Faults that follow you from car to car?
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Not sure why, it does seem very random but the past 3 cars I've had have ended up with a slow puncture on the front right tyre. Nothing major, add some air every few weeks so not a drastic issue and nothing that demands replacement but on all three cars?! Are there any repetitive faults that seem to dog you no matter what car you have?
MissChief said:
Not sure why, it does seem very random but the past 3 cars I've had have ended up with a slow puncture on the front right tyre. Nothing major, add some air every few weeks so not a drastic issue and nothing that demands replacement but on all three cars?! Are there any repetitive faults that seem to dog you no matter what car you have?
Well if thats the case I would be looking at where I parked or if I bounced up a kerb on that side. Something like that as it seems more like a real world problem that just coincidence imhoYES!, I get cars that have problems with the headlights. It's quite exciting when they decide to go out, especially when travelling in the country where there are no street lights to show the way. A previous car I owned would intermittently flash its headlights on during the day....and before I knew that this was happening I was wondering why all of these strangers travelling in the opposite direction were waving to me!
I had a Daewoo Lanos i was using as a work hack and the drivers side rear drum seized two weeks ago, i paid to have it fixed and then this week the cambelt snapped. i replaced it with a Citroen C5 and yesterday the drivers side rear calliper seized with the pad forced against the disk
lord trumpton said:
MissChief said:
Not sure why, it does seem very random but the past 3 cars I've had have ended up with a slow puncture on the front right tyre. Nothing major, add some air every few weeks so not a drastic issue and nothing that demands replacement but on all three cars?! Are there any repetitive faults that seem to dog you no matter what car you have?
Well if thats the case I would be looking at where I parked or if I bounced up a kerb on that side. Something like that as it seems more like a real world problem that just coincidence imhoYeah, exhaust heat shields dangling/falling off, and tracking always being horrendously out, causing car to veer left when hands briefly not on wheel. Had these two exact faults on at least 5 or 6 cars now.
Tend to buy a lot of 10yr old + cars for a 2nd car run-about, and ugly rear-wheelarch rust is a common gripe on otherwise decent motors.
Tend to buy a lot of 10yr old + cars for a 2nd car run-about, and ugly rear-wheelarch rust is a common gripe on otherwise decent motors.
Biggy Shackleton said:
tracking always being horrendously out, causing car to veer left when hands briefly not on wheel. Had these two exact faults on at least 5 or 6 cars now.
Veering to the left (assuming you drive on the left) is not a fault, the car is following the camber of the road.MissChief said:
Not sure why, it does seem very random but the past 3 cars I've had have ended up with a slow puncture on the front right tyre. Nothing major, add some air every few weeks so not a drastic issue and nothing that demands replacement but on all three cars?! Are there any repetitive faults that seem to dog you no matter what car you have?
AS long as you're sure theres nothing sharp lodged in the tyre then an eay cure for this is a squirt of the aerosol puncture repair gloop. I used it on a Volvo that did the same and it never lost pressure after that.They were selling it in Aldi the other week for a fiver. No need to stick the whole can in though, just a bit.
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