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Offline brettblade

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Re: A year on...
« Reply #20 on: 19 September 2017, 10:03 »
The big downside to the Mini for me is the bloody offset pedal position and a seat which I can't get just right for me.

Makes for painful driving - I had one a few months back for a weekend to test.

The rest of the car I loved but I drive 20k a year and would need surgery if I tried that in a Mini.

Admittedly, I've not particularly tried to get comfortable in it - it's like it or lump it when it comes to OH's seat position as she can "never get it back right" if I move it!  I don't mind the pedals though.
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Re: A year on...
« Reply #21 on: 19 September 2017, 11:51 »
I did 500 miles in a weekend with it - thoroughly tested!

Absolute agony for days afterwards.

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Re: A year on...
« Reply #22 on: 19 September 2017, 21:20 »
I had a front suspension knock. Mainly when going over speed bumps.

I had it looked at by the garage when the car was in for service, and this is what they wrote on the job sheet:-

"Found creak on front lower wishbone bushes. Removed bushes and lubricated. Re-built, road tested, all OK."

This did indeed cure the fault!

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Re: A year on...
« Reply #23 on: 19 September 2017, 22:54 »
I had a front suspension knock. Mainly when going over speed bumps.

I had it looked at by the garage when the car was in for service, and this is what they wrote on the job sheet:-

"Found creak on front lower wishbone bushes. Removed bushes and lubricated. Re-built, road tested, all OK."

This did indeed cure the fault!

I believe that was covered by a TSB, so it's a possibility.  Sounds like driver's side top mount, but we shall see.
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Re: A year on...
« Reply #24 on: 22 September 2017, 17:50 »
Rattle in the dashboard sorted.  Soundaktor like I thought, or more specifically the wires to it.  Tightened up the bolt holding it in place, insulation tape around the wires and then small tie wrapped together for good measure.  No more rattle.

Just fed the door seals with a quarter of a bottle of gummipflege too, so hopefully that goes some way to stopping the door seals creaking.

Just the suspected top mounts to go now, booked in to the dealers on on the 9th October (first available date).
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Re: A year on...
« Reply #25 on: 22 September 2017, 18:11 »
I might try the same with my soundaktor and see if that cures a little rattle I've got.
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Re: A year on...
« Reply #26 on: 22 September 2017, 18:46 »
Spoke too soon after a lengthier test drive!  Creaky door seals cured though at least.
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« Reply #27 on: 23 October 2017, 09:35 »
The car was back to the dealers and after having the car for a full day and taking it for 4 test drives, they couldn't find a fault.  I took one of their technician's out and managed to replicate it, as it happened 99 times out of a 100 when pulling onto my drive.  To be fair to them, I did have difficulty replicating it but that's typical when you're trying to demonstrate a fault!  Agreed it must be either top mount or shock absorber, and they kept the car for the following two days and replaced the top mount first.  It now seems to be much better, and I must say in fairness to the dealers I didn't have any issues with them.  The knock was evident again last night though, when navigating a new housing estate with particularly large speed bumps (full width of the road).  Does anyone get anything similar on a car with DCC and 19s?
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Re: A year on...
« Reply #28 on: 23 October 2017, 09:58 »
The car was back to the dealers and after having the car for a full day and taking it for 4 test drives, they couldn't find a fault.  I took one of their technician's out and managed to replicate it, as it happened 99 times out of a 100 when pulling onto my drive.  To be fair to them, I did have difficulty replicating it but that's typical when you're trying to demonstrate a fault!  Agreed it must be either top mount or shock absorber, and they kept the car for the following two days and replaced the top mount first.  It now seems to be much better, and I must say in fairness to the dealers I didn't have any issues with them.  The knock was evident again last night though, when navigating a new housing estate with particularly large speed bumps (full width of the road).  Does anyone get anything similar on a car with DCC and 19s?

Not on a Golf but my wife had a problem with her S4 years back and the dealer tried everything to fix it except what she was telling them it was which was the subframe bolts. They kept saying it was down to it being a convertible.

She ended up getting new subframe bolts and getting them fitted locally and the  problem was gone.
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Re: A year on...
« Reply #29 on: 26 December 2017, 00:25 »
Still no closer to solving this one, barely driven the car over the last 6-7 weeks.  Will get it back to the dealers in the New Year but can see it being a protracted issue.
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