corvus
Guest
Hi everyone,
I got this vehicle from a SEAT dealership and it was the last car sold before they went bust.
I've been having various issues with it which have resulted in the managment systems, relays, etc being replaced under warrenty.
The first thing I noticed was a burning smell at the back driver side (right) wheel and hot break disc.
The first garage I took it to (Basingstoke UK) said I must have parked it in deep water (I live on a hill) and that water was in a connector. They cleaned out the connector. But fault was still there.
I then went back (following an AA van after the faulty break shut down everything on the motorway) and they said the issue was the break disc warping. I did point out last time that the burning smell would be bearing grease and the disc would be damaged.... Only the disc was replaced. Also the electric cooling fans were intemittently running despite the temp never going over 90 - or even reaching 90 sometimes.
The burning continued so I envoked SEAT Warrenty and told them I wanted to go to a different service place.
Now I'm at one in Reading. They have replaced a damaged relay at the wheel, the engine managment system, and the door control system as the child lock button failed. During this time the cooling fans were still running for long times. The garage told me the fans and burning smell at the rear wheel are due to the diesel exhaust system doing a 'purge' - even though it was this smell that alerted me to a break issue in the same are....
Also after I got home I opened the bonnet to fill screen wash only to find a cover missing from the air intake system - it's being fitted tomorrow - and they asked if I wanted to know what the price would be....
So.... can anyone tell me more of this "purge" where the exhaust system is heated up to remove deposits and how often should it do it?
kind regards
Steve
I got this vehicle from a SEAT dealership and it was the last car sold before they went bust.
I've been having various issues with it which have resulted in the managment systems, relays, etc being replaced under warrenty.
The first thing I noticed was a burning smell at the back driver side (right) wheel and hot break disc.
The first garage I took it to (Basingstoke UK) said I must have parked it in deep water (I live on a hill) and that water was in a connector. They cleaned out the connector. But fault was still there.
I then went back (following an AA van after the faulty break shut down everything on the motorway) and they said the issue was the break disc warping. I did point out last time that the burning smell would be bearing grease and the disc would be damaged.... Only the disc was replaced. Also the electric cooling fans were intemittently running despite the temp never going over 90 - or even reaching 90 sometimes.
The burning continued so I envoked SEAT Warrenty and told them I wanted to go to a different service place.
Now I'm at one in Reading. They have replaced a damaged relay at the wheel, the engine managment system, and the door control system as the child lock button failed. During this time the cooling fans were still running for long times. The garage told me the fans and burning smell at the rear wheel are due to the diesel exhaust system doing a 'purge' - even though it was this smell that alerted me to a break issue in the same are....
Also after I got home I opened the bonnet to fill screen wash only to find a cover missing from the air intake system - it's being fitted tomorrow - and they asked if I wanted to know what the price would be....
So.... can anyone tell me more of this "purge" where the exhaust system is heated up to remove deposits and how often should it do it?
kind regards
Steve
