Common car faults

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

tcawley29

wingnut wrote: »

Had an escort leaked in the end

It's only like 10% of women in the world that do that :pac:

Capt'n Midnight

FIAT - first the rear wiper goes because the motor isn't waterproof , then after you should have taken the hint and sold the car on the rest of the electrics fail in cascade.


FIAT, Citroen and VW , central locking or electric door locks fail intermittently so you can't get out of the car. That's the time to remove the relay or fuse and rely on the mechanical locks. Or take the door apart to re solder the dry joints in the door lock sensors. And replace the plastic clips for the windows with metal ones while you're in there.

SCOOP 64

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CoBo55

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

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Exactly...

SCOOP 64

Old Astra G,EGR valve don't know how many ive clean or replaced over the years, had it 13 years.

Akrasia

Saab 9-5 Direct injection cassette failing

Not an expensive DIY repair, but not noticing the symptoms can result in additional engine wear and the turbo might suffer too

colm_mcm

Corolla frogeye, headlight rubbers coming off.

johnayo

BMW Timing chains breaking.
Modern Hyundai Tuscon and I40 Clutch slave cylinders leaking.

CianRyan

2008-2013 K9K (Renault/Nissan 1.5d) turbo too hose ripping, then blocking the DPF if it has one.

cml387

Punto Mk1 and II heater matrix. Big PITA.

Every-single-Ford Rear view mirror fall off.

Fiesta Mk III failure of ratchet mechanism connecting footpedals to clutch/brake