I am picking up my new Bravo HLX100 tomorrow and the sales girl said to me that the rails on the seats have to be replaced because they failed a saftey check. The car only has 11000 miles on it and its a w reg.
Has anyone else had this fault in theirs or was my car previously owned by a fat person with a big botty?

The mind boggles

..could be that its been previously driven by a chubba. Could also be thats its seen a little too much bouncy bouncy action.......

I wonder how they tested it??????

Well

Never heard of this one before!! I assume they arent asking you to pay for it?

Re: The mind boggles

Wellllllllllllll, the seat kept shooting forward and wasn't clicking into place, I bet a right big momma jabber owned it previous!!
I was a bit concerned that it failed the safety check when the car only has 11000 miles.

Nooo wayyyyyy

Na, I collect the car tomorrow but they carry out safety checks before the car is let out. Its under warranty any way.

....oh boy, you asked for it.....

I bet the big momma jabber paid for it.... ha ha hha haahah hha ha hah hah heh heh heheh ehhehe he....

Eh?????????

How do you mean?? All I said was I had dodgy rails and this coversation is well out of hand! At least they are being fixed!! And I don't have to pay a penny!

ok ok ok ok ok

um, Yes apologies. It is good that you do not need to pay anything towards the replacement rails. I had a similar fault with a Punto meaning the chair is either in the engine or in the boot. This was not under warranty however and has now been redesignated a 'feature' of the car.

I was merely adding more humour at your suggestion that a fat bloke had driven your car previously, and that any subsequent bouncy bouncy he had engaged in in said vehicle would have been arranged with a lady of the night (hence paid for it) and this may have caused the rail malfunction. Of course, it could also have been ding-ed.

Big Geezer

I am a big geezer.... 15 1/2 stone and I've never busted a seat rail!

And no I am not a fat b*****d....just a big lad

....painting pictures with words

Am not far off the mark m'self mate...... Sweat a bit gettin in tho - LOL

The punto went on the passenger side btw........

Well, i thought it was funny mate

hahaha.....nice one

Your Car

Nigel

Out of interest, sold ya car yet?

Now don't laugh, but.......

As well as a HGT, for my sin's I also have a Corsa van (yes it's white). And I have just had an official safety recall from vauxhall because of the seat rails possibly being faulty.
Now I have only done 63,000 miles and had it for 30 months so if they are faulty thank goodness mine don't seem to be, or rather thank goodness I haven't been in a serious accident.

I wet myself laughing

chortle right at ya!!!!!!!! When I farted the seat shot back with great force.

Thats what you get for buying a vauxhall

Well, what can I say??? lol

Wipe it up

You gotta watch out for that, it'll rust your new seat rails.......

Simon

This will make you laugh..

Ryan, no, I havent sold the car. Everything is cursed for me with that car...

I was going round a digger that was halfway across the road, literally 100 yards from my house, and to do so I needed to go up on the bank. Now this is when things got sticky...the bank collapsed and I slipped very gracefully down into the back of the digger, but not only did I think I should accelerate to miss it, all I managed to do was whack the wing mirror, dent the door in and scrape the paint off the back panel. I think I used the word ******** afterwards! Therefore it is off the market until I get it repaired!
Gotta laugh, it could only happen to that car.

U THINK THATS BAD!!

I will never buy a green car again afetr having my piece of poo fiesta, I have smashed it up twice, steering rack had gone, and now there r grinding noises coming from it and no brakes. Oh well, I get the Bravo HLX100 tomorrow YEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Oh Dear

How much is the repair?

Lemons

I traded in a 'L' reg Peugeot 306 for my Brava. Damn thing was like a clown's car. Every time I slammed the door another bit fell off. When i traded it in, the stereo kept switching itself off, the drivers window winder cable had broken (window was kept up with the arm of a pair of sunglasses I broke getting into the car one day). There was the remainder of the ignition key stuck in the drivers door (luckily I could push the window down by hand to lock it (!!!) where it snapped whilst out shopping with the Wife and new born (Thanks AA - they were superb) and it was grey. We used to refer to it as the bland mobile. Knackered. Oh yeh, had to rip out the immobiliser and alarm too as they kept draining the battery. A right piece of s**t. I'd have swapped it for a bag of crisps. As it stands I got 2K on the trade in...... Could not believe it. Thought the garage were going to pull me back in as I left, or ring me to say the sale was off.