Control arm leaking hydraulic fluid

[mick]

Hey peeps, had my car in at the mechanics today for a once over, as I bought it second hand 2.5 weeks ago. I had told him of the front end knock that it seems most of the gen 1 owners seem to have had over the last few years. He has found that the d bushes to the front sway bar need replacing and the front left control arm is leaking hydraulic fluid. I would have thought that a roadworthy test would have picked these items up? What is the concencious, do you think the car yard should fix these under the 3 month warranty as they should have been picked up via rw test, or should I pay to get them fixed?? Cheers.

[2XS]

Definately the car yard.

The control arms are fluid filled. Ask them to fit the Superpro kit instead of genuine, probably cheaper too.

[IceValk85]

100% stat warranty.

dodgey road worthy is probably worth investigating too if they wont come to the party.

Ice

[bd581]

Control arm should definitely be fixed.
The bushes they could argue about because its not really a road worthy issue, just bloody annoying. But for the $40 and half hour work to fit them they should do it just for the sake of customer service

[mick]

Thanks for the reply dudes, I'll ring them today and report back.....

[mick]

All good after a bit of idle threats. Getting all fixed under stat warranty. Gotta wait til Friday next week :-(

[mick]

2xs unfortunately I didn't get a say in which parts but after speaking to the mechanic, they're gonna use pedders parts.

[IceValk85]

nothing wrong with pedders stuff.

the full set of lowered susp spings and shocks i have in my MPS6 is the best thing ive done with the car yet.

and the local pedders manager here is a legend in his own lunchbox. 45 years in the job, knee high white cotton socks, smokes like a chimney. mans a sage lol

Ice