Corsa Pinking Problem Solved

[Terry Bartlam]

Hi Re my posting on the 4/09 with my 3 year old corsa pinking,at last the vauxhall dealer has resolved the problem

It was the Air Mass meter, it seems that the meter was reporting the air temp as being 10 plus deg hotter than it was,this piece of plastic with a couple of sensors cost around 250 pounds plus fitting,but at least the pinking has disappeared.

Terry

 

[R. Murphy]

Is it just me, or does anyone else out there think that the makers need to be taken to task - somehow - on these costs?

We have a new generation of cars now that are mechanically reliable, but which have plastic and electronic components that

a) Fail

b) Fail in a way which makes the car unusable

c) Cost far too much when they do

d) Mean that older cars can rapidly change from good-cheap-runabout into fit-for-scrap(or beyond econoical repair) in no time

I have a vision of scrapyards full of perfectly good cars, all of which have the same bit of failed plastic, all BER, and you can't get the parts from a scrappie beacuse - they only get scrapped when the particular bit fails, if you see what I mean!

So

The used value of your car vanishes
The scrap value of the car is zero
and, ultimatley, it means that cars become disposable - not very environmentally friendly!

 

[Martin (4)]

Is it just me, or does anyone else out there think that the makers need to be taken to task - somehow - on these costs?

We have a new generation of cars now that are mechanically reliable, but which have plastic and electronic components that

a) Fail

b) Fail in a way which makes the car unusable

c) Cost far too much when they do

d) Mean that older cars can rapidly change from good-cheap-runabout into fit-for-scrap(or beyond econoical repair) in no time

I have a vision of scrapyards full of perfectly good cars, all of which have the same bit of failed plastic, all BER, and you can't get the parts from a scrappie beacuse - they only get scrapped when the particular bit fails, if you see what I mean!

So

The used value of your car vanishes
The scrap value of the car is zero
and, ultimatley, it means that cars become disposable - not very environmentally friendly!

Very much agree with you - but IMHO it's just this scenario which enables them to charge so much for the spares - just squeezing above the BER level.

IIRC the original mini, the old Rover 2000 (and doubtless others) were all sold at a loss - with the deliberate intention of making money on the spares. Does this practice continue today?