Hi, may I ask when your car was last MOT'd?
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NEarside lower suspension arm bent (RED)
How did they come to that conclusion? does the car wonder about the road and have difficulty keeping in a straight line?.. do you get creaking? or viabration under braking?
THe car drives straight. However, there are a few noises it makes, such as a high pitch police siren type noise when i rev the car if the car doesnt get to the right temperature
rear brake shoes requires (RED) £131.51
Recommend brake fluid change (RED) £35.00
Brake fluid, i will give them that.. because it should be changed at a recomended interval of every 2 years.
brake shoes... hmm seeming you can pick those up for between around £20-50 top end.. seems a bit steep... but it may just be because im not used to paying garage prices I do stuff like that myself.
CV GAITER - NEARSIDE OUTER DRIVESHAFT GAITOR SPLIT (RED) £97.82
that would of been an MOT failure if it was.. but assuming it could of split.. why £97?.. the gaitors are about £5-10.. and they are also talking about changing the lower suspension arm on the same side... so they could do the gaitor at the same time with relatively little extra work... certainly not enough to justify £97.. when they have to remove the lower suspension arm that side anyway.. could understand it maybe if they didnt have to touch the lower suspension arm.. but in this case they are saying they want to.
Water in offside head light (RED)
OFFSIDE REAR TYRE EXPOSING CORDS (RED)
Cords.. I can understand that.. its extremely dangerous and you could have a serious accident if the tyre actually ruptured suddenly...but id check that if I was you to confirm.. because usually to get to that point your tyre has to be beyond bald.
Water in offside headlight.. again id check that yourself you should be able to see.
Hmm, will definitely get that one checked, as I dont think I ever take aglance at my rear wheels!
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT CAMBELT (RED) £187.63
When was the cambelt last changed? how do they know it needs changing? They go years between changes. Eigther way you cant physically tell it needs changing.. not unless it was seriously worn.. in which case you would have to actually remove the cambelt covers which is someting I doubt they would of done.
Ive had the car for 2 years, and havent had it changed. Not too sure when the last owner changed it either. Im not too sure how they know half of these things. I didnt really ask. They called me after they had finished it and told me I have some major problems ( I tols them that I would pick it up at 5, and they called me at 12, maybe they wanted to get some more cash off me while they wait?)
MAJOR OIL LEAK ON ENGINE - POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET (RED)
REAR EXHAUST RUBBERS CRACKED UP (AMBER)
DRIVERS SEAT INSECURE (AMBER)
AIR FILTER HOUSING INSECURE TO MANIFOLD (AMBER)
REAR ENGINE MOUNTING SPLIT (AMBER)
OFFSIDE REAR COIL SPRING CORRODED (AMBER)
BATTERY WEAK (AMBER)
Major oil leak on engine? how did they relate that to a head gasket?
Head gaskets, oil would enter the coolant system if anywhere or visa versa...you certainly wouldnt get oil leaking from the engine with a head gasket.. you would also experience any of the following, white gunk in the oil, loss of coolant, rough running, white steam/smoke from exhuast, overheating. More likely to be a seal, or gasket somewhere.
Exhuast rubbers.. possible.. so id give them that.
Air filter housing? does it seem insecure to you?
Rear engine mounting split? .. although it is a possibility what are you doing with your engine? lol..ive seen cars 20 years old that havent even had to have new engine mountings. Drivers seat insecure?.. again for that to be the case what have you been doing in the car
.. lol.. seats dont just come loose... again would probably be an MOT failure none the less.. but does it feel loose to you?
By what are you doing with your engine, do you mean am I over revving it? I dont rev more than 2500-3000, and rarely use the motorways. Not an agressive driver either.
Lol my drivers seat is fine, its the passenger seat that slides backwards and forwards sometimes, and stays put sometimes. I can assure you that it is only for passenger use
Rear Coil spring corroded?.. again if it was bad enough it would of failed its MOT... or failed by now.
Dont get me all of them things could be wrong with it.. just seems unlikely on some of them.. and more of a case of "They saw you coming" and are trying to find every single little thing they can to do on the car. So you need to be carefull and have your whits about you.. alot of those points are MOT failures.. and would of I imagine at least showed up as advisories previously.
Im a student and 19, so maybe they were trying to take advantage? When I last had it MOT'd, I had a couple of those things that were advisories. My last MOT was in May. I printed out a few copies of all of the things apparently wrong with it (without the prices!) and am going to take it around garages tomorrow. I took it to one today, and said half of it seemed unlikely, and to check the other stuff they would need to put it on a ramp(is that what its called?!)
Kwik fit operate like that as well, I know of somebody that had a 6 month old car, and they said the car had warped disks, changed all the disks and pads all round..with pattern parts.. then when they had a genuine warranty fault with their brakes Vauxhall wouldnt touch it because it wasnt genuine OEM parts.. they did it purely to create work.
