New car problem

wizzywig27

Hi all

Recently bought a second hand car from Allen Ford, had it a week tomorrow. A day after I got the car I asked the OH if she thought the exhaust was popping a bit, she said no, so left it at that.

Anyway, tonight I had another listen and it's definitely popping. I had a look at my warranty but this does not cover exhausts. Do I have ANY leg to stand on? I did test drive it and it sounded ok.

Thanks in advance

tykesi

What exactly do you mean by popping? What car, age and mileage?

agrinnall

Could easily be an incorrect mixture balance rather than an exhaust problem, how simple that is to resolve depends on the answer to tykesi's question.

wizzywig27

Hiya, basically it's really loud when I move off, like a boy racer exhaust. Loud popping, like a hole in it perhaps.

It's a fiesta, 2009 with 30k on clock

KatieDee

wizzywig27 wrote: »

Hiya, basically it's really loud when I move off, like a boy racer exhaust. Loud popping, like a hole in it perhaps.

It's a fiesta, 2009 with 30k on clock

I have been told that "popping exhausts" are just a characteristic of the Fiesta. When I bought my last car which was a 53 plate, I kept hearing the same popping noise when I started driving (only in low gears/when I was slowing down). I took it back to the dealer who replaced part of the exhaust but it continued to happen. I went back again and they replaced another part but I could still hear the noise. Eventually they replaced the entire thing and as I went to drive away, the noise was still there. Turns out it was just how the exhaust sounded (and this was confirmed by friends who drive the same car).

I felt a bit bad because somebody mentioned that the popping is common on all Fiestas when I first took the car in. Yours is much newer than mine (mine was a mk6) so it could always be a problem with the exhaust, but try not to assume the worst!

Perhaps you could take it back and let the dealer have a look? Mine was really good.

wizzywig27

Hi all, quick update.

Took the car in, salesman told me it sounded ok, let me listen to another fiesta, which sounded worse IMO. He was very pleasant and said if I needed to bring it in, to drop it with him, he would take me to work etc then come collect me to get car.

Took it to service centre, he out his hand over exhaust outlet, couldn't find a hole (as pressure built up), but did say it sounded loud. He put it on ramp there and then, had a look and said he couldn't see anything.

So guess it's just a 'loud exhaust' as he put it.

I did speak to woman on service centre front desk and she said they wouldn't expect to charge me after 7 days