RobHowdle
Member
Hello everyone!
I was wondering if somebody can give me some advice before I head to the garage. I had a bump earlier this year and since then I’ve noticed some issues with my car, some of which I don’t think are related but the warranty with the garage is up this year so I want them to fix everything.
1) Front Brake collision sensor - this doesn’t work. When I turn it on it turns back off. The garage said they apparently have to do a £3K bumper repair before they can fix it (biggest load of rubbish I’ve ever heard as you can easily get to the sense and the damage is all cosmetic!). I can probably buy a sensor from eBay but my friend who is a mechanic said to check whether the sensors for these cars are coded or not as if it was a coded sensor I’d need the garage to do it? Can somebody enlighten me to this?
2) oil light - I bought the car Christmas before COVID. Since then I have had to top up the oil around 7 times, pretty much filling up from empty. Not once has the oil sensor light ever come on yet each time I check after a few months, the oil doesn’t register on the dipstick. I think the sensor is either faulty or dirty but would this be the garages job to fix?
3) gear selectors - when drop down from high gears into first, I find it’s very difficult to get it nicely into first without putting a bit of force into it. This is my first car and I’ve not driven any others so I’m not sure if it’s normal? Also when it’s in 5/6 hear it vibrates a lot and seems very easy to pop out of gear. It hasn’t come out but it just seems rather feeble to me compared to 3/4
If anyone can help I’d really appreciate it!
Thanks
Rob
I was wondering if somebody can give me some advice before I head to the garage. I had a bump earlier this year and since then I’ve noticed some issues with my car, some of which I don’t think are related but the warranty with the garage is up this year so I want them to fix everything.
1) Front Brake collision sensor - this doesn’t work. When I turn it on it turns back off. The garage said they apparently have to do a £3K bumper repair before they can fix it (biggest load of rubbish I’ve ever heard as you can easily get to the sense and the damage is all cosmetic!). I can probably buy a sensor from eBay but my friend who is a mechanic said to check whether the sensors for these cars are coded or not as if it was a coded sensor I’d need the garage to do it? Can somebody enlighten me to this?
2) oil light - I bought the car Christmas before COVID. Since then I have had to top up the oil around 7 times, pretty much filling up from empty. Not once has the oil sensor light ever come on yet each time I check after a few months, the oil doesn’t register on the dipstick. I think the sensor is either faulty or dirty but would this be the garages job to fix?
3) gear selectors - when drop down from high gears into first, I find it’s very difficult to get it nicely into first without putting a bit of force into it. This is my first car and I’ve not driven any others so I’m not sure if it’s normal? Also when it’s in 5/6 hear it vibrates a lot and seems very easy to pop out of gear. It hasn’t come out but it just seems rather feeble to me compared to 3/4
If anyone can help I’d really appreciate it!
Thanks
Rob