Off to Vauxhall armed with a problem...

Will i get the results i need?

Bought the monaro at the end of december with 11k on it, its now covered a grand total of 13,600. Since ive owned it ive not been too happy with 2nd gear synchro. Its been getting progressively worse over the miles i have done. Its been in twice to Picador for the same thing, each time 'its a result of the ripshifter, they're all like it', bollox. The last occasion they covered 0.4miles in testing these characteristics of the gearbox, its fine they said..hmmmm. So since that, ive renewed the gearbox oil with Royal Purple highly supa dupa stick it up your hoota wallet raping stuff and re-bled the hydrualic slave with ATE super blue. I even notified them of what i had done, which there were happy with (warranty reasons). So it never got better, just worse. Been over the corvette sites, Pontiac, Holden and UKMonaro forums and its a common problem. Even Clarkson noted weak 2nd synchro on the Vette when doing them salt flat runs.

The service dude was quite sympathetic as they have one in at the mo doing the exact same thing. That one is having a rebuild.

After lengthy convo with the sales rep, and the service bloke at Piccy's, my car ran out of warranty when i drove it off the forecourt, no networkq on it, but as i flagged it up previous i could have a case. They're saying i could either have to pay a small fee, or free or im gonna face a large argument with Vaux HQ over it all. So hows it gonna swing then?

I forsee a large argument ahead for ya dude, not meaning to sound nasty but its just typical of your luck lol


Btw bitch, you get my text earlier?

You dont have a hope in hell mate. In fact you stand a better chance if you take the shifter casing off, drop a ball bearing in there and let it detonate. At least they wont be able to say theres nothing wrong.

By law you should get 3 months Warranty with the car Net Q or not. You notified them of a concern inside 3 months and it was not rectified. I think you have a good case with them. If its a common problem then it is a concern of how can they fix it? Has anyone said they've had theirs fixed an if so how?

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Originally Posted by Spudly

I forsee a large argument ahead for ya dude, not meaning to sound nasty but its just typical of your luck lol


Btw bitch, you get my text earlier?

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Nope.. no txt mate :(

Fecking gay fone i wondered why youd not replied :cry:

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Originally Posted by novacabrio

By law you should get 3 months Warranty with the car Net Q or not. You notified them of a concern inside 3 months and it was not rectified. I think you have a good case with them. If its a common problem then it is a concern of how can they fix it? Has anyone said they've had theirs fixed an if so how?

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Yeah it is a common problem, on the Pontiac site there is even a 'recall list' as there mostly is with cars, and the synchro is highlighted in there. I have a dude at the mo who is taking Vauxhall to court over the same thing as they wont take responsability over it. Basicly its box apart, early cases can be realigned worst case like mine is new parts time. Christ if they gave me the parts id do it me bloody self to save bother. Everytime ive been up there they've offered me a loan car, each time ive declined, thought, ill be nice i dont actually need it lol

i wouldnt think they will admit anything is there fault mate!!

kick up ****....then petrol bomb vaux lol

i work at vauxhall and see alot of this, best bet ring customer service have a moan and you will normally get a part payment or even free you just have to moan alot and they give in.

Oh dont worry, im chief at moaning, just put me at a bus stop and ill fit right in lol I wont be beaten, plus i can write a report myself, and have it many others written from gearbox specailists and what have ya. Just another form of defence

if the car is still has warrenty take it to a main vauxhall dealer and tell them you want it looked at and fixed under warrenty

You've got enough torque to jump straight to third right? lol

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Originally Posted by Welsh Dan

You've got enough torque to jump straight to third right? lol

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lol nah, 4th lol

Give em something to repair & ram it straight throught the dealer shop front lol

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Originally Posted by Mike

Give em something to repair & ram it straight throught the dealer shop front lol

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was gonna be my reply


failing that set-up camp outside the dealership untill they fix it


or park the car outside the dealership with huge notes stating 'i bought this car from here, it doesnt work and they wont fix it'

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Originally Posted by draper

or park the car outside the dealership with huge notes stating 'i bought this car from here, it doesnt work and they wont fix it'

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Make sure you park it in a really, REALLY arkward spot. Like right infront of the main entrance :)

Mail them a poo

i know a lad that put nissan customer service sucks on his new pick up at the time and parked it outside there dealership for a week lol

was the once a bloke on tv who put a beach and stuff outside a travel agents becausethey offered a holiday for 99quid but after charges etc it was actually nearer 500 ?

or am i imaging stuff again lol

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was the once a bloke on tv who put a beach and stuff outside a travel agents becausethey offered a holiday for 99quid but after charges etc it was actually nearer 500 ?

or am i imaging stuff again lol

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Drugs are bad umkay lol

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Originally Posted by Mike

Drugs are bad umkay lol

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**** you lol

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**** you lol

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lol lol lol lol stop talking dirty to me darling :p

Not gonna believe this, car was at Picador vauxhall today, they actually test drove it, 11miles and they couldnt get 2nd 3times. Vauxhall HQ are sending down there main techy bloke, for a drive and to decide if they're gonna whack in a new box or rebuild it.

good to heaar it :)

Hey thats gotta be good, at least they didnt hand it back saying they couldnt get it to fault which usually happens in these cases as cars are stubborn buggers with intermittent faults lol

Moan like feck, and keep your balls crossed they sort it!

Put an F20 on it.

LMFAO

If you gave it to them for the problem in warrenty im sure they will sort it for nothing. Vauxhall will only payout if you keep on at them!

i bet napalm has bid them on the old box already......

got an f10 5 speed here, bodge right in nice...

Will they be putting the same box with the same problems in again? Hardly much use if you'll only get another 13k out of it as well.........

It will only have the same gearbox back in. Im hoping it gets a full rebuild myself rather than a box. Because its alignment issues with the internals that cause them to go like this. Vaux out source the rebuilds and they go to my Uncle whos a proper specialist and will do a spot on job.

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Originally Posted by Saloony

Not gonna believe this, car was at Picador vauxhall today, they actually test drove it, 11miles and they couldnt get 2nd 3times. Vauxhall HQ are sending down there main techy bloke, for a drive and to decide if they're gonna whack in a new box or rebuild it.

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hopefully you do get a rebuild matey!! not just a new box!!

Id personally prefer the rebuild. But then if i have a new box, i drive them properly and my motors are looked after properly so the common problem would take forever to arise.

A new twist to it all. The main Techy bloke is extremely busy and unable to get down to view my car. So, (listen to this) given its such low mileage and that its out of manufactures warranty there willing to go 50/50 on what will be a £1200+vat job, the totally forgot that they were made aware of the fault twice shortly after i bought the car. So you can imagine what i said to that. Im now waiting for the main sales guv up there to contact me monday as now hes going to be involved. Deep joy.

Stick to your guns dude and dont let them fob you off, set of clowns they are from what you told me about the RX8 :eek: