Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Scenic, done it.

Over the week end i had to change a break light in the Scenic. This is the first time i have had to change any of the bulbs in the car, and i found it a bit complicated. You need a screwdriver and a bit of force. The Astra just had a hand turned plastic nut. But there you go.
Today, Julie noticed a front bulb gone. So i looked at the book to see how to change it. Then I looked under the bonnet, then I looked in the book again. I went on line. I looked at the car again. The problem is that the recommended way of changing a head light is to drop the wheel arch, which involves putting the car on a ramp. The odd person has taken the battery out. You basically have to put the car into the dealers and get them to do it. What was the design team doing the day that they thought that would be a good idea. It is only one wee bulb, and it is costing me £20 and half a morning. And i know that another bulb will go in a short time...

1 Comments:

Anonymous Mark (wee) said...

That is very annoying!

Toyota's are the same - there is no way for you to change a headlight bulb in the avensis at all... I knew an engineer who 'gave it a go' once, to end up breaking his whole headlight, so he had to leave it into the garage for a complete new unit. The garage (note not the dealer garage!) then managed to banjax his bumper whilst changing the headlight... it took weeks to get sorted!

9:50 AM

 

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