has been told its a banger and people that sell such very old cars are technically selling barrow boy bomb site cars.
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Well I have an X-reg Primera and I certainly don't consider it a "banger"!!! The engine is silent, there's no rust, it starts first turn of the key and it's more or less immaculate. How can it be a banger? An X-plate Astra will be exactly the same.
Hell, I don't consider the R-plate Daewoo we have as a banger either. Apart from the engine bit all the Nissan comments apply to the Nubira as well, it just happens to be getting on a bit (and the engine is just your typical GM-Vauxhall lack of refinement of the time, nothing more).
I have a 2002 Proton Wira, which I bought second-hand in Jan 2006. When I reported the constant showing of the engine light, I was told that this model (1500 hatchback) was the subject of a recall for an engine management fault, which corrected for me at the main dealer. Subsequently, the EM light has come on again and stays on all the time that the ignition is on. No obvious problems with performance, indeed it passed its MOT last month.
Other intermittent faults - and I wonder if these are connected to the above - are malfunctioning of the instrumentation, e.g, rev counter, temp gauge and fuel gauge all giving false readings. No problems with the speedo - yet!
Questions:
1 Should I be able to get a main dealer to look at the engine management system again under the terms of the recall?
2 Is this likely to solve my other problems?
3 Is there anything I can do to sort any of this out myself?
Dave.
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Thanks for the tip. I have written to them but had no reply yet.
{Unnecessary quoting of message being replied to removed - DD}
Had to put two grandchildren in daughter's car in a supermarket car park the other day. Didn't want to, but got stuck with it, not best pleased.
Thought I'd never find the car among the thousands, but it was easy to spot. On a yellow line by the entrance to the supermarket with flashers going, looking to put it politely like something rescued from a breaker's yard.
I opened it with the spare key and put the nippers in, leaving the flashers going. I locked them in and got into my car.
Then I noticed that the five-year-old one had opened the nearside rear window and was three quarters out of it, apparently standing on the armrest, waving and jeering to the passing throng. I got out and sternly ordered her back inside. She obeyed with gratifying promptness, but I bet she was back out there before I was clear of the car park.
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he does it on purpose because he enjoys the challenge and the banter...I can see where he's coming from
I just changed the coolant temperature gauge on my car and it made the temp. needle work again. Yay me.
I'd already replaced the thermostat but that didn't fix the problem and, thanks to Haynes and some help from this forum, I managed to successfully flush the rad/engine block, replace the coolant sensor and then refill the coolant with some G12!
I've never really taken an interest in cars until I bought one and now I think I've got the bug! I can't wait for next week when I'll be doing some more work on it like replacing air/oil/fuel filters and replacing the oil. Oh, and replacing the sparks.
I'm fairly confident of being able to do those jobs myself (and maybe a bit of help from Dad) but the timing belt has never been changed and I think that'll have to be left to the experts. Read more
how do I know which W I have? Type 1 2 or 3? :(
In Gatwick Tesco (at Hookwood), yesterday I saw they had the above. Any comments? Wonder who makes it? Can't yet give you the API/ACEA numbers, needed a pencil. Read more
2litres? They're robbing dogs!
I saw this on one of the e-Bay discussion boards; words fail me! For obvious reasons I haven't linked directly to the thread in question but if anyone wishes to read it and the subsequent posts, it is on the "Family Home and Garden" board.
If any of the police officers who use HJ would like to post advice to help the OP on e-Bay get this idiot sorted out legally before anything happens to the child, but are not registered on e-Bay, I am happy to copy and paste if asked to do so. Certainly the behavious described is the most unbelievable I have seen described for a long time.
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Morning all,
For the past few weeks I have seen a mother driving her daughter to school with the daughter aged about 5 totally leaning out of the car window with no seat belt on, she never has had one on and i have been trying to stop her for weeks, even my 7yr old covers her eyes when she sees her.
Well this morning her daughter was sitting yes sitting on the window plastic with one hand on the roof rail!! I was gobsmacked. She was driving so close over the line in the middle of the road, the little girl then leaned backwards with one hand and a car coming the other way swerved and ended up going up the curb scared she was going to hit the little girl.
I thought enough is enough so I followed her to the end of the road and when we got to the junction I quickly got out the car and tapped on her window.. I said what had just happened and that it almost caused an accident and she opened the door onto me hitting me with it and told me basically it was none of my business and that I should ( expletive deleted ) and that the other car should watch where they were going. she then slammed her door and sped off with the daughter still hanging out the window.
I went to the other car and it was a heavily pregnant lady who was crying her eyes out. It took a while to console her. I have phoned the school the little girl goes to and have left a message for the headmaster to phone me back. I will try and get her registration when she next zooms up the road, do you think the police would do anything about it? I have to do something, if anything were to happen to the little girl I would not be able to forgive myself for doing nothing.
What can I do?
I am very angry with the mum and upset and totally shocked to be honest.
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does anyone out there know where i can find the cable i need to plug a creative zen into the cigarette lighter in my car - it needs to be quite small or something with a long cable because there is only a really small amount of space between the cigarette lighter and the bottom of the centre console - somewhere preferably on the net would be good Read more
blondiebombshell, you might want to check your email inbox at some point. It will explain where your other questions on this subject have been moved to.
And while we're on that subject, the replies to this question have been moved there as well (click on the link in Pug's post). I would be grateful if instead of asking the same question yet again for the 4th time, you take a couple of moments to use the forum search (just under where you log in / out) to find out whether your question has been deleted or moved somewhere else.
Thankyou, DD.
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Well TBH that's probably the best outcome you could hope for -- if there has been abuse, this will be fixed by a brand new box.
As an aside, I have noticed that a lot of people who complain of notchy or difficult gearboxes have a tendency to dip the clutch and take the car out of gear simultaneously, rather than leaving a gap between one and t'other, meaning that the linkage/selector/synchro is under unnecessary stress. Leave that small gap, all of a sudden the box is as sweet as a nut. Not suggesting you are guilty, but it's a common driving fault.