My drive shaft snapped.
Front pipe and cat blew.
Passenger side c. v joint and boot changed.
Front suspension link replaced.
Front brake pads replaced.
Front window and passenger window jammed.
I can hear water noise from passenger side!!
Total spent £600 and the m.o.t runs out in the next month!!!
My god, the car is aw some, I love it to bits, but its really hurting me in the pocket!
It's got alloys, leather, everything!!!
Very fast after 4000rpm!!!
Love racing on the motorway, wicked pick up speed.
Its in black, with tints, looks deadly!
Most of the items replaced here are consumable items that all cars need, such as brakes, cats, exhausts, suspension rubbers and mounts etc.
The windows, OK but loads of other cars suffer from problem electric windows, and the CV joint and driveshaft would not have failed if you had checked the rubber CV boot regularly for damage. Once the CV boot splits, all the grease gets contaminated with road dirt and grit, which wrecks the CV joint and then it starts to click on full lock. If you ignored this then the driveshaft failed, then that's not the car's fault, it's yours for neglect.
The water noise is air in the heater matrix, and can be caused by a leaking heater matrix or other water leak from the cooling system, a failing head gasket, or just simply from lack of coolant in the radiator. My Primera has started making this water noise, and I have put some Radweld in it in case the heater matrix might be starting to leak - it's nothing serious and most older cars need a new heater matrix at some time or other.
Primera's are good cars, but they need maintaining just the same as any other car. Buy a Renault Laguna or Megane, then you will know the meaning of a crap and unreliable car!
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