It died on the way home
 

Well as the title states my new 05plate zs saloon died on me on the way home, well i say died i have an engine warning light on :(

Made the trip from Manchester airport as far as Queensferry when a warning light came on, the car seemed to be running fine until this point so now i terrified i have bought a lemon!

The car itself is far from perfect but i did not let a few issues put me off now im wishing they had :cry:

List of issues i have found so far:

01: The boot is sagging and seems to be missing a few clips
02: The rear bumper is loose on the drivers side
03: The spare wheel well is full of rust and has been painted with what looks like under seal
04: The rear door handles are both the wrong colour for the car
05: There is something rattling on the drivers door but not sure what it is
06: Part of the front bumper is being held on by a cable tie but cant see very well what part
07: The center console does not seem to be fit right
08: The clock and dash lights in general are all very dim
09: Exhaust pipe is too short for the car it's about 4inches too short
10: Metal hub that the fuel pumps go into is rusted to smeg

Well this is my list so far it will no doubt get bigger so im off to cry now, any advice is welcome as is a box of tissues :cry: :cry:

Put a fault code reader on it, I'll take a punt that it's the crank sensor.

Fingers crossed its something cheap like that :)

most of them are just cosmetic mate,they can be fixed over time,this is what ive been doing with mine,changed the rear door handle on mine yesterday,was a bit of a ballache,but happy ive done it,hope the code reader finds out the problem,and it not too costly/serious,fingers crossed.

If its still running fine it may be something like a cat efficiency fault, tend to come on on longer runs

I misunderstood, if it's still running it won't be the crank sensor, die to me suggested it wouldn't run.

im breaking a mk 1 saloon at the moment so i might be able to help out that's if a few bits will fit but im sure someone will say ya or na please ????
but there is someone who is breaking a mk2 as well in the for sale section ( if he still has it :( )

List of issues i have found so far:

01: The boot is sagging and seems to be missing a few clips = i have them
02: The rear bumper is loose on the drivers side = i have clips
03: The spare wheel well is full of rust and has been painted with what looks like under seal
04: The rear door handles are both the wrong colour for the car
05: There is something rattling on the drivers door but not sure what it is
06: Part of the front bumper is being held on by a cable tie but cant see very well what part
07: The center console does not seem to be fit right
08: The clock and dash lights in general are all very dim
09: Exhaust pipe is too short for the car it's about 4inches too short = i have pic in the for sale section
10: Metal hub that the fuel pumps go into is rusted to smeg = i have that too

if it is a sensor just give us a shout mate

steve

Also need to add 1st and 2nd gear are a pig to engage

also tb steve u got mail

With regards to the exhaust being short. There are back boxes for mk1 and mk2 but also for saloon and hatch. Obviously a wrong one has been fitted hence it is too short.

Well it's off to a garage first thing tomoz to be diagnosed so fingers crossed it's a cheap simple fix :)