Dashboard lights and servicing
Discussion
My car went in for a service in December and from what I can remember, the needle for the thermostat(?) always sat in the middle, from my view as the driver. Since it has come out, the needle sits to the left, it's in the middle when you look at it head on, but you have no idea how frustrating this is, it just sitting to the left of the middle, when it used to be in the middle.
So I phoned Bavarian and they had it in yesterday all day, used a quarter of a tank of petrol but told me the thermostat housing was cracked and that they'd fixed it,drained and refilled the coolant, that's great Miss Martin, it's under warranty. The first time it went in they told me all this about needing my KDS setting checked and all my suspension realigned, based on my tread depths in the tyres.
I then went to two independent companies and they both checked the tyres all round and they were all at least 3.5mm and fine! So Bavarian checked the wrong cars details and wrote this up on my service form and suggested to get my KDS done, at £180! They must just have seen a young girl and tried to pull a fast one. They admitted they were wrong yesterday.
But that's neither here nor there, yesterday driving home from Bavarian the needle is STILL sitting to the left. So no change, despite replacing things for me. And see where the heater is...the numbers 1 and 2 are dimmer than the higher numbers on the dial, is this normal? Mine is a 2006 Mini One.
So my question, what way does the needle sit when you look at it from your driving seat, and ...do the lower numbers in your heater appear dimmer?
So I phoned Bavarian and they had it in yesterday all day, used a quarter of a tank of petrol but told me the thermostat housing was cracked and that they'd fixed it,drained and refilled the coolant, that's great Miss Martin, it's under warranty. The first time it went in they told me all this about needing my KDS setting checked and all my suspension realigned, based on my tread depths in the tyres.
I then went to two independent companies and they both checked the tyres all round and they were all at least 3.5mm and fine! So Bavarian checked the wrong cars details and wrote this up on my service form and suggested to get my KDS done, at £180! They must just have seen a young girl and tried to pull a fast one. They admitted they were wrong yesterday.
But that's neither here nor there, yesterday driving home from Bavarian the needle is STILL sitting to the left. So no change, despite replacing things for me. And see where the heater is...the numbers 1 and 2 are dimmer than the higher numbers on the dial, is this normal? Mine is a 2006 Mini One.
So my question, what way does the needle sit when you look at it from your driving seat, and ...do the lower numbers in your heater appear dimmer?
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