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I can just about match this. In my old Civic estate I snapped the latch which held the boot cover in place when extended. A catch, a small plastic bit which when mentioned during first service they tried to fix by gluing it. Clearly was never going to work. Lived with it for too long, long enough for the warranty to expire and then asked a dealer for a replacement catch. Ah, now, we can't supply that as a part, it's the whole interior side panel of the boot you'd need to replace. £300 plus fitting. Needless to say, when it was sold, it still needed a replacement catch.
For an otherwise excellent and reliable car, that was mighty annoying.
I’m liking the 05 Berlingo so far – that pressure sensor would have been a nightmare on my old 08 Dispatch. Front arms looked like proper forgings not stamped tin. I’m just resigned that failed rear torsion bars or pivots will be an easy but spendy £400 refurbished axle swap…. But we found a very well looked after base vehicle to make it viable if the situation arises.
It's fine until you get to something that's on the off side of the engine in a UK car. I scrapped mine because of a crack in the clutch pedal which becomes and engine out job because it unbolts from the engine side and isn't accessible in UK cars.
Even the brake master cylinder is stuck in there unless you take the cylinder head off.
It’s not Nissan, it’s any manufacturer. They make spares to be a quick swap, and of course it’s usually the whole part. Less labour costs to replace a whole assembly than strip, repair and replace.
This +1
I had the front inner suspension bushings replaced on my C-max at the time, and the chain garage quoted a fixed price that was about £400, Vs it would have cost me £200 for some pattern control arms from ECP. Figured it was probably worth it to not have to take it back/forth to get the MOT re-tested.
It took them 8h! Bet they regretted buying just the bushings and believing the computer when it said it was a 3h job.
Same with shaimno brake calipers, do you want to pay £17 for a new one with pads that can be fitted in minutes then bled, or 50p for some seals, an extra half hours labor splitting and re-sealing the caliper.
Molgrips… I went with what the leaf forums suggested…Redline D6 ATF..
I’ve 2 quart bottles waiting to be put in!
I think my neighbour has dome DIY car ramps (basically, several wood planks on top of another, with a ramp obvs..), so will drive onto that, and jack/stand the rear up.
Also…. Another mod on my list is to replace the pathetic horn! Again, a simple job, but still takes time!
DrP
I wonder if you can replace the pedestrian alert noise?