LeMansEngine
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Hi all,
Was hoping someone mechanically-minded could weigh-in. Bought a 2nd-hand RCZ, Dec 2020, my first car. The showroom aftersales was awful (battery died a day later/ignoring calls). In order of issues/fixes undertaken between 2020-2023 by my neighbour who is a mechanic, they were:
1.New battery
2. Front Brake disc worn, pitted / scored, not seriously weakened (MOT result)
3. Two airpipes faulty -fixed
4. Leaking oil (fixed)
5. New gasket installed
6. Re-aligned front wheels
7. Mechanic thinks alternator is at fault / lazy
8. He found a weak connection in the wiring loom
9. The CAT may be blocked (short journeys he says)
10. Remote was out of sync (reprogrammed, minor issue)
11. Emissions are high and brakes are sticking .
12. Two glitchy sensors were cleaned and refitted
Cut to 6 days ago, car shuddered and stopped, the temp gauge shot up and i had to wait half hr for engine to cool before restarting (after some frantic googling), and continues to shudder after a 20min drive. Back to the same mech it went, who has found an air pipe broken hence coolant leakage.
My concern is, he said he fixed these airpipes 7 months ago including sensors and oil leak - when I questioned him, he goes the pipes were very brittle and broke when he removed them?
I realise this is probs a basic q, but do airpipes really break so soon again after? Its not driven much at all, either (mainly at weekends) and I realise parts will fail over time as they're older cars now.
Am I being given the run-round? He's also telling me he fixed the sensors but those too, have failed somewhat in the 7 months since he last saw to it :/
I attached some texts of the latest issue if you wanted to gauge. I think he's generally trustworthy but wanted a 2nd opinion from actual owners of RCZs.
Thanks, Tia
Ps: a colleague mentioned I could perhaps have an ombudsman case against the garage for selling me a car riddled with issues, but wasn't sure how to reconcile that with 'wear and tear' though the battery and oil leak issue were defo pre-existing !
Was hoping someone mechanically-minded could weigh-in. Bought a 2nd-hand RCZ, Dec 2020, my first car. The showroom aftersales was awful (battery died a day later/ignoring calls). In order of issues/fixes undertaken between 2020-2023 by my neighbour who is a mechanic, they were:
1.New battery
2. Front Brake disc worn, pitted / scored, not seriously weakened (MOT result)
3. Two airpipes faulty -fixed
4. Leaking oil (fixed)
5. New gasket installed
6. Re-aligned front wheels
7. Mechanic thinks alternator is at fault / lazy
8. He found a weak connection in the wiring loom
9. The CAT may be blocked (short journeys he says)
10. Remote was out of sync (reprogrammed, minor issue)
11. Emissions are high and brakes are sticking .
12. Two glitchy sensors were cleaned and refitted
Cut to 6 days ago, car shuddered and stopped, the temp gauge shot up and i had to wait half hr for engine to cool before restarting (after some frantic googling), and continues to shudder after a 20min drive. Back to the same mech it went, who has found an air pipe broken hence coolant leakage.
My concern is, he said he fixed these airpipes 7 months ago including sensors and oil leak - when I questioned him, he goes the pipes were very brittle and broke when he removed them?
I realise this is probs a basic q, but do airpipes really break so soon again after? Its not driven much at all, either (mainly at weekends) and I realise parts will fail over time as they're older cars now.
Am I being given the run-round? He's also telling me he fixed the sensors but those too, have failed somewhat in the 7 months since he last saw to it :/
I attached some texts of the latest issue if you wanted to gauge. I think he's generally trustworthy but wanted a 2nd opinion from actual owners of RCZs.
Thanks, Tia
Ps: a colleague mentioned I could perhaps have an ombudsman case against the garage for selling me a car riddled with issues, but wasn't sure how to reconcile that with 'wear and tear' though the battery and oil leak issue were defo pre-existing !