RichardSEL
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Some may know of my trials and tribulations purchasing a QP5 '08MY with 84k up, one owner, ZF box, immac, one year MOT, new Pirelli Pzero's all round from a Sheffield dealer.
After sorting NS diff oil seal, thru rust to front sub frame, torn lower control arm torsion bushes, failed headlight auto height adjustment, crushed power steering pipe, dumping useless CD changer for a Loudlink unit (that pairs with my BT 'phone but doesn't seem to answer or make calls), failing to fix the onboard 'phone, not to mention having the cam variators done to fix start up clatter, having to have the tracking done twice, you'd think that'd be enough to get it put right...
Dealer's insurance coughed for roughly half of the repairs' costs -- some saving grace I suppose. At least ended up with a rather nice and now rather valuable QP5.
But no... Just after the dust had settled from the loss assessor's agreement to pay up: intermittant drivers' airbag fault coming up on dash. Tracked down (via TXA3 diagnostic) to clock spring the component that connects horn and drivers' airbag/igniter in steering column to
the airbag sensors' ECU system.
Removed and found clock spring unit had been shorted by two off 220Ω resistors. So, in the event of a prang the drivers' airbag wouldn't go off anyway. Even the resistors were'nt connected properly -- just twisted together by the wires and stuffed back into their socket holes.
The point of this post is: were there to have been a prang involving life threatening or life changing for the hapless driver, then whomsoever had done this dangerous kludge would be up on a criminal charge. If the prang had resulted in death that could otherwise been avoided then that charge could be manslaughter.
Fair warning: anyone involving themselves knowingly with dangerous repairs such as this will be dealt with.
After sorting NS diff oil seal, thru rust to front sub frame, torn lower control arm torsion bushes, failed headlight auto height adjustment, crushed power steering pipe, dumping useless CD changer for a Loudlink unit (that pairs with my BT 'phone but doesn't seem to answer or make calls), failing to fix the onboard 'phone, not to mention having the cam variators done to fix start up clatter, having to have the tracking done twice, you'd think that'd be enough to get it put right...
Dealer's insurance coughed for roughly half of the repairs' costs -- some saving grace I suppose. At least ended up with a rather nice and now rather valuable QP5.
But no... Just after the dust had settled from the loss assessor's agreement to pay up: intermittant drivers' airbag fault coming up on dash. Tracked down (via TXA3 diagnostic) to clock spring the component that connects horn and drivers' airbag/igniter in steering column to
the airbag sensors' ECU system.
Removed and found clock spring unit had been shorted by two off 220Ω resistors. So, in the event of a prang the drivers' airbag wouldn't go off anyway. Even the resistors were'nt connected properly -- just twisted together by the wires and stuffed back into their socket holes.
The point of this post is: were there to have been a prang involving life threatening or life changing for the hapless driver, then whomsoever had done this dangerous kludge would be up on a criminal charge. If the prang had resulted in death that could otherwise been avoided then that charge could be manslaughter.
Fair warning: anyone involving themselves knowingly with dangerous repairs such as this will be dealt with.