OCUK Reliability Results 2006

1992 Renault Clio 16v

Only problem was the rocker cover gasket failing. £20

edit: coolant hose went yesterday
 
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1992 MR2 Turbo

Owned for 5 months 43k

Only thing thats i have had to fix so far has been a bleed valve tap ontop of the radiator as the rubber seal had gone and it was leaking. £7 from Toyota.
 
Nissan Micra 1 litre
owned 14 years, 160k

new engine and seats £100
brake caliper £20
couple of radiator hoses £20
 
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Nissan Micra 1 litre
owned 14 years, 160k

new engine and seats £100
brake caliper £20
couple of radiator hoses £20
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I had a k11 micra, fantastic reliable little car :cool: If anything major was to go wrong there was always 100's in the local scrappy too.
 
Rover 214 - Waterpump

Rover 214 - Gearbox (broken by me), coolant temp sensor, waterpump

Rover 220 - CV joint and gaiter (would have been just gaiter but it's been left since May - can't complain) Soon to need a new alternator. Got one lined up for £15 :p

edited to remove 'servicable' items :o
 
My one is a K10 and it's pretty cheery. Won't win any awards for speed of handling etc but for reliability its doing pretty well. TBH I probably didn't need to change the engine, it was probably just the carb needed changing as it was failing emissions.
 
Ford Mondeo Black ST220 (2002)

Owned for 4 years now covered 88K

New tires bought....24 altogether

Never Failed an MOT

Gone through 2 sets of discs on the front and many sets of brake pads.

Gone through 16 blocks of 3 injectors (LPG)

Several LPG filters (cheap)

And a respray :)

And now I have the major ford service + cam belt + clutch + more tires + LPG service and plus some petrol injectors AND! LPG injectors.

....all in the next 2 weeks.. gonna be pricey! :(

Did I mention I am on my 5th battery..... :eek:

Reliability has been great and doesn't feel like it needs a service. I will be hopefully getting this baby to 200k and buy a BMW for town driving to save some pennies regarding fuel soon.

Townlea
 
1998 Ford Mondeo 2.0L 16v

owned: 8 months, payed £750 for her.

miles covered: 11,000

problems:

stone cracked my power steering fluid cooler, £8 replacement
left my lights on, killed the 8 year old battery.
 
Car: Fiat Punto 1.2 (02)
Time owned: 3 years
Bought it with 0k on the clock, had 30k at time of disposale

Problems:

Powersterring failure, pump replaced under warenty
ECU failure, missed a recall car had to be recoved, replaced under warenty

Car: Fiat Stilo JTD (03)
Time owned: 2 years
Bought it with 26k on the clock, currently at 69,000

Problems:

Leaking screenwash bottle, replaced under warenty. (possibly caused by me :D )
 
until august I had an 05 reg astra sri (company car, mine from new august 05)

problems.. apart from being **** the gearstick came off in my hand when changing up coming onto the m4 (comedy pictures available if requested) that aside irritatingly no problems that robbed me of it for any length of time.

september 06-present Ford Focus ST2

problems.. its too damn fast :D other than that.. none, its glorious
 
2001 Subaru Impreza Sport 2.0

Owned for: 7 months

Covered: 6,000 miles

Problems: Nada. Drivers door central locking motor seems to be on its way out though.
 
Car : Peugoet 307 1.4s

Time owned : 23 months

Milage : 16000

Problems : clutch broke (3 months), stereo stopped playing cds, heat shield snappedd in half, the locks on the front bumber around the wheel broke, windscreen wiper fluid pipe has broken, the right front indicator wont work (yes ive changed bulbs, its the wires), the leatherette around the gear stick is ripping off.

all this apart from the leathette, the indicator and the windsreen wiper happened in less than a year
 
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Car: Peugeot 205 1.8 Turbo Diesel 1992.

Owner for: 7 years

Faults:
Wishbone and anti-rollbar bearings needed replacing.
Needed new brake hoses on the front
Windscreen washers are still not working properly (oh noes!)
Battery doesn't hold a charge, I need a new one
Starter solenoid loom had a voltage drop, so now I use a relay to turn the solenoid on. :)
The fuel pump cutoff electric thing went, so the engine would carry on running even after you took the key out. Fixed now. :)

So apart from minor suspension troubles, I would say the electrics have been the most problematic. Good job it's a derv then!
 
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Car : Toyota Paseo 1.5 Si (1996/N)
Time Owned: 13 Months:
Current Milage : 53672

Problems: None / Passed all previous MOT's no adviseries :)

thedazman
 
Car : BMW 323i SE (1998 R)
Time Owned: 13 Months:
Current Milage : 107k

Problems: Indicator fuse blown.
 
Ford Mondeo 2.5 V6 Ghia X

owned for: 8 months

current mileage: 174600

Problems: drivers side heated seat doesn't work and according to diagonstic computer it's runnng lean possibly dodgy MAF or Lambda sensor :)
 
Car :1989 Volvo 740GLE Estate
Purchase £ - £100
Mileage - 146,000 (Done 8k in my ownership)
Time owned : 11 Months
Problems : split coolant pipe (£5), leaking water pump (£55)

Not bad then :D
 
Dahatsu Fourtrack
bought at 12mts old/10k march 93

in 13yrs/100k miles it has had

:-
1 new exhaust @105k miles
2 rear springs @90k
rubber mounts on front suss
1 rear light cluster - hardly the cars fault,i backed into a trailer :)

and that is it :eek:

Haivng posted this it will now obviously push a piston through the the side of the engine tomorrow :)
 
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