You know you have a MK4 Ibiza when...

[VWscooby]

When your 1.4 sport decides when it wants to give you power (75bhp mmmm!) and more importantly when it wants to bog down and stop accelerating. Usually just as you want to pull out of a junction quickly and have already started to move. A generally lumpy map with loads of flatspots is annoying too. Main dealer just says 'nothing wrong with that, its no different to any other Ibiza Sport.' Great!

I have noticed all of the faults mentioned and yet still I'm finding myself really starting to like the car. Its bloody strange!!

 

[bodysnatcher]

ur know ur in an ibiza when you see another one, get excited n wave then relise its some old couple.. lol

Oi, kiddies, just 'cos we don't all have multistorey acne
Try keeping up with me on the way to LeMans this summer then

back to topic, lets see, you've mentioned washers, power steering, bulbs, flimsy plastic, tracking, a/c compressor

yet I still bough another one...
that's it, we're all fecking mad...

 

[matt l]

*should of read this thread before i bought one *

luckily no problems as of yet for me apart from the odd rattle, steering wheel squeking, realising the washer bottle is in the stupidist place EVER

 

[the_fbi]

I don't find wind noise a problem at all. I'm presuming all models have the massive rubber seal between top half of the door frame and the body?

 

[scooby slayer]

mines fine apart from, headlight washers get stuck up when headlights are on

 

[RachIbiza]

another girl on SCN huh Keep em comming

haha oh noooooooooo you're not gonna stalk me are u?

 

[mixupz]

Im not gonna stalk you i just like female company lol

 

[RachIbiza]

haha thats ok then. i want to have some more mods on my list for my ibiza any other ideas anyone? i have just colour coded the side strips, the aerial, the front grille, the number plates (haha very important) de badged it and i'm gonna spray the back boot badge black. any other exterior suggestions?! apart from wheels and lowering coz i am saving for that haha

 

[st10587]

haha thats ok then. i want to have some more mods on my list for my ibiza any other ideas anyone? i have just colour coded the side strips, the aerial, the front grille, the number plates (haha very important) de badged it and i'm gonna spray the back boot badge black. any other exterior suggestions?! apart from wheels and lowering coz i am saving for that haha

SCN sticker

edit: LCR splitter

 

[mixupz]

Do you have any pics of your car? its hard to suggest not knowing the cummalative effects of the mods performed as a whole

 

[RachIbiza]

no i am un-technical (is thats even a word) its a silver 1.9 130 tdi sport! i will have to do some pics soon.

 

[adam kelly]

when ya wash your car and the next day the back end dirty as hell dont no if this is only on the tdi but it drives ya up the wall.

 

[bobmcgod]

when ya wash your car and the next day the back end dirty as hell dont no if this is only on the tdi but it drives ya up the wall.

Nope my 1.2's the same!

 

[fr-tdi]

when you have to break out the grinder............just to make bits fit........

 

[bobmcgod]

...when your dashboard revs with your engine.

 

[Adam8747]

for all its faults you have to admit its a cracking motor!

although i have to shout at my passengers because of the road noise and hold the dash so it doesnt rattle, its so much more fun than my Golf GTI

 

[keebo_sioux]

yup!
- condensation lights
- replacing bulbs
- rear washer issues
- air con problems and randomness - causing overheating of CDs so they can't eject until they've cooled down (oh but they fixed the air con, allegedly)
- I've got used to the locks but the boot is a complete *** because it re-locks in about 10 seconds unless you open it.
- it's as rattley as a Reading Bus (that's impressive)
- drivers seat goes thonk when you shift weight on it
- you grin when it's just been valeted and still think it's a great car.

oh but why does my clutch have to go now

 

[adam kelly]

Nope my 1.2's the same!

its a ibiza thing then my mk3 was the same

 

[the cat]

When...

-- the mirrors aren't sealed properly, the garage fails to do the job so you do it yourself,
-- the boot won't open, its fixed by the garage and then when you open it, a piece of trim falls off,
-- it takes two trips to the dealers to fix a rattle.

And all this within 3 weeks of ownership.

Despite this,

-- you get 66 mpg (FR TDI) on a trip from Ncl to London despite having a heavy right foot. Happiness restored...

 

[keefy]

bad
- no boot light (all my black mountain bike gear is indistinguishable in the dark)
- rattly dash from previous owner's tinkering (I think fitting a CD changer)
- doors without enough opening stops

good
- not been affected by bad wind noise in mine
- large boot for size of car
- economy
- suprise look on unsuspecting 'performance cars' as you chase after them/leave them behind
- don't seem to see them all over the place