Have had an interesting 3 months with the Captiva.
Bought it with 159,400km on the clock. Used car dealers have to give you a 3 month 5,000km warranty on used vehicles, so scraped in by 0.4% of the allowable mileage...got the warranty.
Checked up on recalls, and there was one outstanding, for dodgy rocker arms...booked it in, while they ordered parts.
Day before we moved house, it started hemorrhaging diesel...fuel filter had cracked...3 weeks left on warranty.
Rang dealer, and he called it in...I offered that it was bad mojo to drive a car spewing fuel over the exhaust...let me get my local guy fix it $325 I didn't pay.
Went in for the recall today, and they found that the rocker arms had damaged the cam...returned car, booked in for two weeks time.
Repair will need them to have the vehicle for 2 days...will give my wife a loaner for the 2 days.
Repairs involve pulling a LOT of the front apart.
I enquired about a timing belt and water pump (belt due in the next 12 months/7,000 miles anyway)...they'll do it for the parts price, as they are that far elbow deep anyway...normally $1,200 for a straight job.
So...lucky, or unlucky
Bought it with 159,400km on the clock. Used car dealers have to give you a 3 month 5,000km warranty on used vehicles, so scraped in by 0.4% of the allowable mileage...got the warranty.
Checked up on recalls, and there was one outstanding, for dodgy rocker arms...booked it in, while they ordered parts.
Day before we moved house, it started hemorrhaging diesel...fuel filter had cracked...3 weeks left on warranty.
Rang dealer, and he called it in...I offered that it was bad mojo to drive a car spewing fuel over the exhaust...let me get my local guy fix it $325 I didn't pay.
Went in for the recall today, and they found that the rocker arms had damaged the cam...returned car, booked in for two weeks time.
Repair will need them to have the vehicle for 2 days...will give my wife a loaner for the 2 days.
Repairs involve pulling a LOT of the front apart.
I enquired about a timing belt and water pump (belt due in the next 12 months/7,000 miles anyway)...they'll do it for the parts price, as they are that far elbow deep anyway...normally $1,200 for a straight job.
So...lucky, or unlucky