My car conked out today!

[Jenkins]

SUV, stupid unnecessary vehicles.

Sodding Ugly Vehicles

 

[DRM]

Accy has a Vauxhall Adam now.

All Day At Mechanics.

Didn't it's namesake, Adam of Adam & The Ants keep conking out too?

 

[Drago]

Adam West redently dropped off his perch.

It seems its not a good time to be an Adam. Even worse, poor old Accy is in Adam.

 

[DRM]

Were all in suspense for the next installment of Adam's bad behaviour

 

[tyred]

Really should have bought a Rover P4 instead.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It's the 'coil pack', or something like that. A bloke from the dealer/garage I bought it from came round today with his 'diagnostic computer'. Firstly he said it wouldn't fire up again when I managed to get it home the other day, after asking if I put the clutch down before turning the ignition, with me saying no I didn't. Now he mentioned it, it does say something about doing that on the dashboard screen. I'm taking it in tomorrow to have a new coil pack fitted, so hopefully fingers crossed it should be ok after. 😉👍

 

[Accy cyclist]

@Accy cyclist - "conked out" doesn't exactly fit your persona. "Failed to proceed" may be more appropriate in these circumstances

No, conked out is perfectly acceptable as I once heard Terry Thomas say that when his Jaguar sports car broke down, in a 1950's Ealing Studios comedy!🧐

 

[biggs682]

It's the 'coil pack', or something like that. A bloke from the dealer/garage I bought it from came round today with his 'diagnostic computer'. Firstly he said it wouldn't fire up again when I managed to get it home the other day, after asking if I put the clutch down before turning the ignition, with me saying no I didn't. Now he mentioned it, it does say something about doing that on the dashboard screen. I'm taking it in tomorrow to have a new coil pack fitted, so hopefully fingers crossed it should be ok after. 😉👍

That's a fairly standard failure these days, so once sorted it shouldn't rear it's ugly head again

 

[Drago]

I think I know why Accy has gone quiet...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-years-after-faking-brake-failure-on-motorway

 

[richardfm]

No, conked out is perfectly acceptable as I once heard Terry Thomas say that when his Jaguar sports car broke down, in a 1950's Ealing Studios comedy!🧐

Isn't "he conked our" what John Le Mesuier said he wanted on his gravestone?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Isn't "he conked our" what John Le Mesuier said he wanted on his gravestone?

Spike Milligan has 'I told you I was ill' inscribed on his gravestone!😉👍

 

[Badger_Boom]

Isn't "he conked our" what John Le Mesuier said he wanted on his gravestone?

I read that somewhere, but the more appropriate "Resting" is what he's actually got.

 

[richardfm]

I read that somewhere, but the more appropriate "Resting" is what he's actually got.

Yes, I read his Wikipedia page after posting.
It was the death notice in the Times, that he wrote himself, that said he'd conked out.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It was as if someone had suddenly pressed my break pedal down to the floor! There I was doing about 30mph, then a sudden slowing down, followed by very little power/acceleration. Silly me should've headed for home, but instead drove to my intended destination thinking it'd be a slight blockage in the fuel pipe that'd free itself after a while. I could only do 18mph maximum and that was in second gear. Every now and then there would be a sudden upsurge in power, then it'd lose power. I managed to make it home, not stopping to turn the ignition off then back on, thinking that might've helped. Thankfully I didn't as when I parked up in my usual spot I turned the ignition off then on trying to fire my car up again there was nothing at all! I phoned the dealer where I bought the car, with him saying he'd get a mechanic to phone me back, but he didn't do. What could be the problem?! The car is under warranty till the 23rd of September, by the way.

It still happens every now and then. Even the seller/garage who diagnosticly tested it couldn't find anything wrong. It happened again this afternoon, again not going more than 18mph no matter how much I put my foot down. I decided to type into You Tube 'My Vauxhall Adam suddenly goes slow and won't go above 18mph'. On looking at the following video I think this might be the problem. After watching the below video I pressed the button as advised and saw my car had a speed limit of 18mph showing. Yes, I know it's been doing much more than 18mph, but maybe the 18mph setting kicks in every now and then. Anyway, I've now set the maximum speed to 70mph. Let's see if it solves the problem!🤔


View: https://youtu.be/tlX9rJwWeHE?is=dvcHm3DRuWpDoAGl

Before...

The new set limit...

What do you mean havent you got a duster?!😉👍

 

[fossyant]

Is it still running smoothly and just stopping at 18 mph. Make sure you aren't toggling on the speed limiter - I have an extra 'stalk' with the cruise and speed limiter on it - could you be catching the switch that activates it, or indeed have it switched on.

If it's still running rough, could be another coil pack as they tend to fail with age (it's the electronic bit that sits on the spark plug - the modern equivalent of the HT leads).