First trip back to the dealers

[jamesbeaumont]

So I just took my MINI in today to have a few niggles ironed out.

1) Strange idle, sensitivity to fuel, especially current tankfull.
2) 1st to 2nd gear crunch.
3) Adjust xenons so I can see where Im going at night!

Got a call some 7 hours later....

1) We're going to drain your fuel tank then refill it...
2) Your gearbox doesnt crunch, same in every gear.
3) Your Bi-xenons are auto levelling.



Im going in tomorrow morning to check what they are doing to my car and show them a good gear crunch!

[Paul]

Xenons do self level, but that doesn't mean they cannot be set up incorrectly, it just means they go up and down as the car does.

[mac2]

As Paul said you can adjust the Xenons, I did it myself as per this thread...

http://www.mini2.com/forum/2nd-gen-e...-adjuster.html

Follow the instructions of R Mathlin.

[jamesbeaumont]

Yes thats what I told him yesterday, he said no and I said YES! He said hes speak to the boss. I was woken by a call at 8:30 this morning to be told that they were going to take the fuel tank out my car. It will cost me £200 + the price of a tank if fuel! I said Its under warranty, and they replied yes but its not a problem with the car itself. All I wanted them to do was check the engines history and look for a problem as its run fine on the same fuel for 200 miles. Can they not do this? Oh and I told them not to bother with removing the tank!

[Paul]

If the fuel is faulty, the petrol station is surely responsible, if the car is faulty, then the warranty should cover it?

Strange one.

[jamesbeaumont]

Just picked up the car. N problem with the gearbox, if I dont let them drain the tank they cant do anything with the it and the bi-xenons definitely CANNOT be adjusted. Soooo I took the car home and adjusted them.... I had to turn the screw 6 and a half complete times before they were level with our other cars, I'll try them out tonight. Thanks for the help on that!