When will it end.

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Lets start with some background information. I took ownership of my lovely ovni Ibiza Cupra on the 20/07/2006. I had a week of trouble free driving loving ever min of it. Then on the 30/07/2006 (day before my holiday to thailand) horror struck my clutch pedal had snapped its weld. Well I wasnt best pleased but knew it was common so didnt kick up a fuss. They fix my car while im away for two weeks. £168 later I pick it back up on the 16/08/2006 and re kindle the reason I bought the car in the first place. Then on the Evening of the 21/08/2006 horror strikes again the clutch peddle weld goes again luckily 20meters away from the garage. This time tho its more severe they need to order in lots of parts clutch plates, new peddle and all this. In the end it cost me £425 so thats £593 spent to fix this problem so last night went and picked the car up and the clutch felt alot lighter and back to what it should be. Then this morning 31/08/2006 I start the car up and leave it 5mins like always to warm up get in car everything is fine and then 20meters down the road the engine Diagnosis light comes on I was so close to just setting fire to the car but I restrained my self and thought of kittens and nice things. So now I have to spend my lunch time up the garage while they try and figre whats wrong this time.

Hmmm so who wants to place bets on what will go next?

 

[Icecavern]

coil pack

 

[mark_20vt]

Maf

 

[Jonzy]

**** cars ... ya baaared

 

[Forbez]

Maf!

 

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Yeah I think ill go with Coilpacks. It is a 2002 ibiza cupra so maybe some of the problems might of been sorted.

 

[Craig!]

Personally cant believe you paid again for the clutch to be fixed after they did it, it'll have just been the shitly welded pedal going again which will have had a 12mnths warranty on the parts and labour.

 

[pickie]

yeh ???????? why did you pay again ?????? i would of ramed the broken peddel up there a*s till they fixed it for free

5 days later and it snaps again ??? thats down to poor workmanship on there side, they prob didnt clean the metal up properly ?

DEMAND YOUR MONEY BACK, im sure Trading Standards would be happy to hear the story

if your not bothered getting your money back, then get it back anyway and send it to me

 

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Well I have let them off as they have deducted nearly £200 in labour off as they had to fix other stuff as well. They didnt just re weld the peddle they got a new peddle and clutch plate. Ill scan in the parts list later.

 

[acidstrato]

question is why did u have a new clutch fitted? the pedal breaks at the pedal box.

hope you have better luck from now though, i know exactly how it feels, had to have repairs on mine within the first 3months and have had 2 other major jobs done since

feels great though when its all working

 

[chris999]

just what happened to me! on monday night my clutch pedal snapped got it welded on tuesday.... snapped again last night!!! so its back in the garage today!!

 

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Ah thats what I had. If the clutch felt heavy then you might be looking at what I had a new clutch plate and all this other stuff that goes with it.

 

[Tony 156]

im guna go with MAF too.

 

[20vtdave]

i'll go with the engine coolant sensor i had my cupra 3 days and it went!!!

 

[sedgers]

Well at least im not the only son of a b*tch whose cupra is making their bank manager furious at their overdraft! ive had so much s*it go wrong with mine since i took ownership may 06. its a 2001 and ive had a new clutch new temp coolant sensor, needs new self adjusting clutch rachet, new back box coz the f*cker fell off....all this since may '06...who designed my car...greasy spaniads! 5 grand spanish sh*t can!! actually with repairs its a 6 grand spanish sh*t can!! grr!

 

[acidstrato]

go remap it...youll probably think its worth the hassle then

 

[hadz]

PREV : just out of interest does your clutch pedal now sit lower than it did before you had it replaced! coz i have just had mine changed coz it snapped and mine is reall low down! sits lower than the brake and is horrible to drive?

 

[sedgers]

mine sits low actually, the self adjusting rachet on the pedal needs rerplacing apparently a few of the nylon teeth have worn when ive been 'driving' around.....oops!! i jus lift it up with the toe of my shoe, does the trick till i got a spare 80£ for a new one!!

 

[CupraTgirl]

Im sorry to hear about your problems! My pedal box went on my first cupra and my clutch pedal snapped last year on this one! I made sure they did a double weld on it

I have had my fair share of problems in the last couple of months so i do feel for you but give it time and it will all be sorted again

 

[sedgers]

got the OE backbox in for a weld @ 2 oclock, fingers crossed! getting that bodged back on then thinkin of gettin full system when the old student loans come in....beer/BHP tokens!Mmmmmmmmmmmm