1st MOT Failed

wotwot · Unread post by **wotwot** » 11 Aug 2011, 19:45

It is a relatively easy DIY job and worth having a go at.
Save the £££s for the next thing that goes wrong

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Sorry could'nt resist.
Seriously have a go yourself and think of the satisfaction of getting one over on the stealers.
Especially when you take it in for the re mot and it passes for only £150 instead of their £870.

triumphtoledo · Unread post by **triumphtoledo** » 11 Aug 2011, 22:53

Well, my C5 (2006 exclusive estate) needed rear pads, discs, balljoint and droplinks after 40,000 miles.

The rear calipers were an absolute cow to take off, so the dealer may be factoring that into account, assuming it is a C5 II and not an X7.

R

wotwot · Unread post by **wotwot** » 11 Aug 2011, 23:45

What made the discs difficult to take off, it may help others in the future and maybe even hdi_man to do his.
And they would have to be a real PITA for the stealer to charge that much.

On a similar note my sister who is a driving instructor took her vauxhall corsa into the vauxhall stealers on a recall for camshafts giving up the ghost prematurely, now a well documented fault.
Strangly enough nothing wrong with hers as we had changed the engine 8 months earlier for a later engine without the fault after her original camshaft had !!! go on guess ???.
They came back with a list of minor things wrong with the car and a bill for the work if it was carried out £280.
The funniest was draining the washer bottle and refilling it £18 plus vat.
The most expensive thing was excessive play in the OS steering tie rod £115 plus vat.
And the best value was drain down and replace brake fluids £30 vat inculded.
I'm sure they look at you and say how much can we screw this mug for.

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 12 Aug 2011, 08:20

be aware of the XANT/C5 jacked out rear calliper syndrom !!!!!!

caused by corosion between the arm and calliper,

my local dealers parts manager told me in these case's they dont bother trying to un/bolt the callipers any more,

they just lop the lot off

then fit new callipers pads and bolts, and probably need new discs to boot,

regards malcolm

Unread post by **KennyW** » 12 Aug 2011, 10:15

HDi-man

Try SRS components either at their head office in Port Glasgow Tel No 0141 353 1202 or East Kilbride 01355 233147.

I use their edinburgh branch a lot and Michael Kelly the manager it great with me.

Kenny

Unread post by **myglaren** » 12 Aug 2011, 10:46

wotwot wrote:What made the discs difficult to take off, it may help others in the future and maybe even hdi_man to do his.

Very long bolts done up very tight plus Loctite the full length of the bolt, exacerbated by the 'jack out' that Malcolm mentions, putting even more stress on the bolts.

Under three years should definitely be a warranty issue!

Unread post by **Estately** » 12 Aug 2011, 23:49

I think that it may be worth checking whether the passenger side caliper can be swapped to the driver's side and vice versa. You get a corosion free flat, aligned surface.

Nothing on this excellent site prepared me for the volume of the squealing noise of removing the thread locked bolts from the caliper.

There is some brilliant advice on this site as to how this job can be done.

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 13 Aug 2011, 07:39

it always used to be possible to swap callipers side to side, and on first glance the XANT calliper looks the same as earlier cit's,

regards malcolm

wotwot · Unread post by **wotwot** » 13 Aug 2011, 09:05

Do the C5 suffer the same issues as the xantia rear calipers then.
I have already done my xantia calipers and although difficult still not that bad to do.
If the C5 is suffering this problem after only 3 to 4 years there is something seriously wrong with the design and should be put right under warranty.

Unread post by **myglaren** » 13 Aug 2011, 09:50

wotwot wrote:Do the C5 suffer the same issues as the Xantia rear calipers then.
I have already done my Xantia calipers and although difficult still not that bad to do.
If the C5 is suffering this problem after only 3 to 4 years there is something seriously wrong with the design and should be put right under warranty.

It seems that they are worse than the Xantias

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 13 Aug 2011, 13:42

i think its all manufatures dirtty tricks department come up with things like this,

regards malcolm

[email protected] · Unread post by **[email protected]** » 13 Aug 2011, 15:40

Hi There

Thats a total rip off listen to this yesterday i took my c5 in To My local Garage to have a complete new exhaust including the cat suppled and fitted also including an oil and filter change

COST £270 The Lot now thats what i call value if anyone wants to know were i took it let me know and ill tell you i Live In The West Midlands

Pete.........