Common car faults

passatman86

What common car faults do you notice while driving around. I will start with 2
Nissan qashqai - rear boot plastic over the reg taped on
Toyota celica 00 model - petrol caps broke off

ThreeGreens

Peugeot 206 (old models) brake likes permanently staying on.

Montage of Feck

ThreeGreens wrote: »

Peugeot 206 (old models) brake likes permanently staying on.

Just fiddle with the switch on the passenger side foot well.

MAJJ

Windows regulater on VWs

Midnight_EG

passatman86 wrote: »

What common car faults do you notice while driving around. I will start with 2
Nissan qashqai - rear boot plastic over the reg taped on
Toyota celica 00 model - petrol caps broke off

90812-JD00H...worked in Nissan for 7 years and that number rattled off inside my head everytime I came up behind a Qashqai since I left

Eoinbmw

Lately been noticing a lot of dead LEDs on Audi a4 and a6's!
My old a6 avant had a few too!

Turbolounge

Insignias with missing badges

CianRyan

Midnight_EG wrote: »

90812-JD00H...worked in Nissan for 7 years and that number rattled off inside my head everytime I came up behind a Qashqai since I left

I can change with a blind fold, hung upsides down, drunk, while underwater.

Again on J10 Qashqais, the rear bulb holders fail and cause a disco when you brake and indicate at the same time.

passatman86

Old fiat punto brakes and indicators disco

wonski

Broken indicators on many cars.

EU commission should issue a letter of concern to all manufacturers

The Continental Op

The occasional old Ford Focus/Fiesta with no front insignia because the bonnet lock is broken.

James Bond Junior

Mk5 golf/audi A3 rear windscreen wiper motor failing. Normally mid sweep. We had 2 A3s, matching his and hers and both had motors die.

Eoinbmw

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Mk5 golf/audi A3 rear windscreen wiper motor failing. Normally mid sweep. We had 2 A3s, matching his and hers and both had motors die.

Had this on my Audi avant too must be a VAG thing!

Padre_Pio

All BMWs.

Oil leaks.

PukkaStukka

Opel Corsa's with noisy timing chains that sound like a skeleton w##king in a dustbin

ofcork

Old renaults with brake lights flashing as the indicators!

Wibbs

I've seen a fair few Ford Transits doing similar.

freshpopcorn

Mrk 1 Focus Clocks/Instrument cluster faults!

Psychedelic Hedgehog

Peugeot 407's and ABS sensors. Had two, replaced eight

Speak Now

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Opel Corsa's with noisy timing chains that sound like a skeleton w##king in a dustbin

And Astras

Don keebals

BMW's and some Audi's indicators don't work

Turbolounge

Don keebals wrote: »

BMW's and some Audi's indicators don't work

They do, it's just the driver doesn't use them.

Deep Thought

Gob****es behind the wheel

who don’t now what all the dials and nobs mean and thus don’t indicate, leave on fog lights and don’t know why other cars flash them at nite even when there is a big blue light on the dash

Mercedes Sprinters' with more rust than paint.

Comment_below

Old Audi A4s or VW Boras with broken suspension and noisy engines/exhausts that go booo lawd!

CianRyan

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Mrk 1 Focus Clocks/Instrument cluster faults!

Dead common!

Bad solder joints on the back is the cause and can be fixed with a soldering iron and some flux.

Wildly Boaring

Back door locks mark 2 Leon

Half those circular back lights gone on 08 09 avensis

Headlamp washer cover blown off e90 3 series.

Midnight_EG

Deep Thought wrote: »

Gob****es behind the wheel

who don’t now what all the dials and nobs mean and thus don’t indicate, leave on fog lights and don’t know why other cars flash them at nite even when there is a big blue light on the dash

I think you misunderstood the thread

Wibbs

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Opel Corsa's with noisy timing chains that sound like a skeleton **** in a dustbin

PukkaStukka you utter prick. I just had wine fly out my nose. :pac: Brilliant. I'm soooo nicking that line BTW and claim it as my own.

colm_mcm

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

Half those circular back lights gone on 08 09 avensis

Those are bulbs

Timing chain tensioners on VW group cars. Engines on Mazda diesels. Those old BMW diesel swirl things. Rear bulbs on gen 1 Auris.

SVI40

Dodgy boot locks on Audis allowing sub machine guns to fall out.

The Continental Op

Ford springs, replaced loads of them on Focus and Fiesta.

Plus Ford leaking boots, particularly on the Focus.

freshpopcorn

Megane Mrk 2 window regulators!

CoBo55

Dip bulbs on the Avensis.
Boot lock on a Morris Oxford ( that's an oldie)

The battery place in old passats filling up with water and overflowing into the passenger footwell where there was a lot of electronics.

colm_mcm

Iner rear lights in e46 going off colour.

Mk2 Focus brake lights going pink (red bulbs failing)

Hyundai i40 and Mk3 Megane LED DRLs blowing

wingnut

CianRyan wrote: »

Dead common!

Bad solder joints on the back is the cause and can be fixed with a soldering iron and some flux.

Didn't work for me so got one down the scrapyard for €20 job done.

barneygumble99

Nissan Qashqai’s with every bit of the front suspension knackered, ball joints, track rod ends , wishbone bushes, inner tie rods, subframe bushes, cv boots and anti roll bar links. Scrap. And that’s just the front suspension, I won’t get into the corrosion issues.

Def_IRL

The New Defender......All of it

wingnut

The Continental Op wrote: »

Ford springs, replaced loads of them on Focus and Fiesta.

Plus Ford leaking boots, particularly on the Focus.

Had an escort leaked in the end, Mondeo - leaked at the end, cmax - leaked like crazy. Tried a VW, leaked too and yes it was a Passat. It was a blocked train in the Passat, battery corrosion on the escort, brake light cluster on the Mondeo, never found the cause in the cmax mind.

CoBo55

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Nissan Qashqai’s with every bit of the front suspension knackered, ball joints, track rod ends , wishbone bushes, inner tie rods, subframe bushes, cv boots and anti roll bar links. Scrap. And that’s just the front suspension, I won’t get into the corrosion issues.

Front tyres bald as kojack too... I never saw a yoke like them to wear tyres.

CoBo55

Renault 18 speedo needle bending up and touching the glass.

Damien360

Second generation avensis (07), water in rear lights. Also on a cold morning, iced over inside the cabin on windscreen. Both issues were old worn seals. Met a few owners over the years with exact same issues.

Every single Peugeot 207/208 with all the lights on in rear cluster constantly. Surely these are a garda magnet and can’t possibly have a NCT.

As mentioned already, the quasqui with tape over section above number plate.

BMW’s with broken indicators or is that too close to the bone ?

VW golf with very visible vibrating back box once it gets over 100kmph. Seen quite a few of these and curious as to cause.

2003 TDI Passats paint fading in the shape of the Nurburgring on the boot.

barneygumble99

Alfa Romeo’s with the top wishbones hanging out DJ them.
Peugeot 206 with swing arm bearings in bits.
Focus 2005-2011 with wishbone bushes and trailing arm bushes broken

Wildly Boaring

colm_mcm wrote: »

Those are bulbs

I meant half of the circle of bulbs blown
Something likd this ,... But half them gone

passatman86

Mk2 micra - rear window rubber seal peeling away at the top
Kia ceed - one of the front light strips not working in the headlamp, i read that it was a free warranty replacement
Red Toyota avensis - paint faded "many free re-sprays"
Almera n15 - with side sills rust repaired
Civic ek/ej - rear arches visibly rust treated
Vw/audi - fog light surround missing


These are common car faults ive seen over the years while driving around

freshpopcorn

Opel Zafira Mrk 2 bursting into flames!

ofcork

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

I meant half of the circle of bulbs blown
Something likd this ,... But half them gone

3 bulbs in them so usually 1 or 2 gone.

colm_mcm

And because they’re not all blown, the driver usually doesn’t notice