General 6 months on and a handful of problems

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General 6 months on and a handful of problems

crog80

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hi, havnt been on here for ages...but i had to book in my car (i named it winston after it being a Chill edition,.....CHILL WINSTON...ha)...so anyway...ive had so much fun driving my punto these last few months since ive passed but the car itself is starting to **** me off, here is a list of my problems and frustrations:

- My passenger door doesnt shut or open properly, its very "sticky"
- My inside panels rattle when im driving, no matter how much i tighten them
- My engine managment light keeps coming on
- Both my airbag lights have come on
- My boot doesnt have a light, and i can install one, apparantly
- My radio has **** reception, no matter if the aerial is up or down
- my cd player skips, really badly (the factory fitted unit)
- my indicator doesnt always lock, so i have to hold it up

But apart from those problems...i love it! have booked it in, and will try and get the problems fixed.
 
crog80 said:
hi, havnt been on here for ages...but i had to book in my car (i named it winston after it being a Chill edition,.....CHILL WINSTON...ha)...so anyway...ive had so much fun driving my punto these last few months since ive passed but the car itself is starting to **** me off, here is a list of my problems and frustrations:

- My passenger door doesnt shut or open properly, its very "sticky"
- My inside panels rattle when im driving, no matter how much i tighten them
- My engine managment light keeps coming on
- Both my airbag lights have come on
- My boot doesnt have a light, and i can install one, apparantly
- My radio has **** reception, no matter if the aerial is up or down
- my cd player skips, really badly (the factory fitted unit)
- my indicator doesnt always lock, so i have to hold it up

But apart from those problems...i love it! have booked it in, and will try and get the problems fixed.

Both my doors have this problem. Everything I have tried to make them less 'sticky' has not worked! As a result of the 'sticky' doors my uper body strenth has since doubled since I got the car a yr ago :D . My head gasket blew, nice expensive job. My indicators dont lock either so you can end up looking like your trying to send signals to outer space! I dopnt even have a CD player in mine its just the factory tape player! Hours of my time has been spent recording my fav tunes on to tape! Apart from these few(!) problems the car is pretty good for a first car. Oh yeah mine is a Mk2 W reg 1.2 8v black ELX and I just love the trim on it! :cool:
 
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well I just got mine, its a 2000 so im sure itll have problems when I get it out on the road, it does rattle a bit, but with the sound system ive got in it im not surprised, nothing major, my passenger door is a bit sticky but its because of a loose connection between the bar thing that moves and the car chassis, just needs tightening I think.
 
1)Tighten check strap & re-align door.
2)What panel,door panels?
3)Take to dealer & get EM codes read.
4)Take to dealer,airbag deactivated.
5)Yep,easy enough.
6)Is aerial connected at rear of set,no reception at all on any band/station?
7)Clean laser or else get cheap aftermarket unit.
8)New switch.
 
ive booked it in for a "check up", ill write them a list of problems, not that bad though, adds to the character of the car i suppose!
 
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