Can anyone advise if transmission failure occurs in Territory models as happens in BA Fords as they have the same trans & radiator (Ford will not admit fault in either model).

Any help would be great.

Hey all,

I bought my kia 12 mths ago from what I would call a dodgy dealership, frayed seatbelts, almost nil brakes, wiring issues i.e. put the front drivers side window down and the back tail lights came on, the head lights were all in reverse positions, where you put them on high beam they were on low beam and vice versa. I took all these issues back to the dealership and I get no response from them, and now 12mths down the track I have a engine failure on my hands. I'm a single mum of 6 children living in the middle of no where and no one wants to help me. I've always had regular services on my car and looked after it to the best I can.

My insurance company won’t have a bar of it, my dealership won’t touch it and now Kia won’t even look at me they continue to shrug me off ...

My engine was overheating. I continued to put water into it and then I heard a strange noise kind of to begin with it was a ticking sound, which then turned into a extremely quick knocking type sound. It happened very sudden and was beyond my control.

If anyone has any advice for me that would be appreciated. I'm expecting yet another let down call from Kia but I’ll need some back up to help me.
Waiting eagerly for your advice guys.

Tessy

Can anyone please recommend good brand after market rotors to suit 2004 BA Ford Falcon?

Thanks

Hi, my wife drives a 2001 auto Astra and brake pads were gone at 37000 and I had discs machined and installed top quality Ferrodo pads but still pedal is a bit hard.

These Astras are lemons...

I recently took my car for its 50,000km service (it has only done 43,000km), and was informed that the rotors (discs) needed replacing. After querying how this has happened in such a new car, I have discovered that the South African model contains parts that do not last as long as the Japanese/Australian model. I personally know that other Corollas a year older than mine and at nearly 80,000 km have not had these particular parts replaced as yet. Toyota is therefore selling same model cars containing different components of differing standard.

As far as I know, customers are not informed of these differences at time of purchase? (I wasn't). How can it be best practice for customers to purchase the same car but pay vastly different sums for services because the internal parts in the same car are different? Check where your car or car parts come from before you buy, (you can tell from the engine number apparently), or a $400 service can become a $1200 service.

The handbrake on my Toyota Camry Altise is not holding. I am told I can adjust the lever myself. Just want to know where exactly is the lever located. Can anyone shed some light? Much appreciate it.

I am not happy there is a little plug thing on side of the inlet manifold that has come out. Holden dealership in Wangarrata told us to plug it with some metal which didn’t work. We are currently using an average of 22lt per 100km. Not helpful when work is a 70km round trip.

We have been told by Holden that a new inlet manifold would cost $480. Then told 3 hrs later we are not able to purchase a inlet manifold and there is no aftermarket ones to buy. We are unable to locate a second hand one as wreckers will not separate them from engines. Our car is running like a shower of **** we do not know what to do or of any other alternative except to purchase a new car which we are not in the position to do.

I wish we never bought the car.

Hi Guys and Gals, it would seem we have just joined the 'replace the Renault gearbox Club'. Coupling driveshaft and gearbox being replaced on Friday at our expense. Driveshaft due to growing vibration issues and gearbox down to a Very, Very noisy 5th ratio. Car currently being coddled by NOT using 5th at all.

Please add my car to the list of troublesome RX4's if a letter of complaint is sent to Renault. This gearbox issue has been going on for years in Europe apparently and Renault will not recognise there is an issue. Yep, we have broken window winders as well and I doubt the window had been up and down more than a hundred times in its life, and Renault want circa $600 for parts plus fitting. It’s all a joke to Renault but not a funny one!

I too have had the three amigos problem after I bought my 1999 Landrover Discovery Series 2 second hand. I was also getting the run around about what is the cause of this "phenomenon". So I decided to look into it myself, gathered all the info I could, both technical and on various forums and armed with some instruments i.e. a multimeter etc, I proceeded to pull my car apart.

What I discovered with my particular circumstance was that it was indeed located around the brakes. In particular the brake sensors. The front right sensor was faulty (intermittently, of course just to make it harder to fault find). Being in Australia and right hand drive, I do not know if this has any significance. All the other sensors checked out fine, also the ABS Modulator could not be faulted!

When I went to get a new sensor I was told that it was one of the parts that had been updated (Ah Ha, another piece of the puzzle) to now not have a connected join in it but have a long enough lead to go all the way to the computer thus eliminating a potential problem source.

There are a multitude of causes for these three lights to come on and Landrover should have a list of them all, but I could not get one out of them.

Hope my experience has helped someone out there.

One more thing, these three lights have not appeared again since replacing the sensor which was about 18 months ago and I have been all over the place with my Landie.

Every problem has a solution and a cause!

We just put the car in for its 30,000 klm service. We bought brand new so we do know its full history and I admit that car is 4 years old but is driven sedately and only needs filling up with petrel about once every 3 to weeks. The total cost of this service is over $2100. The dealer claimed that both front and rear brakes needed to be done as including replacing all 4 rotors. We find that very strange for a car that is still on its original set of tyres!

Additionally the air conditioning died a couple of days ago and we are being told that the Compressor has a hole in it and had to be replaced. Has any one else know of this problem with the brakes having what I think is extreme premature wear.

Thanks

I agree these 4WD's are really underrated. There are several things that will stop the engine from starting, most are easy to check.

1 If the oil is too thick or the oil pressure is not set correctly in the CPU to match the actual sensor, the CPU will tell the injectors not to fire yet.

2 The fuel pressure sensor has a similar fault (I looked at a cheap Jackaroo on ebay recently which had this exact problem.

3 Other faults e.g. blocked fuel lines cause problem 2 above.

The fuel system is the easy one to check, you generally see bubbles in the line.

Also I have heard that the connector for the injectors can play up. This is easy to check by removing the OHC cover. Hope this helps.

Blew my turbo and number four piston a fortnight ago still waiting for the full diagnosis and estimated cost to repair. Things don’t look too good after reading all the other complaints and I haven’t even approached Nissan yet. 170,000km is a bit better than some have got but still should be hardly run in!

I will be trying my best to get Nissan to come to the party to some extent and will have no hesitation in joining any class action that is envisaged.

Has any body had any luck at all?

Cheers, Ian from Poona

Same here I have had a bad oil leak on my Vectra CD 99 Model and am today surfing the net for possible solutions. I took my car to a mechanic and he stated that the oil is leaking in four places and has caused extensive damage.

1. Rocket Casket
2. Oil in the cam
3. Oil on the timing belt

All the repair would be costing more than $1000 dollars and was not exact until he had to work on the car. I told the mechanic l had no cash and never charged me for the assessment. I have a friend of a friend who works for Col Crawford Holden who will inspect the car. Looks like we both have the same issue.

I have a 2002 model, 5 door. It has been doing this since late last year and the mechanic can't find the problem. Has anyone got any suggestions and am I up for loads of money?

You are not the only one going through that. My 99 Vectra is doing the same thing and I have to wait for an alternator to come up from SA because NO one has them in stock and the price is $372.00 for the alternator alone before it has to be fitted.

Try Paul Vassilo. I have had a 306 cab since 2005 and he is the only guy I would let near it.

He was in Gladesville but has now set up a workshop in Carlton.

Peter

I had a similar problem on my Vectra about a year ago. Would be driving along and all the dials would drop to zero then all the warning lights would come on, had to stop restart and would be ok again for a few minutes. Kept having to restart 4-5 times before it stopped. Took it to Vauxhall and they told me it was a "CIM" module behind the dash. They replaced that and it has been fine ever since. Cost £350 including labour and VAT.

I went to a local auto elec to see what can be done with my 2nd **** CRV air con, they said anywhere between $2600 to $3200 to fix it. While I was enquiring a lady with a 2002 Honda CRV came in with the same problem. I kid you not, on remarking to her mine is the same the second time around, the auto elec said he gets heaps of them and showed me the dockets, Only The CRVs , not the other Hondas.

So be warned if you buy a CRV, they have a huge air con problem!

My IS250 has developed a loud rattle in the dash. Even small bumps on the road generate loud noise. Really loud when cold.

Took it to South Bay Lexus but was not fixed. They were suppose to call me but never heard from them. This car and the Lexus dealer has been a real disappointment.

JKM

Thanks Dale and all you other KIA victims for your advice. I lodged my complaint to the State Consumer Affairs on Thursday. Anxiously waiting for a reply. I also typed up my letter of complaint to KIA motors.

When I rang up to ask for the address of KIA Australia complaints dept. in Victoria the service manager at KIA in Blackburn he gave me the wrong address in N.S.W. When I asked him of a complaints dept. telephone no. he replied there is none? Very dodgy! Finally I rang Telstra and got the KIA Australia Motors Customer Hotline in which I gave all the information about my situation and how unhappy I was about the situation. I also left my rego.

For reference this is the number you should call to complain as well:

- Australia-wide 1800 600 010

- The contact address of Complaints for us Victorians' is:

KIA Customer Service Management
KIA Motors Australia
P.O. Box 7506
Silverwater
N.S.W. 2128

Wish me luck!

I bought a Merc E240 2002 from Nick Theodossi Prestige Cars in 2007. What a major mistake. It has been a nightmare purchase, not just the car but this dealer refuses to fix the car under the warranty. Stay away from this Dealer, he would have to be the **** in Australia, avoid like the plague!

The same story keeps repeating. My 2001 Nissan Patrol 3.0lt blew up just before Xmas. Merry Xmas from Nissan. Paid in excess of $14k to fix it and the gearbox failed in February 08. Happy New Year from Nissan. When is this going to stop - probably when every vehicle has blown up and been repaired. Nissan are a disgrace! I called the 'Customer Care' line and was immediately told that the vehicle was out of warranty and to forget about help from Nissan. The vehicle has 139,000 kls on the clock. About 1/4 of the life expectancy you would expect from a diesel 4wd.

Does anyone know if Nissan have been taken to court over this series of vehicle and if so what the outcome was? I need help! Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards Darren

These are good cars it is a shame Ford cannot make them like my 87 Meteor - still goes strong. My 97 EL traded on a Mazda Tribute as it started to fall apart. Also Laser are different from the 323, not all parts fit.

I think the 98 TD Jackaroo is one great vehicle. It has had a couple of problems but they have been sorted out except the latest one.

On a number of occasions the motor just will not start. The mechanics just scratch their heads and say they think they have fixed the thing only to have it start up again and the engine check light will not go out. Can anybody help Please?

I have the same problem and took it to auto electrician. He reckons it’s a glitch in the chip in the computer and the Ford service manager who has been really helpful thinks it's the throttle position switch, $190 from Ford dealer easy to replace. I will try anything my car has shut down 9 times and some Ford guys blame the gas conversion.

Good luck, Mike