V6 cut out whilst turning today!!

[seany]

I went to turn in a car park today and the bloody thing cut out on me!!!

Why?Must have been the fact i had the stereo on,aircon on full and the power steering must have not helped too.

Anyone else with a V6 have this problem or is it me being paranoid again?

Plus the turning circle is crap too,apart from that i love the car.

Seany

 

[zeemax]

Mines been doing the same, I put it down to the heat. And yes the turning circle is sh*t, makes you look like you cant drive when ever turning as it takes 2 or 3 attemps to pull into a space.

 

[Dash]

Happens most times I turn to park. Just one of those common little niggles with the V6.

Other common faults include :

Squeeking front doing U turns.

Exhaust knocking on rear bumber when cornering hard.

Tyres wear out every 5k miles.

Side air vents never go back right when removing for regular cleaning.

Rear exhaust goes dirty & cruddy looking. ( sorted

Most annoying I found is the pedals. I brake and rev madly at the same time. ( must lift feet more )

Apart from all that the v6 is nice and silver.

 

[seany]

Quote: Originally posted by zeemax on 11 August 2003

Mines been doing the same, I put it down to the heat. And yes the turning circle is sh*t, makes you look like you cant drive when ever turning as it takes 2 or 3 attemps to pull into a space.

It only has done it once when ive had everything on in the car so i suppose it was over loading it too much.

The revs drop when the aircon is on.

Anything else i should look out for with the car mate,its been fine so far apart from some strange readings from the water bottle(up and down).

Cheers

Seany

 

[zeemax]

Seany, thank god I thought it was just me, I have size 12 feet and am always pressing the brake and throttle at the same time, they are built that way for toe/heal braking I think.

I also get that squeek from the front when on full lock.

The exhaust makes a little rattle till it warms up for some reason, nothing to load though.

I have blown one of my rear speakers so need to get a speaker upgrade, will do that after nitrous fitted.

 

[CB1A]

its a common fault - if you have air con on past setting no 2 it will stall. mine does it all the time.

 

[steveV6]

mine too!

 

[rt172]

And mine!







Oh bugger, Ive not got a V6 :-(

 

[GR7]

I think I had a lucky escape!

 

[visceral]

Have they fixed it on the MK2?

 

[edde]

Quote: Originally posted by zeemax on 11 August 2003


Seany, thank god I thought it was just me, I have size 12 feet and am always pressing the brake and throttle at the same time, they are built that way for toe/heal braking I think.

IF were going to brag them I wear a size 16.

Never hit both the accelerator and brake though have done on other cars but never the clio. I guess the pedals much be different in the faster clio.

EDD