Avoid arnold clark

annoyedKIAdriver

As i drove along in the fast lane of the motorway at 70mph with my 4 children in the car, you can imagine my alarm when the bonnet popped up, obscuring my vision and making me swerve across 3 lanes to the safety of the hard shoulder. Phew!! I thought. No, that was only the start...

The bonnet was shut with a crow bar, recoverd by AA and taken to Arnold Clark Bodyshop repair, Grangemouth.

I then received a phone call, "Can you please explain what happened today because we can see no damage to the bonnet mechanism?"

Now, I am being held responsible for the bonnet opening, it will cost me £515 for the repairs and Arnold Clark will have nothing to do with it. That is what I call injustice!!

They are happy to sell cars that only barely meet minimal inspection legal limits, they are most definitely very pleasant when you buy their cars BUT do not expect the same level of service if you have a fault. Instead, you should expect angry, patronising workers who claim that you would sobatage your own vehicle and jeapordise my childrens lives.

YET AGAIN... PLEASE AVOID ARNOLD CLARK AND KIA CARS!!!!!! :mad::(

jwruk

I'm tempted to start a post entitled 'Avoid Kia drivers with incorrectly closed bonnets'.

You fail to say who was the last person to open (and then not correctly close) the bonnet, so how do we not you're not at fault?

Strider590

I have to say, I very often see people driving about with their bonnet stuck on only the first catch and I wonder to myself "how the hell can they not notice that?".
They always have two catches to stop this very thing happening, first catch is remote, the second is manual.

Don't most people look at their cars before they drive off?
Maybe it's a good advert for reverse parking?

I know Renault had issues with bonnets flying open on the Clio, but never a KIA.

[Deleted User]

Reminds me of the time last year on the dual carriageway, car 100 yards or so in front bonnet just came flying off. Luckily it didn't hit me or anyone else. I remember it well as it was the evening of the Royal Wedding and the roads were quite.

KierNet

Strider590 wrote: »

I have to say, I very often see people driving about with their bonnet stuck on only the first catch and I wonder to myself "how the hell can they not notice that?".
They always have two catches to stop this very thing happening, first catch is remote, the second is manual.

Don't most people look at their cars before they drive off?
Maybe it's a good advert for reverse parking?

I know Renault had issues with bonnets flying open on the Clio, but never a KIA.

My old Focus had crash damage when I got it, bonnet never closed fully, never had any problems with it.

Hintza

Guess with such a moniker "annoyedKIAdriver" this newbie will be a one post/thread wonder.

So the garage have told you they can't find a fault. You now need to take it to another garage and pay them to look at it. If they find a fault then you can sue Arnold Clark for the cost of repairs and the report.

So how sure are you that the bonnet was closed properly before you set off. You did do your first parade inspection I hope?

Notmyrealname

annoyedKIAdriver wrote: »

As i drove along in the fast lane of the motorway at 70mph

Incompetent driver...no such thing as the fast lane.

Now, I am being held responsible for the bonnet opening, it will cost me £515 for the repairs and Arnold Clark will have nothing to do with it. That is what I call injustice!!

They are happy to sell cars that only barely meet minimal inspection legal limits, they are most definitely very pleasant when you buy their cars BUT do not expect the same level of service if you have a fault. Instead, you should expect angry, patronising workers who claim that you would sobatage your own vehicle and jeapordise my childrens lives.

YET AGAIN... PLEASE AVOID ARNOLD CLARK AND KIA CARS!!!!!! :mad::(

If the bonnet flies up on my car then its my fault for not ensuring it was closed properly.

I've seen plenty of cars with bonnets not shut properly. How people can't notice is beyond me. If its obvious to me doing 60MPH in the opposite direction surely they noticed when they got to the car?

Notmyrealname

Hintza wrote: »

So how sure are you that the bonnet was closed properly before you set off. You did do your first parade inspection I hope?

The OP called Lane 3 the fast lane. I think that tells you all you need to know.

interstellaflyer

First and foremost, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE FAST LANE, anything other than the inside lane are overtaking lanes and as soon as you overtake you move back to the left, except where the inside lane is marked as a crawler lane for lorries, generally if there is a steep incline.

Second, sounds like somebody didn't shut the bonnet correctly if this happened on the way home from the dealers then you may have a case but a few days later, forget it.

On the other hand take the car elsewhere and see what they say about the bonnet catch.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Notmyrealname wrote: »

The OP called Lane 3 the fast lane. I think that tells you all you need to know.

The op called the offside lane the fast lane.

Theses you jumping in and assuming it was a 3 lane motorway.

interstellaflyer

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

The op called the offside lane the fast lane.

Theses you jumping in and assuming it was a 3 lane motorway.

Well the OP did mention having cross 3 lanes to get to the hard shoulder, come to think of it that would be a 4 lane motorway, even worse, still no such thing as the fast lane.