Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Little Faults To Sort

So, on the drive over on Friday night and on little ventures out on the Saturday, we noticed a few little niggles that if they don't sort themselves out over the next week or so, she will be going back to the garage and having it investigated and fixed under the extended warrnty I paid for.

Intermittant rear brake lights - I can hear the relay click when I know its working, and when it doesn't I have no brake lights. not the safest of things.

Door locks sound like they're trying to lock/unlock while driving - forst noticed on the motorway and it freaked me out a little. When it did it again while stationary we pressed a door lock down to see if that stopped it but it wouldn't push down so it must be trying to unlock the doors. Today it has done it some more but actually locked the doors and unlocked them, both while driving and stationary. I'm wondering if they key fob has anything to do with this, a stuck button maybe? The boot is also tempremental at opening.

Tyre pressure light - it was on when I went on the test drive and they reset it and said they would check it out to see if they tyre had a puncture. It wasn't on when I picked her up but it came back on while I was driving home on Sunday night, I reset it on Monday morning and it seems to be clear for now, but I will keep an eye on it.

Misted headlights and o/s rear indicator - possibly due to the weather etc but will get it sorted once the weather gets nice.

Coolant smell - noticed a couple of times after a good run out, just something to keep an eye on, could just be all the wet and the snow.

Odd centre cap on front wheel - It was missing when I went to view it so pointed it out and they said they would replace it, having looked at it properly I've noticed they've just got a blank and badly stuck a VW sticker on it, I will be telling them this and insisting on a new genuine one to match all the others.

I think some of these issues may just be because shes been sat still for a couple of months so I've called the garage on Mondayand told them of the faults I'd picked up on and that I'd run her this week and see if it made a difference that it might just be damp and needed drying out.

She has a couple of minor marks on her anyway which I knew when I went to go see her (kerbed wheels, parking dings etc) but I had some money knocked off her sale price to be able to get them sorted. Wheels are the first thing once all the above is sorted out.

No comments:

Post a Comment