Car manufactures fu*k ups

**Meat-Head** · 26th February, 2013, 07:02 PM

what about self starter on one as well

**big-ted** · 2nd March, 2013, 02:01 PM

forcus C-max

Bet customer thought he'd come in to Arkwrights shop in open all hours

customer comes in for broken spring on n/s/f

Leaves with a bill for nearly a grand.

Pulls the vehicle in N/S brake binding like mad, removed wheel caliper rubber torn and piston corroded, customer advised, "do what it needs" was the retort.

Caliper, pads, spring still binding, cable poor , i'll fit a cable, nothing at the after market boys, try the stealer, yes need new complete unit 620+

WTF

can't they design one with detachable cables ****s.

changed one on a disco3 that lived in the sea, I think that unit was only about 300 but the labour made up for it.

Ted

**m3evo** · 2nd March, 2013, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by big-ted

changed one on a disco3 that lived in the sea, I think that unit was only about 300 but the labour made up for it.

Ted

They are not nice to change always wrapped through every bit of the underneath of car.

**Meat-Head** · 2nd March, 2013, 03:05 PM

Ted cable? What the cable for?

**big-ted** · 2nd March, 2013, 04:01 PM

handbrake cable, from motor to calipers

**Larue** · 2nd March, 2013, 11:51 PM

Peugeot 306,RHD.
Brake switch change.
Nice one!

**Meat-Head** · 3rd March, 2013, 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by Larue

Peugeot 306,RHD.
Brake switch change.
Nice one!

Yeah drop the colon, SLICE your hand charge costomer lots of money.

Pug 406 - same, had a bet with "Nosher", drop colon, and fit - no idea how he did it, but he DID do it in like 15 mins, without dropping the colon - cost me a horse burger that did.

something about he did it through the clutch pedal from behind!?!?

**Larue** · 3rd March, 2013, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Meat-Head

Yeah drop the colon, SLICE your hand charge costomer lots of money.

Pug 406 - same, had a bet with "Nosher", drop colon, and fit - no idea how he did it, but he DID do it in like 15 mins, without dropping the colon - cost me a horse burger that did.

something about he did it through the clutch pedal from behind!?!?

I can do them without dropping column. Just needs to take air vent out and drill off one pop rivet for air duct then grow fingers about 10inch longer,squeeze hand thru holes and between wiring looms and job done. About 20 mins if you are lucky. Crap idea anyway.

**Meat-Head** · 3rd March, 2013, 10:22 AM

Next one 4 M8 bolts drop left hand in and slice it as required much much eaiser
Try it lot better way

**colouny** · 3rd March, 2013, 07:54 PM

I must agree with all ya, Frech are the most fu**ed up manufactures.
I personally own Acura RL 2006, they have touch sensors which eventually fail, anyway i have decided to fix them. Well the door handle i singleuse only, but i have dissassembled without much damage, take out he sensor... And gues what! There are writen in BIG letters - VALEO. And thats french...

No matter how many peugeots, citroens i have repaired (eletronics) they all are the same brand, but they are fuc**ng diffferent. You just cant remember what was where, because colors, nubering and locationsa are different in each car!!

**Meat-Head** · 3rd March, 2013, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by colouny

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I personally own Acura RL 2006, they have touch sensors !!

TOUCH SENSOR ON THE DOOR HANDLES OR SOMETHING ELSE?

DAMM IT CAPS LOCK, SORRY

**colouny** · 3rd March, 2013, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Meat-Head

TOUCH SENSOR ON THE DOOR HANDLES OR SOMETHING ELSE?

DAMM IT CAPS LOCK, SORRY

Yup door handles, for keyless entry... By the way i have also dissassembled door handle that was removed from 2008 model and internals were made my desno! Thats why they never fail if the car was built after 2008...

**rideon** · 3rd March, 2013, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by colouny

And gues what! There are writen in BIG letters - VALEO. And thats french...

You have to be really careful these days when take a car apart, if not,when put together, you may end up with a different brand

I got used over the years not to blame the brand or nationality of the car...........siemens/bosch/valeo/trw/luk/sachs/ngk/beru/....
and so on is written all over the parts that fail ....

Manufacturers fail big time on the drawing board....

A bulb failure is NOT a malfunction and should be an easy job to do !
Try do this in the middle of the night by the side of the road (that is the time most drivers notice!!!)
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**Meat-Head** · 3rd March, 2013, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by rideon

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A bulb failure is NOT a malfunction and should be an easy job to do !
Try do this in the middle of the night by the side of the road (that is the time most drivers notice!!!)

might not have been bulb but chaffed loom, switch fuse etc etc, but to check it you still have to strip it!

Rumor has it them sad owners meet up and swap body panels!