Since the cold snap hit what has gone wrong on your car/not worked properly?

murphyebass

I think it'll be interesting to see how peoples cars have been affected by the conditions so far this year....

So as the title says...

Since the cold snap hit what has gone wrong on your car/not worked properly?

Name your...

1. Car
2. Fault
3. Fix

1.

I own a '04 Alfa GT JTD.

2.

My handbrake was frozen.
My ABS and VDC stopped working as the sensors were frozen.

3.

Both problems went when they thawed through the day.

R.O.R

1. Car - 2005 Honda Accord 2.0i VTEC Sport
2. Fault - 155bhp, Summer tyres, FWD, no traction control
3. Fix - Leave in garage at work and drive something with TC.

rain on

1. 2002 1.4 Fabia
2. Battery absolutely dead, dead as doornail, turned key 100 million times and by the end there was only a clicking
3. Left car out in snow all day, came back, it started first go. Scratched head, took it for long spin

v240gltse

1. 2004 volvo s80
2. none
3.heated heats NICE

:-D

cabot

Saab 93, 1999 plate

Nothing gone wrong but creaks really badly first thing in the morning when going over bumps, once its warmed up its fine.

SAAB 9-5 '00: Hand brake frozen (never using it but noticed it when last drove it).

Cause: Water ingress to the cable sleeves
Fix: Wait for the spring

Alanstrainor

Car: 03 Polo
Fault: Battery completely dead.
Solution: Jump it when i need the car.

breadmond

Car: 02 Fiat Stilo 1.2
Fault(s): ABS and ASR failures, Windows frozen shut, door locks frozen
Fix: Kettle of water to defrost locks and ABS/ASR failure goes away once the car heats up a bit

Alun

Not so much went wrong, but my wife and a few neighbours left their rear wipers clear of the rear windows last night to stop them freezing to the glass, and some (presumably drunken) gob****es decided it'd be a great laugh to rip them off, breaking the mounting completely.

Elbow

Car: 97 Polo
Fault: Problem turning at junction........ Car decided to take a left turn 10m before junction

Fix: Get frustrated and give out to car for 5 minutes, push car out of ditch, drive on


Other than that she has been a bit sluggish to start

*By the way am i the only one unlucky enough to have frozen wipers pack up right in my line of vision

murphyebass

Clohane wrote: »

Car: 97 Polo
Fault: Problem turning at junction........ Car decided to take a left turn 10m before junction

Fix: Get frustrated and give out to car for 5 minutes, push car out of ditch, drive on


Other than that she has been a bit sluggish to start.

haha love the edit there!

I have to say though your rant along with all the other posts are starting to make me think I should just go and buy a set of winter tyres.

Get a second hand set of alloys somewhere and get a set of winter tyres put on cause this just isnt going to get any better and in fairness if there is a let up we'll be hit again in January lets be fair about it!!

AmberAmber

CAR - BMW E36 coupe 316i
FALUT - centeral locking not locking with fob.
FIX - it took me a whole day to work out , and had to leave my car open over night , i use the key to lock the two doors . so back to old school style locking . dont know why its not working.

Max Power1

Ford Fiesta 1996

Fault - Passenger side wiper not working at all, also tailgate frozen shut.

Fun: Driving in almost deserted carpark and getting drift & "oversteer" in an FWD car!

johnos1984

1: 2010 Catapillar
2: Traction issues resulting in terraferma collision
3: Place an old pair of socks over the CAT next time I walk on ice

antodeco

1. 1980 Mini 1275GT
2. People going too slow in the Business Park. Cant have fun in a super light, small wheeled car!
3. Wait till the business park closes and have my fun!

For Forks Sake

1. 1999 VW Golf GTi
2. Nothing

projectgtr

nothing its a honda

Seriously though
95 Honda Civic SiR

Problem: too low, front lip acting like a slow plough

Fix: adjust damper height on my Teins, though im not doing this :P , im not taking my car out on gritted roads, plus there are some shockingly bad drivers out there right now :eek:

biko

BMW 320i 1993
Rear brake/handbrake froze a bit during first frost but no problems since (I leave it off handbrake now).
Makes a bit extra creaks when cold.

GTE

1. VW Golf TDI Estate (2000)
2. None
3. The cold has made it start better.

--Kaiser--

Car: Toyota Levin BZ-R

Fault: Frozen Windscreen

Fix: Some warm water in a jug

:P

brianrcarney

1. Car BMW 3 Series
2. Fault Dead battery
3. Fix Fork out money for battery on top of the 1200 i gave to get it ready for nct!!


fcking money pit!!

cena

gone away. so don't know what cold be wrong with the car. hope alls fine with it.

samsemtex

murphyebass wrote: »

My handbrake was frozen.

SNAP!!

2004 156

ednwireland

1. Car 1998 nissan primera
2. Fault abs light on
3. Fix havent got round to it since last jan

hsant worked except for going home last night when it worked perfectly - go figure

hairyman

Car - Mk 4 Escort.
Fault - Heater Matrix burst.
Fix - replace matrix and make sure that there is adequate anti freeze in the system for the next cold snap.

dr.fuzzenstein

Car: '06 Focus CMax 1.8 TDCI
Fault: Windscreen washer jets frozen
Fix: Never had a chance to buy some anti-freeze and broke till Friday, so wipe screen before I set off and hope I arrive before completely salted over.

Gary ITR

rain on wrote: »

1. 2002 1.4 Fabia
2. Battery absolutely dead, dead as doornail, turned key 100 million times and by the end there was only a clicking
3. Left car out in snow all day, came back, it started first go. Scratched head, took it for long spin

Replace it, it'll happen again tomorrow

Clohane wrote: »

Fix: Get frustrated and give out to car for 5 minutes, push car out of ditch, drive on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc

As for myself, I'm another one with a Honda so nothings gone wrong, apart from it trying to kill me, I decided to walk to the shops and went to get my gloves from the boot, the weight of the snow brought the boot down on my head

Car: Honda ITR
Problem: See above
Fix: Wipe snow from bootlid before opening

Midnight_EG

projectgtr wrote: »

nothing its a honda

Seriously though
95 Honda Civic SiR

Problem: too low, front lip acting like a slow plough

Fix: adjust damper height on my Teins, though im not doing this :P , im not taking my car out on gritted roads, plus there are some shockingly bad drivers out there right now :eek:

Same car, same problem, same fix :pac:

rain on

Onkle wrote: »

Replace it, it'll happen again tomorrow

It didn't actually.

Eric Cartman

1. 2010 Isuzu D-Max
2. people expecting me to be their stop when sliding down hills
3. Me laughing uncontrollably as the slide backwards past me

Redderneck

Car: Santa Fé

Problem: Struts on tailgate support moving sluggishly due to cold; resulting in me smacking my head off the lower than usual/what the hell is that doing there tailgate when unloading car.

Fix: Roar at the kids to unload the car in future when it's cold.

kmb

breadmond wrote: »

Car: 02 Fiat Stilo 1.2
Fault(s): ABS and ASR failures, Windows frozen shut, door locks frozen
Fix: Kettle of water to defrost locks and ABS/ASR failure goes away once the car heats up a bit

The ABS and ASR failures are usually rectified with a new battery.Its to do i was told with the voltage drop.
I had it with my 03 when i had it and replaced battery,never again any errors.

jenizzle

1. Car : Mazda MX5
2. Fault : Not being able to move it due to being utterly terrified of the slippidyslideyness of it, and with being a girl an' all, I couldn't possibly bring it for a spin cos I might break a nail or something :rolleyes:
3. Fix : Wait till February!

ottostreet

1. Ford Mondeo 1.8TD LX Estate
2. No problems so far, apart from my main beam deciding to start working again.
3. Hope it stays freezing.

SV

1. Renaultsport Clio172
2. I've been having too much fun.
3. I have stayed inside for the majority of the day.

Mycroft H

1. land rover defender 1993

2 passenger window winder broken

3 leave it be

Berty

The only issue with the Focus is that when it gets to 4 degrees it beeps with a yellow snowflake and when it gets to 0.5 and below it beeps and goes red.

Now the outside temperature seems to be floating around -1 and + 1 so the car is always fvcking beeping.

Can't turn it off at all.

Max_Damage

'95 Ford Escort

Nothing at all has gone wrong. Starts on the button in the morning.

Tyres have fairly good grip too (considering I got them second hand in a scrapyard!). Had to pull a Merc that was stuck in a car park yesterday! No problem at all.

Wicklowrider

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Solution: Jump it when i need the car.

Are you this guy?

http://tinyurl.com/dfjvj9

Yakult

96 Mitsubishi Mirage

Doors frozen
Petrol cover frozen
locks frozen so i cant even get my key into it
Windows frozen

Other than that, all going well. :rolleyes:


Fix? Write the cnut off.

Onkle wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc

I lol'd!
I did exactly that the other night!! Wanted to take some of my anger out so used a small shrub to beat the ****e out of the car without doing any damager!

sean1141

1. seat leon fr+
2. non other than having summer tyres on
3. hope i dont jinx it posting here!!

Voodoomelon

Cold ass leather is my only complaint, grand once the seats kick in.

Max_Damage

Spay WD40 on the locks and you'll have no problem with them freezing over.

peasant

Car: 1990 VW Transporter
Faults: none
Fix: -fitted winter tyres end of October
- refilled wash wipe with concetrated antifreeze
- fitted new battery in October (old one was weak)
- treated door locks with silicone oil when cold weather was forecast
- ditto door rubbers
- immersed accelerator cable in WD 40 (to prevent it from freezing like last year)

Ohh ..had one near fault today. While putting the shopping in the boot I nearly hit my head, as the cold gas struts didn't extend the bootlid to full height Fix: gave it a push

Mint Sauce

Sunday Morning

• Corsa 1.2 03
• Driver/passenger/rt rear door not opening after clearing off 4inchs of snow
• Get into car via other rear door and open others from inside with gentle push, then go back into house for day after another 2inchs fall within an hour

Monday Morning

• Window washer frozen (dispite anti freeze)
• Run engine and cup of warm water and screw driver to break up slush in reservoir

Bigus

F***ing transfer box locked up on the freelander i had in storage to use in case we had a bad winter ! , had to drive with the back wheels locked solid, 3 miles on the ice. Either that or block a main road.

Got all of two days out of it.

bazz26

I have a loaner of a 03 Honda Civic at the moment until I collect my new car. This morning the driver's door would not open due to the hard frost. Passenger door opened no problem so I started the car and put on the heater, etc to defrost it before I set off on my commute. Came back about 5 mins later to check on it and the car had locked itself despite the keys being in the ignition and the car running. :eek: So locked out of the car with the engine running, heater on full blast and a full tank of petrol.

Had to wake the owner up and get them to get a taxi to my house with the spare key. Took them about an hour to arrive. It was like the Bahamas inside the car by the time I got it open.

illdoit2morrow

2000 VW Bora

Driver side lock freezes up.
Engine cover came off while driving yesterday morning (the one underneath(.

Squirt of de-icer for the lock
Removed what was left of the engine cover.

The Real B-man

03 Seat Ibiza 1.2

Nothing yet Touch Wood

Welease

Broken wiper linkage on the L200, cos I was too lazy to clean the snow off gutted

neve

Citroen

Battery dead this morning, jump started it fine. Car started reving really high in idle.

Fix: Not a clue - anyone any idea if this will sort itself out? Perferably without a trip to the mechanic.