Sadly the Black One is with the dealers today and tomorrow. Seems odd seeing this silver 'thing' on my drive (a 208 actually!). Really odd to drive now - handbrake is 'old fashioned', no bells or whistle or driver aids and your roll about in very uncomfortable seats!
Anyway, I have a knock in the gearbox changing from 2nd to 3rd 2nd 3rd to 4th. Also, I often cannot get it from 5th to 4th esp after a motorway run coming off at the slip road.
The dealer (or technician) initially tried to say it was my driving style! Yet I have driven cars for 30 years and not had an issue before. Nor do I have an issue with the courtesy car (drives fine and changes gear like my 2008 did when I first had it). Next excuse was that 'these things wear' - it's only done 6000 miles! So I let him sit in the drivers sit when we got back from the test run and asked him to get it from 5th to 4th while stood. Couldn't do it My mate at work, who is very good with all things cars, reckons it could be a loose bolt on the selector which means it doesn't quite line up properly when changing gear. He reckons he has a Peugeot with an identical problem and one tighten of the boltg and away went the issue.
Anyway, this was a couple of weeks ago and they had the car for a day to remove wind deflectors (they really are cheap tat! avoid!), restick the boot sill protector, repair the damage to the boot caused by the former and, most important, sort the **&%*$£$ gearbox out! What did they do? Just removed the wind deflectors......
So had to book it back in again as they needed more time on the gearbox and had to 'ring Peugeot warranty about the boot sill' (?!).
So back in today....... they reckon it could be the gear linkage cables. I have my doubts. But I will find out tomorrow I guess. I asked about the boot sill and the service guy said they want to concentrate on the gearbox. So I can a further visit to get the sill and paint damage sorted.
Most annoying was the fact that I have to pay £7.99 per dat for the priveledge of having a courtesy car while my car is in under warranty? How does that work then! I have spoken to the sales guy about that who agreed it wasn't right so hopefully I won't get charged when I take it back tomorrow. And when he bought the car round, the diesel left miles ranges was....... 14 miles! Apparently they don't own the cars, they lease them. SO don't put any diesel in, that is up to the user. And you should put in what you used. Well, the last person didn't! And I know who you are as the insurance papers were still in the car. Tut, tut Ms Evans! Anyway, I always thought that the courtesy cars were filled with diesel. Then you used the car and filled it up before taking it back. That has always been my experience before.
Oh, and they are doing the safety recall to. There is even confusion over that it seems. My letter CLEARLY states "Your vehicle requires an operation to replace the front suspension wishbone mounting bolts". They said theyt are going to check them. Errr..... no! It says REPLACE! Well, have to see what they actually claim to have done. Problem is there is no real way of telling.
Un-happy days!
Anyway, I have a knock in the gearbox changing from 2nd to 3rd 2nd 3rd to 4th. Also, I often cannot get it from 5th to 4th esp after a motorway run coming off at the slip road.
The dealer (or technician) initially tried to say it was my driving style! Yet I have driven cars for 30 years and not had an issue before. Nor do I have an issue with the courtesy car (drives fine and changes gear like my 2008 did when I first had it). Next excuse was that 'these things wear' - it's only done 6000 miles! So I let him sit in the drivers sit when we got back from the test run and asked him to get it from 5th to 4th while stood. Couldn't do it My mate at work, who is very good with all things cars, reckons it could be a loose bolt on the selector which means it doesn't quite line up properly when changing gear. He reckons he has a Peugeot with an identical problem and one tighten of the boltg and away went the issue.
Anyway, this was a couple of weeks ago and they had the car for a day to remove wind deflectors (they really are cheap tat! avoid!), restick the boot sill protector, repair the damage to the boot caused by the former and, most important, sort the **&%*$£$ gearbox out! What did they do? Just removed the wind deflectors......
So had to book it back in again as they needed more time on the gearbox and had to 'ring Peugeot warranty about the boot sill' (?!).
So back in today....... they reckon it could be the gear linkage cables. I have my doubts. But I will find out tomorrow I guess. I asked about the boot sill and the service guy said they want to concentrate on the gearbox. So I can a further visit to get the sill and paint damage sorted.
Most annoying was the fact that I have to pay £7.99 per dat for the priveledge of having a courtesy car while my car is in under warranty? How does that work then! I have spoken to the sales guy about that who agreed it wasn't right so hopefully I won't get charged when I take it back tomorrow. And when he bought the car round, the diesel left miles ranges was....... 14 miles! Apparently they don't own the cars, they lease them. SO don't put any diesel in, that is up to the user. And you should put in what you used. Well, the last person didn't! And I know who you are as the insurance papers were still in the car. Tut, tut Ms Evans! Anyway, I always thought that the courtesy cars were filled with diesel. Then you used the car and filled it up before taking it back. That has always been my experience before.
Oh, and they are doing the safety recall to. There is even confusion over that it seems. My letter CLEARLY states "Your vehicle requires an operation to replace the front suspension wishbone mounting bolts". They said theyt are going to check them. Errr..... no! It says REPLACE! Well, have to see what they actually claim to have done. Problem is there is no real way of telling.
Un-happy days!