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LScorsa

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30th May 04 at 13:32

Im looking round for a corsa C 1.2 sxi, and was wondering if there are any weak points on them that i need to be aware of and watch out for.
Thanks

diddon

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30th May 04 at 13:36

Steering rack

Paul H

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30th May 04 at 13:41

as said steering rack check to see if it knocks when turning the wheel left.drivers seat tend to wear quite bad.apart from that no real problems

LScorsa

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30th May 04 at 13:58

Cheers diddon and chewy! I will watch out for them.

Scandalous

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30th May 04 at 14:00

also gear linkages as they tend to fuk up, but as chewy and diddon said, steering rack is what to watch out for. Sit inthe car when stationary and turn the wheel left andright, if u can hear a clonking or knocking noise it means ur rack is fooked.

Red_SXi

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30th May 04 at 14:01

Also watch out for gear adjustment, try and put the car into first whilst its still doing around 5-10mph (as you would do in traffic after slowing down) Quite often they don't wanna go into first at all

cobra148

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30th May 04 at 15:42

Mine needed a new clutch pedal box at less than 3000 miles

The guy at the dealer said this was a common problem too.

sfxer

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30th May 04 at 15:46

quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
Also watch out for gear adjustment, try and put the car into first whilst its still doing around 5-10mph (as you would do in traffic after slowing down) Quite often they don't wanna go into first at all

thats not a problem thats normal, well is on b's anyway, its to stop u accidently going into 1st.

paul_spurrell

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30th May 04 at 18:57

quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
Also watch out for gear adjustment, try and put the car into first whilst its still doing around 5-10mph (as you would do in traffic after slowing down) Quite often they don't wanna go into first at all

this is not a problem. that is normal. most cars are like this

The problem on the C is that it wont go in anygear, and you keep having to put in another gear then back to the one you wanted. Common on changing down into 2nd

[Edited on 30-05-2004 by paul_spurrell]

blundey

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30th May 04 at 23:44

I only ever have this problem when going into reverse, everyother gear is fine.

corsaC_on_18s

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31st May 04 at 15:35

Any car should never be put into first gear at 10mph....jesus

sfxer

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31st May 04 at 16:03