common faults with a vtr/vts

12th April 2010, 14:50

was interested in knowing the common faults with these 2.

anybody know any?

12th April 2010, 14:56

rear axle bearings, gearboxes: syncros, selectors etc, driveshaft oil seals, sunroofs leak, wheel bearings, mk2 bonnet catches can give up if not looked after resulting in a smashed windscreen, power steering pumps, electrics in general are shit, and more that i cant think of

12th April 2010, 15:04

Its FRENCH!

Need i say any more

12th April 2010, 15:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tringaling

Its FRENCH!

Need i say any more

haha spot on

12th April 2010, 15:18

In all seriousness though mate, i love my VTR to bits!

It might have its fair share of problems but for the money i still love driving it

12th April 2010, 15:23

Cars that have been thrashed/badly modded/not looked after.

12th April 2010, 15:26

Coil packs, rear arb plates oh and the fact that you will die in a 30mph collision.

12th April 2010, 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tringaling

Its FRENCH!

Need i say any more

I read the title of the post and thought about writing the same but you beat me to it.

12th April 2010, 20:36

door higes french shit weld causing door drop

12th April 2010, 20:37

ok the average common fault seems to be the whole car lol

12th April 2010, 20:39

my gearbox is dying but i still love my saxo. i dont know why..

12th April 2010, 20:40

yeh me too to be honest no matter what drops off it lol

12th April 2010, 20:46

they are pretty unreliable. just eariler my petrol pumped fucked up. and i look after my car well.
but the pro's do shadow the con's

13th April 2010, 00:56

The drivers seat bolt whole nearest the gear stick cracks.

There is play in the brake pedal

the pedals are tooooo close together

Wishbone bushes tend to perish

lower engine mount

rear axle bushes

VTS alarm interior sensors play up

head gaskets are prone

drop links

wheel bearings

drive shafts

the front seats move/rock when accelerating and braking

the door handle clip come off so you cant open the door

key get stuck in the petrol cap

lol just off the top of my head

13th April 2010, 01:41

How would you know how to look after your bonnet catch

13th April 2010, 01:44

Realisticly instead of getting pathetic...

The reason the cars are labelled as unreliable is becouse theyre a common young person car, or for poeple who have just passed their test, therefore they havnt been looked after and the drivers like to do wheelspins at traffic lights...

Basically just driven by idiots, and any car driven by an idiot would be unreliable.

As long as you look after it it will look after you Dont be put off by high milage on these engines as they can go for quite awhile again provided theyre looked after.

Spares are cheap and redily available.

Basically, if available check service history, general condition of the car to tell if its been looked after or been trashed in its past.

Faults on these cars to be weary of:

-Rear Beam: the bearing seals can collapse on these more so on lowered cars as the seals are not seated properly therefore allowing water in. To rectify this costs about £300 + labour if not fitting yourself. The wheels tend to sit with camber on the rear beam like / \ or | \ etc.. check for uneven wear on the tyres which can show this, usually on the inside edge.

-Bad idle: usually the idle air control valve which needs a clean or the coolent temp sensor needs replacing. If your very interested and looking to buy it with a bad idle, get some carb cleaner, only £5 from halfords and clean the ICV see if that cures it. If it dont and a replacment ICV dosent sort it or temp sensor then it can be a long process of sorting it out which somtimes is never found out. This is either a cheap fix or a long winded never ending expensive problem.

Apart from that, just the regular car checks, rust, general wear, 'mayo' for the head gasket symptoms and crash damage etc

Everything else is easy and cheap to sort out.

13th April 2010, 08:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by db_sax

Basically just driven by idiots, and any car driven by an idiot would be unreliable.

UBER true mate,+1

13th April 2010, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by db_sax

Realisticly instead of getting pathetic...

The reason the cars are labelled as unreliable is becouse theyre a common young person car, or for poeple who have just passed their test, therefore they havnt been looked after and the drivers like to do wheelspins at traffic lights...

Basically just driven by idiots, and any car driven by an idiot would be unreliable.

As long as you look after it it will look after you Dont be put off by high milage on these engines as they can go for quite awhile again provided theyre looked after.

Spares are cheap and redily available.

Basically, if available check service history, general condition of the car to tell if its been looked after or been trashed in its past.

Faults on these cars to be weary of:

-Rear Beam: the bearing seals can collapse on these more so on lowered cars as the seals are not seated properly therefore allowing water in. To rectify this costs about £300 + labour if not fitting yourself. The wheels tend to sit with camber on the rear beam like / \ or | \ etc.. check for uneven wear on the tyres which can show this, usually on the inside edge.

-Bad idle: usually the idle air control valve which needs a clean or the coolent temp sensor needs replacing. If your very interested and looking to buy it with a bad idle, get some carb cleaner, only £5 from halfords and clean the ICV see if that cures it. If it dont and a replacment ICV dosent sort it or temp sensor then it can be a long process of sorting it out which somtimes is never found out. This is either a cheap fix or a long winded never ending expensive problem.

Apart from that, just the regular car checks, rust, general wear, 'mayo' for the head gasket symptoms and crash damage etc

Everything else is easy and cheap to sort out.

+1 to all that

13th April 2010, 10:21

+2 to db_sax, virtually everything can go wrong. No different to any other car, it depends who have owned it. My mates cars have had loads of issues, yet I still bought a Saxo, if you get a low mileage or a well looked after car it should be good to you if you treat it well

13th April 2010, 10:54

basically it means dont by a shitter lol

13th April 2010, 12:51

and they rust like a good en lol.

13th April 2010, 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by aksaxovtr

rear axle bearings, gearboxes: syncros, selectors etc, driveshaft oil seals, sunroofs leak, wheel bearings, mk2 bonnet catches can give up if not looked after resulting in a smashed windscreen, power steering pumps, electrics in general are shit, and more that i cant think of

How is this prevented mate, As im going on a 3.5 hour drive soon so i wouldnt want that to happen. Ive heard a bit of wd40 does the trick ?

13th April 2010, 23:11

to be fair i never had many problems with my saxo whilst i had it, the most major thing was the heating going haha

still kept it a good 2 years though

14th April 2010, 02:11

id say the two most common and serious problems are the rear beam bearings and underfloor or subframe rust, especially on the older models