How reliable is your car? (Everything post 2005)

Stevie Dakota

Given the recent questions about Renaults of late, VAG cars, Toyota, etc I am curious to find out what problems, if any people are having with their own cars.

So lets limit this to cars 2005-2010, owned by yourself, and lets hear how you got on. List the failures (and if covered by warranty or not) and if the car has ever left you stranded. Also list how your car rates for interior rattles, 1 being no rattles, 10 being many.

I'll get started.

2006 Renault Magane Tourer 1.5DCI
2 window regulators (warranty)
AC failed, computer reboot fixed it (warranty)
New rear screen (failed heating element) (warranty)
1 strut top mount (warranty)
AC pipe replaced (recall) (warranty)
At least 5 blown headlight bulbs
Ever stranded/failed to start?: NO
Rattles: 6

2008 Ford Focus 2.0TDCi
Belt tensioner (warranty)
Ever stranded/failed to start?: NO
Rattles: 2

Lando Griffin

2007 Opel Astra 1.4.
Boot wont open since frost.
Window wiper washer dosent work since frost.
The only rattle is herself going on and on about things.

bmw535d

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Given the recent questions about Renaults of late, VAG cars, Toyota, etc I am curious to find out what problems, if any people are having with their own cars.

So lets limit this to cars 2005-2010, owned by yourself, and lets hear how you got on. List the failures (and if covered by warranty or not) and if the car has ever left you stranded. Also list how your car rates for interior rattles, 1 being no rattles, 10 being many.

I'll get started.

2005 BMW 530D
1 crank shaft sensor(last week of warranty left me stranded on m50,tow truck from joe duffy bmw)(not what you want to see after having the car a week
3 new batterys due to high discharge overnight (90)euro
air bag light comes on after being reset x3
rev counter/indicators/idrive stopped(loose wire in dash)
1 fly wheel @130,000 miles+ clutch (1000)euro
random engine cut out x6 (on going unsolvable problem)
Ever stranded/failed to start?: 4 times:eek:
Rattles: 2([EMAIL="exhaust@1000rpm"]exhaust @ 1000rpm[/EMAIL]) dry front bushing

Zubeneschamali

2008 (from new) S-Max: 65,000 km - no issues.
2006 (2nd hand with 40000 miles up) Mini Cooper - no issues.

Your Renault looks pretty bad. I've had 2 Clios and a Kangoo, and never any issues worse than a somewhat reluctant starter motor on the Kangoo just before I got rid.

PaddyFagan

2006 Golf Plus 1.6 FSI
1 x Failed coil pack (out of warranty, but replaced FOC )
1 x Washer bottle leaked after the cold snap (-10C around me!) - €40 to fix.
Ever stranded/failed to start?: NO
Rattles: 2 (something in the dash, think it might be something I put in a cubby and forgot:o)

Not bad for 4+ years and almost 85,000 kms

2008 BMW 318i Saloon
No issues
Ever stranded/failed to start?: NO
Rattles: 1

Paddy

trackcar

2008 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI, Zetec

have from new, 80,000 Km,
No mechanical faults, Engine light came on once,
Rattles 1
only major problem is front tyre wear, the continental tyres which the car came with lasted 14,000 k. changed to Bridgestone and now getting an average of 20,000k from a set even after wheel alignment.

pajo1981

Lando Griffin wrote: »

2007 Opel Astra 1.4.
Window wiper washer dosent work since frost.

That sounds like a blown fuse. You might have tried to run the washer while the line was frozen and blown the fuse.

GTE

Volkswagen Golf Estate TDI90, 2000, basic spec. 160k miles

Coolant Temp Sesnor - Nothing major but I wanted it changed.
Oil Leak - The gasket or something went around the crank case I think. Its meant to be a one off problem, never read about it.

Rear window washer did its usual thing, easy fix

Drivers side door lock went kaput in the ice, its a problem anyway that I didnt help with trying to unlock it forcefully. easy fix.

The starter motor can stick on sometimes, very rarely. Its meant to be a fairly common problem that just needs a clean out of the gearing down there.

I think thats it. Service History before I got it indicates nothing out of the ordinary.
Its never left me by the side of the road and has always gotten me from A to B.

EPM

2006 Seat Leon 1.6

1 x Air conditioning compressor - covered by warranty (between all the messing I believe the final bill for that was €1600).
1 x door lock switch (the unlock side stopped) - €16 including fitting.
1 x Gearbox - that hurt. Got it rebuilt but that shouldn't have happened. Heard a bit of a groan at under 80k km, by 100k km it was a screech. Dealer still insisted it was fine. Brought it in and just got it done at a gearbox specialist. A grand burned
1 x Tie rod end - failed the NCT on this. was only €80 at a dealer.
Rattles - 2 - there's 108k km on the car and it's on biggish sheels and sports suspension but remains suprisingly rattle free. I don't dog it on bad roads though.
Never left me stranded, and still feels as solid as it used to.

-Chris-

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

So lets limit this to cars 2005-2010

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Lando Griffin

pajo1981 wrote: »

That sounds like a blown fuse. You might have tried to run the washer while the line was frozen and blown the fuse.

Thanks.
I thought as much, but the only time I remember its broke is when the screen needs washing.
The boot is probably the same ya?

R.O.R

2005 Honda Accord 2.0i VTEC Sport. Owned 2 years and about 45,000km - bought used with FHSH.

Replaced 3 or 4 bulbs and had a slow puncture repaired
Put fuel in to car
And that is all.

Twin-go

2005 Citroen C4 1.4 VTR coupe 70.000km from new.

Recall due to fire risk on some engine electrics. Warranty
3x Cruise Control/Speed limiter computer error. All fixed under warrenty
Rear wheel barrings x2. €150 each
Front break discs and pads x2. €100
Electronc boot latch. Reprogramed FOC
Hit and Run damage to tailgate. Not repaired.
Fail to start. Once due to flat battery.
Rattles = 0

Bonito

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

So lets limit this to cars 2005-2010.

Discrimination! :mad:

2002 Subaru Impreza RX.

Rattles : None so far.
Lambda : Replaced once.
Clutch : slipping after 94,000 due to be changed soon.
Boot doesn't open from inside anymore, simple quick fix of the cable just too lazy to do it.
One screen washer (out of 4) stopped working last week, probably just some dirt in it)
Rear diff: Speed sensor had to be changed.

That's my lot.

BlackWizard

Ah keep it to the modern cars. makes for good reading. I'm surprised actually at the amount of things that are being fixed under warranty.

jclare56

Peugot 207 1.4 2008

Two brake lights
Flat tyre (on parnell st at rush hour - thanks to westbrook motors for saving me)
Engine rumble
She also has a habit of not starting if the engine is warm. bit of a knack to restarting her but shes never failed....

Micra 1L 2005
One headlamp.

Damomayo

2008 octavia 2.0 tdi

Rattles 0
Faults : Drivers door seal not great, have got hit by about 8 drops of water (in the past year) on my arm when driving about 70mph in the rain. Should bring it in but keep forgetting
no other prob

Guy:Incognito

2000 Clio bought new as my fist car. Never missed a beat despite being horribly misstreated in it's early years and survived long enough to be usedas a scrappage car last month.

94 accord 2.0 died
94 rover 620 ( accord) 2.0 died

93 Renault safrane 2.0 never missed a beat , sold because it wasunderpowered for the size of it and my next car came available.

97 Renault safrane 2.5 auto again never missed a beat sold because I needed a van for work.

Never should have sold either of the safranes

97 Peugeot partner. Perfectly reliable .

2000 xantia 1.8 low mileage and perfectly reliable ( must sell that seeing as I can't afford to run a car and van)

currently driving a peugeot expert that's never missed a beat.

The missus has had a 99 micra from new an 01 a140 from new thathad a couple of issues that were escalated to very dangerous by dodgy repairs done in a now closedtallaght merc dealer . After that it was a 00 scenic and now an 05 grand scenic that have needed nothing up untill I had to change the coils in last week ( it still started and ran, just lumpy). €120 outside of regular maintenance over 5 years is grand IMO.

That's everything I've had and/or used on a daily basis

no1beemerfan

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Given the recent questions about Renaults of late..........

Bonito wrote: »

Discrimination! :mad:

Too right!!

BlackWizard wrote: »

Ah keep it to the modern cars. makes for good reading. I'm surprised actually at the amount of things that are being fixed under warranty.

Whats wrong with other cars!!

I HAVE to defend Renault!! My father had 8 renaults ('86 to '99) and ALL were perfect, and I've a 1997 Laguna for 6 years which has now almost 200,000 miles (80,000 when I got it) and its never let me down...only major thing I'd to sort was the TDC sensor....quick clean sorted it. As for rattles I'd put it at 2. The only thing being the sunroof cover can rattle now and again.


My other car is a 1998 micra which I've had 10 yrs (8,000 miles on it when I got it....about 75,000 now) and the thing is too bloody reliable! I've done nothing to it besides service and it still has its orginal brake shoes, pads, discs and drums. Never failed an NCT.

Maruney

2001 Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 Sportivo Twin Spark 76K (mls) I have this car 4 years and just cant bring myself to change it, as its really reliable & fun! Issues (front to back) have been: Faded Badge. Off side shock, near side not needed to balance. Thermostat. MAF. Had to change bulbs in fuel gauge & temp gauge so center console came out. Antenna for radio in the rear pillar upgraded. Brake light went last night. A fortune on Magnatec oil. Apart from that just wear & tear replacements: T-Belt, Upper Wishbones and because I cant help myself - plenty of front tyres and pads! Forgot - The immobilizer shut down once and it had to get lifted to a main dealer. (I typed this in paragraphs but didn't seem to work)

Can another thread be started for pre 2005 cars so this thread can stay on topic ?

BlackWizard

RoverJames wrote: »

Can another thread be started for pre 2005 cars so this thread can stay on topic ?

Yeah it should be.

I don't wanna hear every ones stories of how their heap of junk lasted 100 years

I want to see how everyone is getting on with their newer cars and what dealerships have to fix under warranty etc

jamiecall

2006 Honda Civic 1.4 SE 5dr.

80,000KM
A few bulbs.
A few tyres.
Service every 20,000km

And that is it.

jamiecall

jclare56 wrote: »

Peugot 207 1.4 2008

Two brake lights
Flat tyre (on parnell st at rush hour - thanks to westbrook motors for saving me)
Engine rumble
She also has a habit of not starting if the engine is warm. bit of a knack to restarting her but shes never failed....

Micra 1L 2005
One headlamp.

You'd want to get that checked really!

BrianD3

Athough I haven't officially owned these cars, they are cars of close family members and I drive them often. My own cars are older than 05

2005 Ford Focus (owned 05-07)
Major gearbox oil leak
Design fault causing water to get into spark plug wells causing bad/failed starting and running
Knocking from suspension
Bonnet catch failed
Intermittent immobiliser problem
Rear wiper motor recall
Left stranded - Yes a relative was due to the spark plug issue. Had I been driving it I might not have been stranded
Rattles - 0

2007 Ford Focus (owned 07-09)
Nothing

2009 Renault Megane (owned 09- )
Nothing

Anan1

2008 Subaru Forester. It's been back four times to have each of the dealer-fit parking sensors replaced one by one. Apart from that, it's only needed a drivers window regulator. I have to say that the dealer (Castle Subaru in Bray) are unfailingly friendly and easy to deal with.

no1beemerfan

BlackWizard wrote: »

I don't wanna hear every ones stories of how their heap of junk lasted 100 years

Mine are not a heap of junk!! :mad::mad::)

blacksmith105

Look if it aint a toyota then it aint worth driving , they really are the best built cars in the world
I have a toyota carina jap import for the past 10 years would never drive anything else its simply brill its a 1.8 leanburn and get average 50 mpg
European made cars look great but have sh-ite build quality

Marty McFly

06 Honda Accord Type S 2.0l i VTEC 80,000 km on the clock.

Issues: Two new tyres apart form that none.
Rattles: None.

Eric Cartman

2004 Kia Sorento - Nothing went wrong, from 60,000 when i bought her in december 08 to 97,000 when i sold her in april 2010 nothing bad happened

2000 Opel Astra 1.4 - 122,000 miles on her - died within 3 days, head gasket blew and leaked all the oil into the cooling system

2002 peugot partner 1.9 - 130,000 miles on her - running grand , eats a bit too much oil

GTE

-Chris- wrote: »

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My baaaaad. Still, similar car as the 2005 mark 4 so not too off topic lol

Mr Benevolent

2007 Opel Meriva

Reverse light switch failed (and is still failed)
Brake and rear fog replaced
One or two rattles from the back
Starts every time (so far).

Stevie Dakota

Can we keep this post 2005 please, the point of this thread is to see how more recent cars and cars under warranty are doing. No-one expects cars to be reliable for ever.

Swampy

bmw535d wrote: »

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

Given the recent questions about Renaults of late, VAG cars, Toyota, etc I am curious to find out what problems, if any people are having with their own cars.

So lets limit this to cars 2005-2010, owned by yourself, and lets hear how you got on. List the failures (and if covered by warranty or not) and if the car has ever left you stranded. Also list how your car rates for interior rattles, 1 being no rattles, 10 being many.

I'll get started.

2005 BMW 530D
1 crank shaft sensor(last week of warranty left me stranded on m50,tow truck from joe duffy bmw)(not what you want to see after having the car a week
3 new batterys due to high discharge overnight (90)euro
air bag light comes on after being reset x3
rev counter/indicators/idrive stopped(loose wire in dash)
1 fly wheel @130,000 miles+ clutch (1000)euro
random engine cut out x6 (on going unsolvable problem)
Ever stranded/failed to start?: 4 times:eek:
Rattles: 2([EMAIL="exhaust@1000rpm"]exhaust @ 1000rpm[/EMAIL]) dry front bushing

Swampy

My wifes 2002 318i had loads of random engine failures/ power failures and was due to the crank shaft sensor. Took a long time to diagnose. Hopefully your engine failures will be sorted with your crank shaft sensor now fixed.

Maruney

BlackWizard wrote: »

Yeah it should be.

I don't wanna hear every ones stories of how their heap of junk lasted 100 years

I want to see how everyone is getting on with their newer cars and what dealerships have to fix under warranty etc

But most new cars are all the same, Asian and plastic. Edit: Fair enough, its a warranty thing your looking at.

Voodoomelon

Bonito wrote: »

Discrimination!

Ditto, why limit it to 2005+? More of a testiment to older cars that have zero problems.

10 year old 728i here, replaced an ABS sensor and two PDC sensors over two years. Thats it. I'd drive it to Russia with no worries. Preventative maintenance is key.

Horse_box

1999 Ford Focus 1.4 - 95,000 miles on the clock

Clutch went after 75,000 miles
Oil leak
Major central locking problems, back doors wouldn't lock
Exhaust needed replacing after 85,000 miles
Gearbox trouble
Loud clicking noise in engine when on low revs

Never left me stranded though!

Padraig Mor

2008 Citroen C5.

Driver's door minor misalignment sorted.
Moisture in side indicator repeater.
Tear in rubber cushion inside filler cap.
Power steering fluid leak.
Left headlight focus 'dropped'.
Door check strap broken (probably my fault for forcing it open in the ice!).

All fixed under warranty. No breakdowns. No rattles.

Aircon seems to have started leaking last week so must get that sorted. One of the heater elements in rear screen stopped working ages ago but decided not to replace as it's the very bottom one (so not really noticeable) and don't want to mess about with replacing window - could end up more trouble than it's worth.

CarMuppet

2007 Alfa Romeo 159 Ti: >35k miles @ present

- Timing chain stretch - warranty

Ever stranded/failed to start?: NO
Rattles: 0

200motels

I have a Honda Civic since 2005 and nothing has gone wrong. Bomb proof.

bazz26

Current car: 2006 Volvo S40 diesel
Mileage: 130,000km
Problems: Nothing major.
1. Driver's window and door lock jamed during the cold winter due to an exposed block connector. Reconnecting the connector fixes the problem.
2. Anti-roll bar bushing replaced.
3. Uneven wear on inside of front tyres - tracking, balancing and tyre presume all checked. Suspension being checked tomorrow by dealer while being serviced.
4. Faulty ABS control unit false warning message cleared by dealer.
5. Eats H7 headlight bulbs due to them being DRLs too.

shamwari

Ford CMAX 1.6TDCi (wifes car) 2005

She has the car two years now, bought with 30k, now has 60k on clock.
Problems:

EGR Valve failed: replaced under warranty. Should have cost around €300.

Alternator failed: €350 for a exchange replacement (from Myles Balfe) £140stg from Ford Dealer up north if I could have waited.

Erratic idle: traced to air leak in air intake duct. Fixed at no cost.

Diesel Particulate Pressure sensor pipe split. This pipe isn't sold on its own so complete sensor and pipe required (£100 stg)

Diesel Particulate filter: stored fault code says that the DPF effeciency is below what is expected, so a new one is required. Again up north we are looking at around £500stg supply and fit, but will wait for another while as I expect that some exhaust suppliers will start doing them shortly at rates better than main dealer. Anyone with a DPF should take note, these things are expensive to replace and therefore negate any savings made from driving a diesel!

Also the DPF sensor and alternator were replaced by me, so no labour required. The altenator on these things are a pig to do.

Contrast all of this with the car I drive (a 2000 Punto with 74k on the clock), in the same time all it has had is two tyres and a pair of shocks. Nothing has broken, fallen off, or stranded me. Bloody great car!!

positron

2005 Honda Accord 2.0l Petrol, bought second hand in 2008 with 82k miles.

Headlight recall - fixed for free.
One full service - approximately 200 euro.
2 tyres are nearing legal limit.

That's it really.

Japer

200motels wrote: »

I have a Honda Civic since 2005 and nothing has gone wrong. Bomb proof.

I know someone who has had three honda civics and nothing has ever gone wrong. One needed a light bulb once after 4 years use. Apart from that, the only work needed was to put in petrol whenever the fuel guage went low. Must be the most reliable cars ever. I do not work for Honda or have any connection. My european cars have always let me down sooner or later with something, usually small.

ianobrien

2005 Almera, 135K on the Clock now, bought three years ago with 19K on it

Faults
2 x heater motor resistor packs (100 euro at main dealer, including Labour)
1 x heater ECU/Control Unit (300 euro plus vat and fitting) There is a possibility I may have damaged this myself....
2 x Headlights (reflectors on Dims got tarnished so there was more light from a drunken glow-worm)

All outside warranty

The car has an appitite for front tyres (on the 7th set now) but that's probably the way I drive it.

Rattles - zero

Failure to start - zero

All in all, I'm happy enough, considering the way I drive it....

planetX

2005 Peugeot 307, owned for less than a year so under garage warranty.

engine fan failure - replaced
rear brake discs and pads replaced due to damage from hand-brake not releasing fully
both under warranty. God help me when the year runs out...

faint rattle when I reach 3rd gear - any ideas?

Drummerboy08

2007 Citroen C1

In the family since new. There's more than 60,000kms on the clock now, and she's never put a foot wrong (apart from the mammy burning the clutch out). Great little car.

As I work in a Fleet management company, I get to deal with lots of different cars. A few popping up at the minute are -

2006 Ford Fiesta 1.4TDCi - Lots are having to get injector seals replaced, alternators replaced. Some have an issue where a coolant pipe comes lose,causing the engine to loose coolant and over heat, resulting in a new engine.

2006 Ford Focus 1.6TDCi - Main fault is having to replace alot of alternators. A few window regs have gone too.

2007 VW Passat 1.9TDi - Clutch issues, gearbox issues, electronic handbrake issues, electronic issues. Its a long list unfortunately. This has happened to a number of cars, so its not an isolated problem.

There are a few more I cant think of right now.

Heroditas

2005 BMW 523i

89000km on the clock

Faults:

Horrendously squeaky rear bushes in cold weather
1 slight rattle when going over ramps from the passenger seatbelt sleeve


That's it.

I've cursed myself now, haven't I?

theteal

2005 Focus 1.4 (only a 3 door so at least it looks purty) 64,000 km

power steering went 2 weeks ago - pipe to pump had to be replaced, common issue apparently. other than being a thirsty baxtard, it's been a peach of a car

very low on the rattle count, we'll give her a 1 just because the engine makes noise when the key is turned

Japer

I am currently driving a 07 VW Passat , and the only problem has been a motor in the elec. window. There is a rattle which comes and goes too, but its not too bad. I have heard of one the same age which had to get a clutch replaced, but fingers crossed so far.