Hi,
Long story short.....my mum's W reg 306 developed a fault with the rear wind screeen wiper (kept blowing fuses in the main fuse box). She took the the car a local Peugeot garage, who carried out a "dignostic check" and said the motor in the wiper had gone and needed replacing. Nearly 5 weeks later, they are now saying the wiring loom is fried and that they are suprised that there has not been an electrical fire before today. The repair estimate has gone from =A380, to =A3200 for a replacement wiper unit, up to =A3400 for part of the wiring loom to be replaced to an estimate of =A31300 to fix all the problems they've now found. They've estimated that the car, W reg perfect nick 46,000 miles, is worh =A31500 and that the repair is not worth doing. They have said that they "won't see my mum without a car" and if she goes in they'll sort out a deal with a new car.
The car has not had any probs, electrical or otherwise, indeed the only fault that has developed since she had it is the blown fuse for the rear wiper. 5 weeks seems to be an inordinate amount of time to find the fault and since they've had it, they have dragged their heels diagnosing/fixing it. I'm starting to wonder if these more serious problems actually existed prior to them starting the repairs. Any advice on how to proceed? Anyone else had a similar problem?
Mark.