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12th Oct 2016 12:54 pm
Cobstar
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Hope any prospective buyers pick this up. Dealers should have to declare if a car has been rejected. Another question to add to the list when buying in future.
12th Oct 2016 4:51 pm
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What was wrong with it?
12th Oct 2016 4:52 pm
Scottbrad
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Maybe include the reg somewhere in your post so if anyone googles it this post will come up.Cheers Scott.
12th Oct 2016 4:55 pm
Sheepy
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You mean if someone replied with "LL14WXS"
12th Oct 2016 4:57 pm
Tanglewood
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Lots of niggles, but main issue was a vibration in the steering and the stop/start does not function correctly.
I wonder if they have fixed the issues?
Someone should take it out for a test drive
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12th Oct 2016 5:01 pm
Tanglewood
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The weird thing is that the vibration does not present itself until 45-60 mins into a journey. Interestingly, they are selling it for £500 more than I originally paid for it. The fault has not been rectified, I know that and it has an additional 3500 miles on the clock!
12th Oct 2016 5:23 pm
Dudleydisco
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There is a TSB out for that fault.
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12th Oct 2016 6:33 pm
Tanglewood
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The TSB suggests wheel balancing, which was done twice, as was 4 wheel alignment. Still vibrated!
12th Oct 2016 6:55 pm
Dudleydisco
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True, but did they use the wheel heaters? From the TSB, it seems to suggest that the vibration occurs when the wheels get hot. The heaters need to be on for at least 4 hours and somehow I can't see dealers liking that!D4 MY14 XXV - RLD/IID BT
D4 MY13 HSE Lux - RLD/IID BT
P38 RR - Sad parting
110 - Even sadder parting
S3 88" - Still going strong after 23 years of ownership
12th Oct 2016 6:58 pm
Tanglewood
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Yes, they did it as per the instructions, or so they told me! It matters not, its gone now and I got a good deal. I got a MY16 HSE Lux as a straight swop.
12th Oct 2016 6:59 pm
Dudleydisco
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Glad it all worked out ok Thanks for posting about it - certainly made me concentrate on that particular fault on my test drive D4 MY14 XXV - RLD/IID BT
D4 MY13 HSE Lux - RLD/IID BT
P38 RR - Sad parting
110 - Even sadder parting
S3 88" - Still going strong after 23 years of ownership
12th Oct 2016 7:36 pm
Tanglewood
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