How many miles & what's gone wrong ?

[MSI64]

Ok Baby is back outside my house Cost?? 257 quid all in
New rear drum, pads,brakes Bleed new retaining spring. All done

[BIG BILL]

2.2DTI 2001 34000 miles when I bought it

1. fuel injection pump replaced at 37000 cost £1400
2. imobiliser failure rewired (bypass) cost £240
3. EML still comes on under heavy use?
Vac pipes and all bleedoffs replaced?

Now has only 40000 miles soI hope that's it for a while

BIG BILL.

[xdinglep1]

Dont know if this will be of any interest but i thought id post it any hoo:-

R - reg fronty sport, bought 12th jan 07 paid £1900, 66k mls on the clock (not so sure if this was genuine, i have my doubts) absolutely no service history whatsoever with it so i took the risk ......

current mileage 104k

Yup i do a LOT of mileage, this includes thrapping it up and down the motorway daily at 90mph, plenty of stop start driving, bouncing up cerbs all day, being loaded up for surfing trips to woolacoombe, ( and i mean loaded up. i dont do traveling light ) seats down stacked to the roof, surf board, mountain board, and mountain bike on the roof rack, plus some days of extreme off roading.

I service it at all the correct intervals.......

And wats gone wrong.......................

basically nothing !!!

i had a top hose go a few months ago ( the strange little one that fits kinda under the inlet manifold ) this was due to age and the rubber going hard.

And the centre box started blowing, ( caused by me bellying it out off road )Since had this removed and a straight pipe welded in for better ground clearence.

Other than that ( ooooo has started to blow a little oil out the back off the head now ) its been totally reliable and a credit to vauxhall to be fair.
Considering the abuse i put it through daily i cant fault it.

Dingle

[Sir-Doris]

Lower ball joints have slight play (according to my friendly MOT man) after 113,000 miles. As far as I can tell from previous owner receipts etc they are still the originals.

[troy]

148000mls on a 2.4 only had 1 problem cutting out due to a melted fuel pump relay

[Drift]

[cha]

16300km
have the Frontera for now 500km and yesterday a part of the exhaust gives a rattle.

[EnglishOak]

bought my first diesel fronty just over a yr agofor £500, 92 K reg, 2.3td with Approx 114k on the clock ( dont think its done that little tbh) so far its had:
glow plugs, battery, filters oil change etc £120
Turbo Hose £90 from vauxhall
for the MOT it had:
All new brake hoses, New front to back brake pipes, front brake pipes, 3 track rod ends, Centre tie link ( or bar), Have a little problem with the brake pedal still but thats due to air i think still in the system, £280 as i did all the work my self other wise a Huge garage bill.

the roof lining is sagging badly and the rear trim is knackerd, i have replacements for them just finding a nice day to do it.£20

the only problem with it now is, it is useing loads of water, but having neva owned a td b4 im just putting it down to the intercooler or something.

* forgot to add* 2nd hand bonnet in near mint condition from Line-x Cheers m8 it looks Great

[kingfisher]

my fronty is a family heirloom . my dad had it from new , now iv,e had it for about 3 yrs
its a 94 swb sport .
all thats gone wrong so far is a clutch fitted at about 65000 , its only done 71000 now ,

[Gibbo]

1996 2.0 sport.

Got it in july 07 on 64000 now on 75589

looking at history nothing major, only thing since i owned it was:
Clutch
Master cylinder
Slave sylinder
All done at 75325 total £560

centre exhuast piece done at weekend (75560) £50

nothing else gone wrong at mo and hope it stays that way for a while

[greenjeep]

Iv had this one for 3 years now with 105000 miles to date..Until now nothing went wrong, for mot this time it needed----
4xnew tyres
all brake pipes replaced
some welding on the underside
new headlight lens
new stainless steel rear exhaust...
The only thing i can say is that its worth it because iv never had as much fun with any other vehicle i have ever owned!!!!
I hope it will last me for a while yet, its not pretty but its mine!!!

[MSI64]

Fuel lines have split Knew it was coming as I could smell fuel everytime I turned it on.
Anyone near me with the know how want to give me a hand getting her back on the road

[MSI64]

Fuel lines fixed got new steel braided lines only a tenner on E bay half hours work job done I LOVE MY FRONTY

[paul666]

Bought mine in april with 126,000 did normal stuff like service and cambelt had 13 months of mot but needed all pads doing, front bearings setting, clutch master was empty, hole in one way valve in servo pipe, airflow meter, idle valve, side steps, alloys (wheels and tyres were shot), fuel pump packed in oh yes had to take a chisel to the c**p in the inlet manifold then reseal the throttle body (cleaned out all the engine breathers at the same time oddly enough). washer jets had blocked before I got it and I blew both off the bonnet on the way back from buying it - bet I could not do that again if I tried. I've found you can fit a volvo load cover to hide your amps and stuff. Last but not least did the air duct change listed on here (not counting radios/ alarms etc)

Hang on forgot one had wheel move like a nodding dog whilst in lincs - all the bolts that hold the top part of the steering column/wheel on were free moving - that was fun!

have done nearly 2k in between though - she never actually broke down on me and if she'll run like that she'll run in a hurricane

[Drift]

[weave67]

well in the two weeks that my secret shortie has been on the road,ive spent more time working on it than driving it,in a year of drivivg trusty rusty the only thing i had to do was change 2 driveshaft gaitors

[Silver Ghost]

will post whats been done to my new truck, prior to me getting it. but will take a while to get everything in milage order, as it has had alot done. as i say prior to me.

but since i had me truck,

£15.00 loosing air out of front drivers tyre, leaking at the rim. 77k

sean

[omegastew]

Frontera 2.3td lwb. M plate.

Bought it when I joined the foum.

Diff covered and oil pipes needed changing. Parts along cost me over £200.00, thanks vauxhall.
Glow plugs bought ( not fitted) june 2008. New £20.00.

Few other faults, but will list when done.

Cars done over 154,000 miles, but starts, runs, and does what I want it to do.

[headbanging]

1994 Frontera sport. 105k Owned since 70k

Rear Axle at 80k (Seased up whilst doing 80mph on M40, that was fun!!!)

Head Gasket at 90K

Split bulkhead at the moment

Electric wing mirrors at 100k

Sure there's more but can't think of any at moment.

[weave67]

well trusty rusty has just clocked up 192,000 just had a recent rear wheel bearing and rear brakes all work done by me for less than 65 notes,he has took us on holidays, laning p ,and p days,pulled our caravan and just keeps getting us home I wonder who has the highest millage