Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture!!

[Anonymous]

After around 8,000 stall-free miles in 2.5 months, I managed to stall mine twice yesterday evening through tight roadworks on the A19 around Sunderland...numpty, I know!! The thing that alarmed me, though, was that when I came to re-start it, the whole car just went dead for around 30 seconds, so initially, I was stuck holding up traffic in a single lane area, cordoned off by traffic cones on either side of me, with, I'd think, a fair few disgruntled drivers behind me. The second time, maybe 10 minutes later, I was on a roundabout and managed to coast to the side before waiting and re-starting with no hold-up behind me, thankfully.

Also the other night, I was joinging the M6 from the M5 around Birmingham and hit a pothole in some roadworks...the impact from which burst my tyre quite spectacularly!! The AA came, but with it being around 12.30am then, they tried to get an out of hours tyre service to sort the problem but neither of the ones they tried had the right tyre in stock. The lad then tried to tow me home...but the car was too wide to load onto the back of their transit call-out van, so I had to wait for a low-loader to pick me up. I finally got in (near Buxton) at 4.45am after having left Cardiff at 9.30!! Happy days!!

Anyway...point being...has anyone had similar problems? Namely the complete cutting out of the engine or electrics (not sure?) after stalling theirs, or any fair sized pothole impact bursting their chuffing tyre?

Ta in advance...from someone who is beginning to think his whole RCZ experience is jinxed!!! :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

no probs here, is your a petrol engine? we have the worlds worst potholes here in lincs, no punctures as yet, but have to drive like a dogem to miss the larger holes.

 

[RCZ1]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

I have to admit to stalling mine about a week ago (my excuse is after driving my husband's automatic I sometimes get momentary loss of brain cells and forget to put my clutch foot down when stopping). However, it started immediately so not sure why yours would not start again for about 30 seconds.

 

[FGRob]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

Hi Woolly.

You don't seem to have much luck with your car, your's is a diesel if I remember right, not sure if there is some kind of ECU re-set that takes place after stalling - normally you can't stall them so it could be that.

I'm afraid potholes are a real pain, I would have your wheel checked to make sure it's not bent, I knackered a tyre and bent an alloy on another car I had, not the RCZ.

What was the outcome of your other troubles did you get them sorted?

Do you ever get over to Leek on your travels?

Rob.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

Thanks very much for the comments and advice...much appreciated as ever.

I haven't yet had the other things sorted as I bought the car from Evans Halshaw in Stourbridge...I work in Walsall...and I need to book it in on a day when I'm able to get it there etc etc. I've had it booked in three times only to have to cancel because of either work or the weather.

Now I've mentioned them, I'm also pretty threpped off with the dealer as they told me I was buying an ex-demo with no previous owner other than Peugeot...then when the registration document landed, there were two previous owners already listed on there. I've asked the question and been told by the guy in the servicing department that he'll look into it...and its now almost a month later, with no word. I'm booking it in for a huge check over on 27th as that's the next time I'm able to sort it...I travel all over the country with work at irregular hours, so unfortunately, it's not easy getting from home near Buxton to Stourbridge and then onto work. I'm in Edinburgh as I type and have no idea where I'll have to be later this week.

I often drive through Leek to get down to the M6 or home via the M6, but other than having a friend who lived on Sutherland Road (Longsden?) some while back, I don't really know the town too well. I have an office on the Leek side of Macclesfield though!!

But the car is beginning to annoy me now. Think I may just concede defeat...beautiful though it is, my Mondeo did me 110,000 trouble free miles, tyres apart. This has given me more headaches and niggles in less than three months than I care to think about. Looks great...electrics are a shambles by the looks of it...just awful.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

woolly,

Sorry to hear your having issues with your RCZ.

I've had my diesel now since November 2010, and not that I'm proud to say this, I've stalled it a fair few times however, I've never had the 30 second delay to fire it back up.

The Peugeot garage in Chester have been great with me and are a friendly bunch, I might just pop in and ask them the question of the re-start issue your having.

I'll keep you posted.

All the best

Beef

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

Years ago i damaged a tyre in a pot hole in lewisham. I complained to the council,detailing exactly where the hole was,and they weighed out the cost of the tyre. Might be worth a letter?

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

Similar thing happened last night in my dads 407 Coupe, stalled it and it wouldn't just fire up. It's the HDi 163 too.

Im just guessing but did you do the panicy thing and twist the key round at lightspeed to try and restart?

It also highlights a HUGE electrical oversight with the automatic lights as they go off before the car restarts! :lol: I know Peugeot needs to add a bit of flair and danger to their cars but surely that's the wrong way to do it ;-)

 

[FGRob]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

Hi Woolly.

Sounds a nightmare, especially the log book.

I will say though the RCZ is still very new and therefore will have problems - such as the hydraulic clutch pipe, electrics that can be complicated especially when wet, whereas a Mondeo has been around for many many many years so most of the known problems have been solved or can be corrected fairly quickly.

You just need to get the car to a garage to have the problems corrected and also to get it checked over, it sounds like it will need a service soon considering all the miles you do.

The only Sutherland Road I know is in Longton, which is part of Stoke.

Rob

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

The problem with a ' blow-out' in a spare-wheel-less car, such as experienced by wooly, is one that worries me a lot. :eusa-think: We love to tour the Highlands, & having done so in a Merc SLK (also spare wheel-less), & discovering that neither the car phone nor mine or my wife's phones had any signal, I have decided that for sheer peace of mind, I would buy either a space-saver or a spare wheel for my RCZ.
The space-saver has obvious drawbacks, not least of all, that spare tyre places don't generally stock 19" tryes so need 24 hours to order them in. 24 hours touring with a space saver...No thank you, :thumbdown: & definately No thank you to that sticky, gooey stuff that squirts into the tyre .....& everywhere else if you've never used it before & is absolutely useless if you have a blow out, & then means that no one will repair it coz it's too messy so it's a new tyre anyway! The new wheel & tyre have cost me £560, but money well spent in my opinion! I can now holiday a happy man!!!

So far, no electrical or any other kind of problem though!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re-starting after you've stalled it? And a big puncture

does your new wheel fit the tyre well inflated or have you deflated it