Hi all,
I've had this Micra for about 6 months now (it's an X-reg, 2000, Micra SE 16v 1.0), it was previously owned by an old lady so it's in good nick and has only done about 30k on the clock
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Although, it's got a few problems with it, and I've tried asking all sorts of mechanics and electricians - they all say it would cost me more to figure out what part it was than to just replace the car. Personally, I don't want to replace the car - I love it!
So, these are my problems:
Wipers
The front-intermittent setting and rear wipers don't work sometimes, they'll park fine and all that but every now and then they'll just stop working full-stop (they'll park and then just not work). Then all of a sudden while driving, or sometimes (on a good day after starting the car), they'll decide to start working fine. When this is happening, the spray also doesn't work (the spray comes out but the wiper does nothing), and I have to manually wipe the front screen (the rear does absolutely nothing and just dribbles down the screen when I try to clean it while this is happening).
All the other things work fine such as the 2nd and 3rd settings on the front (the faster settings), and the manual wipe.
Central locking
This hasn't worked since I got it, originally the keyfob buttons were broke so I replaced them (re-soldered) and the car responds to the keyfob, but when I try to unlock, it'll re-lock instantly - it takes about 3 tries to get it to unlock.
Also while driving sometimes it'll randomly engage itself and unlock/lock the doors.
I'm not too bothered about the central locking, and I'd rather just disconnect it so I can manually lock/unlock the doors via the key or inside the car. But sometimes the super-lock will engage and I'll have to get out the car just to let someone in!
Any help is greatly appreciated, I've googled and asked around and nobody seems to know what's up with it!
I've had this Micra for about 6 months now (it's an X-reg, 2000, Micra SE 16v 1.0), it was previously owned by an old lady so it's in good nick and has only done about 30k on the clock
.Although, it's got a few problems with it, and I've tried asking all sorts of mechanics and electricians - they all say it would cost me more to figure out what part it was than to just replace the car. Personally, I don't want to replace the car - I love it!
So, these are my problems:
Wipers
The front-intermittent setting and rear wipers don't work sometimes, they'll park fine and all that but every now and then they'll just stop working full-stop (they'll park and then just not work). Then all of a sudden while driving, or sometimes (on a good day after starting the car), they'll decide to start working fine. When this is happening, the spray also doesn't work (the spray comes out but the wiper does nothing), and I have to manually wipe the front screen (the rear does absolutely nothing and just dribbles down the screen when I try to clean it while this is happening).
All the other things work fine such as the 2nd and 3rd settings on the front (the faster settings), and the manual wipe.
Central locking
This hasn't worked since I got it, originally the keyfob buttons were broke so I replaced them (re-soldered) and the car responds to the keyfob, but when I try to unlock, it'll re-lock instantly - it takes about 3 tries to get it to unlock.
Also while driving sometimes it'll randomly engage itself and unlock/lock the doors.
I'm not too bothered about the central locking, and I'd rather just disconnect it so I can manually lock/unlock the doors via the key or inside the car. But sometimes the super-lock will engage and I'll have to get out the car just to let someone in!
Any help is greatly appreciated, I've googled and asked around and nobody seems to know what's up with it!
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