nigeltee
Registered User
as soon as i work out how to post a pic i will, (what is mozilla 4+?). or PM me, i can mail it ok.
I too had the metallic rattle / vibration from the turbo / wastegate that some of the other people have been discussing. I only bought the car 5 weeks ago and the dealer said they would fix it before i picked it up. They didnt. Fed me some excuse and said it would settle down with use. I did my own research then, and found they had lied and eventually they replaced the turbo, a recon unit was fitted and i had to pay the difference between a 2nd hand one and a recon one. I gets the car home, go out the next day in it and when accelerating up to speed there was suddenly a lot of noise and whistling of turbo.
Popping the hood i was greeted by the cat hanging away from the turbo.
As i dont know how to get a pic on here, picture the back of the turbo where the cat joins it. You have 3 bolts holding the two pieces together. Well, all the bolts are there and the flange of the cat, but the cat is now totally separate from the flange!!
The car now sounds like a cross between a tractor and a tuned escort turbo!
Because of the hassle we have had with the dealer ( there lies, never phoning back etc ) the turbo not working and now the cat broke, we want to reject the car.
Guess what? the owners on holiday!
I wish we had never gone and picked it up.
I know cars are machines and machines do go wrong but i bought this car to jump in, drive up and down the country in, in comfort and be secure in the knowledge we would get there.
Owners away till monday, so will have to wait till then. This incident has knocked my faith in this car. Almost in cars in general.
Just thought i would air my woes, see if anyone else has any suggestions / advice.
The car is an s plate 1.8T with 88k on the clock.
Regards
Nige
I too had the metallic rattle / vibration from the turbo / wastegate that some of the other people have been discussing. I only bought the car 5 weeks ago and the dealer said they would fix it before i picked it up. They didnt. Fed me some excuse and said it would settle down with use. I did my own research then, and found they had lied and eventually they replaced the turbo, a recon unit was fitted and i had to pay the difference between a 2nd hand one and a recon one. I gets the car home, go out the next day in it and when accelerating up to speed there was suddenly a lot of noise and whistling of turbo.
Popping the hood i was greeted by the cat hanging away from the turbo.
As i dont know how to get a pic on here, picture the back of the turbo where the cat joins it. You have 3 bolts holding the two pieces together. Well, all the bolts are there and the flange of the cat, but the cat is now totally separate from the flange!!
The car now sounds like a cross between a tractor and a tuned escort turbo!
Because of the hassle we have had with the dealer ( there lies, never phoning back etc ) the turbo not working and now the cat broke, we want to reject the car.
Guess what? the owners on holiday!
I wish we had never gone and picked it up.
I know cars are machines and machines do go wrong but i bought this car to jump in, drive up and down the country in, in comfort and be secure in the knowledge we would get there.
Owners away till monday, so will have to wait till then. This incident has knocked my faith in this car. Almost in cars in general.
Just thought i would air my woes, see if anyone else has any suggestions / advice.
The car is an s plate 1.8T with 88k on the clock.
Regards
Nige