What do you do with a broken car?!

Doodles22

Davesnave wrote: »

But no one said it hadn't been changed. Mine had, and it still failed.
No such problems with my chain-drive engine now though!

Sorry mate...

I meant to put they should be in means as if they hadn't of.

I know, no chnace of mine going either, my is chain driven too:j

hundredk

Davesnave wrote: »

But no one said it hadn't been changed. Mine had, and it still failed.

Isn't it covered under warranty if fitted as per manufacturers instuctions and mileage?

Doodles22

hundredk wrote: »

Isn't it covered under warranty if fitted as per manufacturers instuctions and mileage?

I have no ideal but if it was new car and under warranty I would have thought so, I'd sure be stopping t the dealers to see about it!


I haven't this worry anymore, my last car had a cambelt, it had 120.000 miles on it and I was only keep it for a while so didn't get it done but I was always worried whne on the motorway of it snapping:eek:

Chain driven is the way forward

allh2k

sorry to hear about ur cam belt i wounder what the stats are for cam belt write offs or just cam belt failures.

yet still they design them this way

i wouldnt feel safer with a chain as they stretch and cost alot more to replace and they really do go bang when they snap!

If he treats it like a skip he doesn't deserve a new one so get it repaired for less then £1k and look after it this time!

Money_Grabber13579

Don't give up on it yet. Does it have a full service history? If so, then the cam belt should have been replaced at regular intervals and so if this either wasn't done by the garage or a faulty one was fitted, then Vauxhall should pay up for the cost of repairs.

Davesnave

hundredk wrote: »

Isn't it covered under warranty if fitted as per manufacturers instuctions and mileage?

Possibly, but 12 year old Audis don't tend to be serviced by VAG main dealers!

jeannieblue

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

Don't give up on it yet. Does it have a full service history? If so, then the cam belt should have been replaced at regular intervals and so if this either wasn't done by the garage or a faulty one was fitted, then Vauxhall should pay up for the cost of repairs.

Probably should've had a couple of changes with that mileage. May not have been the belt that went, could've been the tensioner.

Highly unlikely that Vauxhall's would pay.

hundredk

Davesnave wrote: »

Possibly, but 12 year old Audis don't tend to be serviced by VAG main dealers!

5yo astras might go to main dealers tho:D

flyingscotno1

I have a VW diesel as well and when I bought the car they recommended the cambelt was replaced every 5 years or 60K miles. This was subsequently reduced to 40K, which is nothing between big bills of £300+ to do the work. I still stick to the 60K to be honest!

LandyAndy

A quick look at autotrader suggests that your car in working order might sell for £1500 - £1800 from a trader.

So perhaps £1100 - £1400 as a trade in.

Knock off the repair costs (parts only), add in the hassle someone will have of fixing it themselves and that'll give you an idea of what it's worth now.

My guess. A few hundred, tops.