So I have my first real issue with my 'new' car. Yesterday went to the store to get some groceries, and when I was coming out I used the key fob remote to pop the trunk. Only, the trunk didn't pop. I was able to get it open manually with the key itself, but I'm wondering what sort of issue this might be. I can hear whatever mechanism is trying to pop the trunk, but it's not actually doing anything. Poking around a couple car forums seems to have turned up that either a) I have a bad wiring connection somewhere or a fuse needs replacing or b) there's something wrong with the mechanism itself. I was wondering what you car folk might be able to recommend as the next step. I haven't really had a chance to fiddle with it, hope to do that over my lunch break today.
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The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
The Black HunterThe key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple,unimpeachable reason to existRegistered Userregular
edited August 2009
I do not see it as a good thing
A friend of mine in class says he thinks it's great, but I am absolutely sure it will be god awfully slow, absolutely unsafe, and generally a terrible car
So I have my first real issue with my 'new' car. Yesterday went to the store to get some groceries, and when I was coming out I used the key fob remote to pop the trunk. Only, the trunk didn't pop. I was able to get it open manually with the key itself, but I'm wondering what sort of issue this might be. I can hear whatever mechanism is trying to pop the trunk, but it's not actually doing anything. Poking around a couple car forums seems to have turned up that either a) I have a bad wiring connection somewhere or a fuse needs replacing or b) there's something wrong with the mechanism itself. I was wondering what you car folk might be able to recommend as the next step. I haven't really had a chance to fiddle with it, hope to do that over my lunch break today.
I would normally say that it sounds like the solenoid could be wonky, but since you can hear something clicking when you press it... perhaps more mechanical than electrical.
See if you can notice anything askew with the clasps on the trunk first. Click the button a few times, see if parts are moving as they should.
You may be able to diagnose the problem yourself, but I'm not sure you're going to be able to fix it yourself. But look on the brightside, your trunk still opens!
Here in the UK anyway it's only a legal requirement to have a side-mirror on the driver's side. So they're probably cutting costs with only having one mirror.
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The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
A friend of mine in class says he thinks it's great, but I am absolutely sure it will be god awfully slow, absolutely unsafe, and generally a terrible car
Well, considering that in a 10 minute race I'll usually have at least one crash that would totally any vehicle and make it undrivable if not completely upside down over and over, I wouldn't want my car to stop moving
If you want a racing sim, play iRacing. If you want an arcade game with shiny replays, play GT5 or Forza.
Well, considering that in a 10 minute race I'll usually have at least one crash that would totally any vehicle and make it undrivable if not completely upside down over and over, I wouldn't want my car to stop moving
If you want a racing sim, play iRacing. If you want an arcade game with shiny replays, play GT5 or Forza.
I have a guy that works in the mechanic shop here at work who says if I can get a replacement doodly bob he can switch it out really easy, so at least I won't have to worry about crazy repair costs.
Also, from the video that I watched, the damage is fucking stupid anyway. Smash into a barrier at 80km/h and the front bumper is crooked? Yeah, that's realistic.
Like in the first one when they were like
CAR WASH
And I was all Sweeeet my car's gonna get cool mud splatters and other sorts of stuff
and then it ended up just turning what I called "dusty"
After a bit more digging, found this post on a VW forum from 2004 that describes my problem and included some photos
Their solution was to use some epoxy putty and put the two parts back together and hope it would stay. Might be a good temporary solution until I get the free time to dig around a junkyard.
I had no idea what you were talking about until I just got home. . .weird. Anyway, I think I found the right part on ebay, only I just need that little black doodly part, not the whole assembly. Still, for $30 it's not that bad and if anything else on that fails I'll have spare parts.
The cube is passable, it looks a lot better than the fucking tata
I live in a city were a V8 is a perfectly viable vehicle, V6 is normal
well, i mean, you clearly don't live in a real city
i mean even in the average british city, which is about as large as the average american small town, the maximum speed you're going to be travelling is about 30mph
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edited August 2009
80 kph or 50 mph is the normal speed here, I can't stand driving in sydney because the suburbs are just a slow grid, whereas here everything is laid out so well.
80 kph or 50 mph is the normal speed here, I can't stand driving in sydney because the suburbs are just a slow grid, whereas here everything is laid out so well.
It isn't the fact that Canberra is well-planned that makes traffic a non-issue (which it is), but that no one fucking lives there.
In all seriousness though, the days of the big, 4-door V8 sedans are over. Hell, even V6's are probably extraneous. A 4 cylinder in a compact sedan is more than enough for most people.
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80 kph or 50 mph is the normal speed here, I can't stand driving in sydney because the suburbs are just a slow grid, whereas here everything is laid out so well.
It isn't the fact that Canberra is well-planned that makes traffic a non-issue (which it is), but that no one fucking lives there.
In all seriousness though, the days of the big, 4-door V8 sedans are over. Hell, even V6's are probably extraneous. A 4 cylinder in a compact sedan is more than enough for most people.
you can have my V8 when you pry it from my cold dead fingers
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edited August 2009
Stale I don't think I have ever felt closer to you than I do right now
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this car angers me
A friend of mine in class says he thinks it's great, but I am absolutely sure it will be god awfully slow, absolutely unsafe, and generally a terrible car
Steam
I would normally say that it sounds like the solenoid could be wonky, but since you can hear something clicking when you press it... perhaps more mechanical than electrical.
See if you can notice anything askew with the clasps on the trunk first. Click the button a few times, see if parts are moving as they should.
You may be able to diagnose the problem yourself, but I'm not sure you're going to be able to fix it yourself. But look on the brightside, your trunk still opens!
Here in the UK anyway it's only a legal requirement to have a side-mirror on the driver's side. So they're probably cutting costs with only having one mirror.
That's pretty absolute.
If you want a racing sim, play iRacing. If you want an arcade game with shiny replays, play GT5 or Forza.
The douche thread is over there.
I'm far too lazy and might actually call a mechanic to do it. Lucky for me I do know an honest one though.
now I just need to figure out what the hell that dongly bit is so I can replace it.
Maybe I'll take a photo and post it later, maybe some other VW folk know what the hell it's called
Let me do it over the internet for you.
$1000.
Stupid thing, stupid stupid ugly back window stupidness
If you want a tiny Nissan wait for the Leaf to come out, at least that'll have zero emissions or something
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Like in the first one when they were like
CAR WASH
And I was all Sweeeet my car's gonna get cool mud splatters and other sorts of stuff
and then it ended up just turning what I called "dusty"
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Their solution was to use some epoxy putty and put the two parts back together and hope it would stay. Might be a good temporary solution until I get the free time to dig around a junkyard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
I had no idea what you were talking about until I just got home. . .weird. Anyway, I think I found the right part on ebay, only I just need that little black doodly part, not the whole assembly. Still, for $30 it's not that bad and if anything else on that fails I'll have spare parts.
dog, there are only going to be about 1000 of those, and they are going to be 10 grand more than the Cube.
I live in a city were a V8 is a perfectly viable vehicle, V6 is normal
i mean even in the average british city, which is about as large as the average american small town, the maximum speed you're going to be travelling is about 30mph
Least you're getting what you pay for.
Not like the elaborate ruse that the Cube is
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
if I got a cube I'd try to convert it to rwd and put a big engine in it, which for the cube would be like 2 liters
an evo engine perhaps
yes
yes
Big block Chevy V8, duder.
oh my god, just chop off the front bodywork and you probably could, it'd look like a little T-bucket ford rod
It isn't the fact that Canberra is well-planned that makes traffic a non-issue (which it is), but that no one fucking lives there.
In all seriousness though, the days of the big, 4-door V8 sedans are over. Hell, even V6's are probably extraneous. A 4 cylinder in a compact sedan is more than enough for most people.
Zenvo ST-1
you can have my V8 when you pry it from my cold dead fingers