February 2008
I had my 2002 Volvo V70 serviced at a main dealer. Two days later the gearbox failed due to low gearbox oil caused by a leak from a pipe from the oil cooler to the gearbox. The dealer stated that they do not check the oil level at the service - only if the find a leak, which they presumably missed. Another dealer said they routinely check the gearbox oil level.The dealer denied any responsibility for the failure. What do you think? Read more
I have an Alpine CHM S620 CD changer from a previous vehicle that I'm trying to fit in our 2002 Honda Jazz. All should be ok in fixing the changer to the boot floor and I have the connecting cable to run to the front of the car under the carpets & plastic trim etc. The problem is when I get to the radio cassette head unit and I need an interface between that and the CD cable. The radio cassette has an Aux button on and will accept a CD changer, but is there any way I can find out the type of head unit apart from removing it? Advice on removal also welcome!! thanks Read more
Last thing (!) - there are some Honda instructions here for 2007 Fit, but the thing I though worth noting is that it talks about marking all the heater control cables before removing them:
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Honda's instructions do always seem complicated and I'm not sure the cars are designed for DIY. I got some foglamps for ours off eBAY and the instructions scared me so much that I've never fitted them, and I used to think nothing of fitting all sorts of accessories to cars in the past.
Recently bought the jazz off the dealers the abs light lit up took it down the dealer who charged me £40 for the daignosis was told its the abs module that is faulty luckily the car still in warranty and i asked the receptionist to how much it be if the car was out of its warranty was quoted £1132 for it. Ouch !!
My question to backroom readers any one who got a jazz with some problems as i was led to beleive that the jazz was a reliable car.
The warranty going to expire june 2008 and i was quoted £260 with warrantydirect with the wear and tear option, is it worth it? should i extend the warranty?
The car is serviced by the main dealer {slang word deleted} i am paying out a service plan for it basically take the car own and pay nothing for servicing it cos i already paid thru the plan.
I know that the dealer price of the abs module is high just wondering whether the abs module can be bought cheaper than the dealers.
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Google "ABS repairs"..
LOTS of cheaper suppliers.
anyone out there with ownership experience of the picanto- reliability, economy, & Kia dealers? Read more
From what I have read recently Kia Picanto is the most dependable car in UK.
Regards
I recently sold a house that we lived for around 20 years. It has a drive way big enough to take two cars side by side and a matching dropped kerb. The house is a semi and there is also ample room to park a car in the street out the front without blocking the driveway.
In 20 years of living there we never had any trouble at all with parking, even with 3 cars in the household.
The new owner (a lady in her late 60's and has been moved in for about 2 weeks) lives on her own and has one car. Speaking with her the other day she said that she was fed up with people parking accross her driveway (she's means people parking outside her house) and is getting the council to extend the dropped kerb to be the full width of the house. This purely to stop people parking outside her house.
To me this is just a selfish way of stopping anyone parking outside the house. I guess the 'older generation' are just as ignorant and selfish as anyone else. Read more
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Hi I have a 2001 Peugeot 306 Meridian that has the airbag light on - it just stays on and doesn't even flicker. I have removed the seats and checked all the wiring underneath for loose connections , removed the steering column shroud and checked the wiring there also (with battery disconnected!)
I can't get the car to a Peugeot garage as the car isn't currently taxed or insured . I can get the airbag control module checked for £60 but i can't find it - any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Thanks again, just tried working the switch,no joy so measured the resistance at the pins - it does vary between the off-on position but whether its within range i have no idea. I would order up a new switch if i could figure out how to get to the back of the passenger airbag to check the wiring first.
vauxhall vectra v reg 2l sri petrol with gas conversion added
tc light was first to light up, now tc abs light up and speedo not working sometimes they will not go off on start up. if the lights do go out they then fail with in a few miles or work agian but i have found that if they do go out and i switch the tc off the abs light stays off and the speedo works but i can`t turn the tc off if the light is already lite
i have removed the 10 amp f35 this time on starting tc nad abs came on dim and stayed on but where bright on pressing the brake and dim with brake off (didn`t try the speedo with fuse out )
the garage i that run a diagnostic said that it was a speed fault and the n/s abs senser at fault this i changed for a GM part. 90 pounds lighter problem still there i have check back with THE garage and his next plan was the ring at the back of the cv joint before i go this root
{which part of the 3 separate requests asking for the year and engine details to be included in the subject header did you SO difficult to understand?} Read more
Hi.
I know it's been along time since you posted this message, but I will give you an ansver anyway....
I was looking into Google for details of problems with Multitronic gearboxes fitted to Diesel A6 like mine, and I came upon an ongoing discussion back in 2005 that concerned "cold weather and the Multitronic". But I have not found anything in your site which specifies the obvious problem that exists with this otherwise excellent gearbox.
My car car has just turned 100,000 miles since October 2001 and tomorrow it is going back to the Audi agent hopefully to receive another "fix" to the gearbox....this will be its fourth.
From memory the first gearbox was replaced completely after around 30,000 miles, and subsequently it has had at least two input shafts fitted at approx 20,000 mile intervals.
The symptoms are always the same - reluctance to engage drive in the morning, high revs needed to move off, juddering under load and acceleration.
I was told at first (in 2004) that this was a problem that they were unaware of, but from other web-sites I have seen that it is widely understood and there are a variety of fixes offered. One of these involves the fitting of a seven plate clutch instead of the six plate version, another involves replacement of input shaft.
Clearly there was a problem with this gearbox, especially when fitted to the high torque diesel engines...but does anybody know if it has been completely sorted now ??
I am considering another A6 Avant TDI with a Multitronic box....but will it work ??
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I had an A6 1.9pd with a multitronic box - I loved it - but I think I was lucky to have passed the car on before any problems appeared. Shame really, the MT box really suited the diesel characteristics in my view. Sorry I can't add much except good luck!
'Er indoors Getz is due it's third service/mot in a couple of weeks. Before I ring the local dealer (who is a multi franchise and has a poor reputation) does anyone have a ballpark figure of what they should be charging. I wouldn't put it past them to try and bump the price up.
The car theoretically has another two years warranty to run, but I bet it's pretty selective in what it covers. Read more
There was a thread going round a while back about 3-4 year old Corsa's requiring engine rebuilds. It seems that the owners that had full Vauxhall main dealer history were being offered much better out of warranty goodwill payments towards repairs than those who did not.......
I was pulled over this morning on the A14 after travelling on the inside lane at a modest 60 mph miniding my own business, with the usual accelerate/brake queue in the outside lane. I was advised by the rather Mr Grumpy PC, who was in said lane, that I was committing an offence by undertaking the cars in the outside lane. I tried to point out that I was merely staying with the flow of traffice in my lane, but as he repeated again 'That I was committing an offence,' I decided that an apology for my behaviour was the better route rather then argue the toss.
With that he basically let me get on with my journey. The point is, if the outside came to a dead stop or slow down as they can and do, do I, on the inside lane, have to abide by his rule, and not 'undertake', and even come to a stop even though my lane ahead is clear. Common sense should be to carry on, unless there is an accident or other problem ahead.
The other thing was that was Mr Plod in just a ratty mood due to the fog/frost/traffic or even missing his morning doughnut? Read more
the officer driving the police car will have noticed someone undertaking him and thought 'cheeky sod', i'm here in a marked police car and he's brazenly undertaking. Graham it would appear did not realise he was doing anything wrong, so didn't think not to do it.
There's a degree of discussion as to whether or not 60mph is within the spirit of queues and slow moving traffic. IMO it is not, although i understand the problems i.e. you're doing 60mph, then the outside lane is doing 50mph, what do you do, slow to 50 or keep going.
The real problem is the berk who goes up the middle lane at 60mph undertaking the outside lane doing their 50mph, then indicates right and pulls into the outside lane, so that everyone sat there is fuming because he's extracted the urine.
Myabe we ahould all undertake and overtake like they do in the States. I never have problems driving over there and suspect that our UK driving skills would have to improve if the mimsers didn't know what angle people would be coming from..i.e they'd be forced to be more aware (in the same fashion they wouldn't dare pull out without looking properly whilst on a de-restricted Autobahn, as there'd be two tons of Bavarias finest up their jacksy at warp factor 5).
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Also try wearing an old beige raincoat, scratching your head in a slightly confused manner, but then on your way out stop in the doorway and ask the service manger "just one more thing".
Works for Columbo!