Alfa 147 soaked carpet!

" cupra" > wrote:
>Catman wrote:

>> I *think* this is a common issue resulting from the drain hose of the
>> Aircon being broken /dislodged / missing. Google groups may well help
>
>Yep - happened to mine from new.

Mine too. Although didn't really notice until week in the south of france.
Spoilt the maps! Didn't get the dealer to look at it until the third year
of the warranty. And the garage refused to fix it, saying that rubber
pipes and hoses weren't covered in the third year! And wanted £70 as
a special goodwill discount rate to fix it. So I told 'em to bugger off
(well, I said, no thankyou). Oddly, I've not noticed it since, I wonder
if they (accidentally?) prodded the pipe back into the right place, or
had already done it when they asked if they should.

dom.

Dominic wrote:
> " cupra" > wrote:
>> Catman wrote:
>
>>> I *think* this is a common issue resulting from the drain hose of
>>> the Aircon being broken /dislodged / missing. Google groups may
>>> well help
>>
>> Yep - happened to mine from new.
>
> Mine too. Although didn't really notice until week in the south of
> france. Spoilt the maps! Didn't get the dealer to look at it until
> the third year of the warranty. And the garage refused to fix it,
> saying that rubber pipes and hoses weren't covered in the third year!
> And wanted £70 as
> a special goodwill discount rate to fix it. So I told 'em to bugger
> off (well, I said, no thankyou). Oddly, I've not noticed it since, I
> wonder if they (accidentally?) prodded the pipe back into the right
> place, or
> had already done it when they asked if they should.
>
> dom.

It can't have been too bad if you lasted 3 years! (credit to my dealer -
they offered to change the fitted carpets if they started to smell....)

" cupra" > wrote:
>Dominic wrote:
>> " cupra" > wrote:
>>> Catman wrote:
>>
>>>> I *think* this is a common issue resulting from the drain hose of
>>>> the Aircon being broken /dislodged / missing. Google groups may
>>>> well help
>>>
>>> Yep - happened to mine from new.
>>
>> Mine too. Although didn't really notice until week in the south of
>> france. Spoilt the maps! Didn't get the dealer to look at it until
>> the third year of the warranty. And the garage refused to fix it,
>> saying that rubber pipes and hoses weren't covered in the third year!
>> And wanted £70 as
>> a special goodwill discount rate to fix it. So I told 'em to bugger
>> off (well, I said, no thankyou). Oddly, I've not noticed it since, I
>> wonder if they (accidentally?) prodded the pipe back into the right
>> place, or
>> had already done it when they asked if they should.
>>
>> dom.
>
>It can't have been too bad if you lasted 3 years! (credit to my dealer -
>they offered to change the fitted carpets if they started to smell....)

Only condensation after all, that's why I didn't notice it 'till a trip
in summer across the south of france.

Actually, after the garage wanted to charge £70 to fix it, I'm sure the
puddle on the garage floor is much bigger than it used to be.

dom.

Alright guys

Got leak fixed today. Wasn't the air con. Was a panel behind wheel arch
leaking water and was collecting in passenger floor well. Very good
coachworks near where I live fixed it for £70. Much cheaper than what
it would have been at the dealer!

V happy. Now all I need is the air bag light to stay off!

davea wrote:
> Alright guys
>
> Got leak fixed today. Wasn't the air con. Was a panel behind wheel
> arch leaking water and was collecting in passenger floor well. Very
> good coachworks near where I live fixed it for £70. Much cheaper than
> what it would have been at the dealer!
>

Nice one.... you can't beat a good local garage, mine's just done 84K
service plus changed all bushes (powerflex) for £220! ISTR paying the main
dealer well over £100 just to do the rear bushes laste year..... (I supplied
the bushes btw!)

> V happy. Now all I need is the air bag light to stay off!

Had that too - the connections to the side airbags seem to suffer from poor
immunity to knocks etc. I suspect that the light can only be reset by
someone with a computer though.....

Yup, although I've got a dealer warranty it always seems to work out
cheaper going to a local garage who I know will do a good job. Too many
loop holes in the warranty, waste of time, got to put on the boxing
gloves every time you say "isn't that covered in the warranty?"