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I put the trusty workhorse Marea Weekender through the NCT on the 11th of March and it failed on a number of things.
Bump stops
Corrosion on brake lines
Body damage on the rear on the side (not the drop down bumper)
Loose battery connection.
The first 2 are now common enough here and there's a view that it's a way for the goverment to generate business for gargages. This along with crushed sills which is another NCT failure area.
Anyway got a backstreet garage to do a fix up job on the rear bumper. €50 down - that's sorted.
After trying one or two mechanics settled on a guy that a brother-in-law was happy with. He did the bump stops which must 'not be missing or ineffective'. Involved dropping the back suspension to 'get the hand in'. This is not a MOT failure in the UK but it could be on the newer regs coming in.
Brake lines replaced with new brake fluid. New battery connector done on the +ve. Did the -ve myself last year. Corrosion was the culprit.
All going well. Down €288. Just as I was heading for the NCT centre for a re-test noticed the airbag light on. Shot back to the garage and with the ECU hook up couldn't clear the light.
Time pressing got to the NCT centre - passed EXCEPT for the airbag light being on => FAIL.
It's now back in the garage.
Has anyone had an airbag light 'go on' due to a change of the one of the terminals on battery. Light wasn't on when the car went in but it was when I got it back it was on. Was this purely coincidental or could they have caused it ? Not too keen on doing a workaround but would prefer to do it properly even though the Marea only gets ocassional use.
Surprised that it failed despite getting all the 'failure items' done but since it's a safety related item they will fail on a re-test.
Have until the 11th of April for a 'visual' to get the 'all clear' otherwise it's back in for a full test and it could fail on something else and then it's destined for the scrappie.
Bump stops
Corrosion on brake lines
Body damage on the rear on the side (not the drop down bumper)
Loose battery connection.
The first 2 are now common enough here and there's a view that it's a way for the goverment to generate business for gargages. This along with crushed sills which is another NCT failure area.
Anyway got a backstreet garage to do a fix up job on the rear bumper. €50 down - that's sorted.
After trying one or two mechanics settled on a guy that a brother-in-law was happy with. He did the bump stops which must 'not be missing or ineffective'. Involved dropping the back suspension to 'get the hand in'. This is not a MOT failure in the UK but it could be on the newer regs coming in.
Brake lines replaced with new brake fluid. New battery connector done on the +ve. Did the -ve myself last year. Corrosion was the culprit.
All going well. Down €288. Just as I was heading for the NCT centre for a re-test noticed the airbag light on. Shot back to the garage and with the ECU hook up couldn't clear the light.
Time pressing got to the NCT centre - passed EXCEPT for the airbag light being on => FAIL.
It's now back in the garage.
Has anyone had an airbag light 'go on' due to a change of the one of the terminals on battery. Light wasn't on when the car went in but it was when I got it back it was on. Was this purely coincidental or could they have caused it ? Not too keen on doing a workaround but would prefer to do it properly even though the Marea only gets ocassional use.
Surprised that it failed despite getting all the 'failure items' done but since it's a safety related item they will fail on a re-test.
Have until the 11th of April for a 'visual' to get the 'all clear' otherwise it's back in for a full test and it could fail on something else and then it's destined for the scrappie.
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