February 2014
I don't know whether to praise Kwik-Fit for their service or complain about the quality of the parts that they fit. I have had (all under guarantee) THREE sets of front discs in under a year. Each time a couple of months after being fitted the brakes judder when braking, especially after they have warmed up a bit.
As the car has only done 60,000 (I have all the service invoices and MOT's to prove) I want to keep the car, but after the current set being fitted today, I only have a month before the overall guarantee runs out 29th March 2014. My mileage is well under 10,000 p.a.,so I am not getting many miles per set of front discs.... Read more
My owners manual states that the windows can be opened and closed via the remote control and also by the key. This does not work on my car. The windows all work using the switches including the one touch function apart from the driver's window which will not close by the one touch but opens by it. Just wondering if this function, opening/closing by remote control, can be disabled/abled by the VCDS meter. Do I have a fault in the driver's window motor control or in the switch? Also worried that perhaps a faulty window motor control may be causing an electrical drain as battery not holding charge.
Mak Read more
Opening and closing of the windows with the remote fob is a feature that can be enabled on your model, although to the best of my knowledge not with VCDS. However you can buy a device called a KVW100 that will allow you to enable it.
With regard to 'one touch' the fault most likely lies in the contacts inside the switch pack fitted on the drivers door panel. You can disassemble it and clean the contacts, and afterwards it will almost certainly work. The operation of this feature can be checked with VCDS.
Hi all,
Just wondering what the backroomers views are on Brand new car models and Faults. Example the Brand new Ford Focus comes out later this year, I'd love one... But would you buy on launch, or do you wait maybe 12 months or so until fault reporting on the model is clearer and adjustments made at the assembley line and faults 'ironed' out so to speak? Much like the iphone 5 on launch, paint work chipping away from the box, power button faulty. Apple stop production for a few days after a few months of complaints, increase the QC standards and use slightly different paint, much improved product.... you get my drift :)... Read more
To be honest, there are probably as many examples of manufacturers getting cars right-first-time as there are 'lemons.'
The problem is that ancillary components (like DPFs and their sensors, or fuel injectors) are expensive and can have a disproportionate effect on a models' reliability - for example the recent case with Mercedes diesel Bluemotion cars and the dodgy batch of injectors, which caused supply problems.
My local garage in the west London suburbs re-set my tracking yesterday, as part of the service.
The guy there told me that their work on suspensions had increased tenfold over the last decade - and in his view, speed bumps are the reason. Read more
Millions of motorists in modern vehicles face being unwittingly tracked by Big Brother technology that records their every move and even phone calls, motoring groups have warned.
Modern cars have become so high-tech and connected - with satnav, Bluetooth and wi- fi - that they collect details of the time, place and speed of every mile travelled.
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A bit off topic Galilieo but thats why Barry is trying to take guns away from the law abiding yanks, leaving them only in the hands of the criminals. The better to control the people, like how we are bossed around by the unelected EU Kommisars and so forth.
Second why has the Dept of Homeland Security made massive orders for ammunition? Enough to shoot every man woman and child in America a dozen times over. Maybe the Tshirt paranoid loonies are right this time. ...
sensible decision - otherwise the home owner should have stood for council in the same ward as the present leader with an agenda to ensure the leader lost his / her seat
After replacing the front wiper motor the wipers now park, but the arc is about 30-40mm too short each end of the stroke. I allowed the motor to park before attaching the wiper arms, but I may have moved the connecting arms as I tightened the nut on top of the motor/gearbox. On each cycle the wipers first go down about 30mm and then up for the arc before parking down but about 30mm too high. If I position the wiper arm on the spline any lower the blade will go off the bottom of the screen.
So my questions are (1) how to adjust this to correct the park position. (2) stop the first downward movement and (3) adjust the arc? Sorry to be long-winded, but it's a complicated story. Read more
Thanks 659, that makes sense. I will give that a try.
Funny you should mention the column switch. In the past month the turn indicator has been intermittantly clicking after the stalk has returned to the neutral position. Perhaps this is a similar problem....
I am considering buying a more economical car. At the moment I have a Hyundai Tucson, it is of course perfect for my 2 dogs (Lab and Collie) however, it's time for me to search something a little more economical.
I have been looking at Smart ForFours online, although haven't yet been able to find one in my area to actually have a look at to judge the boot area. I don't want my dogs to be too cramped! The car will be basically for me and my elderly mother, so the back seats won't be used much.... Read more
Dacia any good? Deal looks amazing on them!
On my previous car, the dealer talked me into taking out the insurance that allows you have a new replacement car if yours is written off within the first year of ownership. However, this time round I have declined this. Is this a worthwhile thing to have and do the insurance companies offer the same as an add on to their policies? Read more
They used to be comparatively expensive for me in the past, but down to £130 now (rural, old git). Saved 65p by adding my brother as a named driver!
look ata cruze from the same angle a bit squashed up maybe.
makes a nice jag ugh type
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check control arm bushes a known problem