What's wrong with your Pug?

[Captain Jack]

Yeah, all "new" cars need their tyres changed and tracking done for some reason. Thread can be good but if there's a kink in there or something, it can be a pain in the arse.

[swiss]

Well, since you ask...

• God awful brakes, including
  The handbrake
  Chip in windscreen
  Whistling from air ducts after a DIY service last year
  Fuel line sucking air
  Horn doesn't work on the stalk I got for me fog light shenanigans
  Said stalk seems to be making an electrical buzzing (worried it's sparking)
  Tacho's started to go a bit crazy (lambda sensor? Or bad soldering?)
  Cig burn in driver's seat
  EVERYTHING FRAKKING RATTLES
  High idle speed
  Millions of scratches and scrapes in the body
  Numerous small scuffs/threadbare spots in the upholstery
  Passenger airbag cover still peeling, despite my NMN bodge
  Front door seals held on with gaffa tape
  One of the former owners did an amateurish hands-free kit installation and now the guts are spilling out from under the glove box
  Car is goddam filthy inside and out as I'm too skint/lazy to clean it

Suggestions appreciated

[steve_earwig]

What would a lambda sensor have to do with a tacho? (Hint: your car doesn't have one anyway)

Oh yes, I love other people's electrical installations (get it out before your car burns!)

Get out there and hoover it, you lazy goit

[swiss]

What would a lambda sensor have to do with a tacho? (Hint: your car doesn't have one anyway)

Er... I thought that... never mind then

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_sensor

[Captain Jack]

Just to update....

1) Clutch pedal ended up on the floor one morning after overnight. Brought it back up manually and it hasn't repeated the ordeal just yet.

This hasn't actually reoccured again, so I am hoping the problem will/has gone away.....

2) Relatively loose gear stick. Several times selected 4th rather than 2nd. Will need to check the linkages or the gear stick mount. Gear stick doesn't move with acceleration.

Getting used to not selecting 4th gear when I need 2nd! Will leave this one for now...

3) Weird whistling noise at speeds over 60mph. Suspected tyres - had the same problem in my other car. Will rotate them and see if the noise goes away. Or it could be related to...

Solved... stupidly it was the radio aerial making a LOUD noise - I just lowered it and the noise has completely gone

4) Second part of the undertray has dislodged itself and had to be removed. Will need to zip-tie that back on.

Done

5) Tracking crap - keeps veering to the left and to go straight, the steering wheel needs to be turning slightly to the right. Paid £82.80 to have tracking done on Tuesday and, although, they said tracking was out by 1.2 degrees on some wheels, the problem is still there. (tossers)

Rotated the tyres, but realised I should only have rotated tyres on o/s side and not all of them as the wear on tyres is all over the place. Will have to change it again...

6) Loose ignition barrell. I am guessing something holding it has become loose so will need to superglue that back in.

Had a good look at that and I can't actually see where the screw is/was supposed to be on the barrell. Don't want to end up with a stuck key...

7) Temperature gauge this afternoon was reading -7C Strangely, it's after I played about with the rear speakers, but it's probably just a coincidence.....

[puggy]

CJ will get a foto of where the screw is in the barrel tomorrow might
help you

[teamster1975]

Glad to hear you're getting there CJ
You need to change your avatar and sig! Bring back the naked lady!

[puggy]

Here you go CJ the elusive screw

[DaiRees]

3) Weird whistling noise at speeds over 60mph. Suspected tyres - had the same problem in my other car. Will rotate them and see if the noise goes away. Or it could be related to...

Solved... stupidly it was the radio aerial making a LOUD noise - I just lowered it and the noise has completely gone

We used to have a D8 pool car years ago at work, and some of the chavs always used to point the aerial straight up, no idea why I realised that the annoying noise was much louder with the sunroof open so cracked that one pretty quick. Every time I went out in that car I had to lean the aerial back.... the idiots still used to point it back up though, they must have been deaf!!.

[Captain Jack]

Here you go CJ the elusive screw

Ohhhh, thanks puggy! Not sure why I didn't notice it there... Will have a look tomorrow

[totaleclipse]

external temp sensor no worky
remote central locking no worky
the aircon button does not light up
there is a rattle from inside the rear driver side door on idle
the timing belt has snapped

thats the problems in reverse order that i'm planning to fix them, lol.

(on the plus side the rattle at idle does not bother me while the car is not working the moment, weird that)

well, thats the timing belt and the damage it did repaired, and now its running its reminded me of one i missed off the list


exhaust rattles.

[Captain Jack]

Here you go CJ the elusive screw

Ohhhh, thanks puggy! Not sure why I didn't notice it there... Will have a look tomorrow

OK, all done Screw was nearly out. Still a little loose inside the actual barrel but much better.

Odd banging when braking hard but couldn't reproduce it today....

On a good note, I found that I have electrically foldable mirrors... a nice surprise

[swiss]

Well, the stalk's not buzzing. Turns out it's the wee bit of plastic trim by the clutch where I rest me lefty whilst in fifth. 'Tis creaking. So it could be worse, but this gets a

Meanwhile, my seat's squeaking, forward port quarter. Bad spring or squeaky fitting, I wonder... gonna rip 'em out eventually anyway.