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moddedcorsa |
posted on 20th May 03 at 17:51 |
Apparently repeated closing of the doors makes it worse, especially if they r slammed | |
stuyw |
posted on 20th May 03 at 10:45 |
u cant 'avoid' it happening. But as said it happens due to the flexing of the chassis | |
and-m |
posted on 20th May 03 at 10:30 |
Yes my driver side one has a small crack and passed MOT OK. | |
Rob H |
posted on 20th May 03 at 10:28 |
Not being funny lads, but only K100's attemted answering my question. I know how to fix them already, I just need to know how to avoid them happening in the first place! (a nd do say dont drive it! :lol: ) | |
MattyB |
posted on 20th May 03 at 10:22 |
quote: My cars had the cracks for 4 years...........passed every MOT (3 at vauxhall) since. I'm not too worried. Mines a 120k 1.2 LS and the cracks havent got bigger or anything. Matt | |
Phil Hall |
posted on 20th May 03 at 08:02 |
Same happened to mine and 2 of my mates and they were 1999 / 2000 models. Sell it and buy Japanese is my advise. | |
bri |
posted on 19th May 03 at 21:46 |
The cracks in the B pillars are an MOT fail so you need to get them sorted | |
Mikorsa16v |
posted on 19th May 03 at 20:26 |
you never know u may end up sellin ya corsas as a convertable/cab? | |
Rob H |
posted on 19th May 03 at 20:16 |
So no-one knows for definate then, i.e has seen lots of cars with the problem, and has seen a pattern in the usage of the car. | |
Dave Hay |
posted on 19th May 03 at 17:14 |
yip i know a standard td corsa with b pillar cracks - needs plates welded in to fix it | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 19th May 03 at 17:13 |
are these cracks visible from insude the door shut? or will the door card have to be removed? (obviously it will depend on how long the crack is, but do they generally start from the door shut? or will it be hidden until its big enough to spread from behind door card to door shut???) | |
K100RSA |
posted on 19th May 03 at 16:04 |
it is a fairly common problem but only ever seen it on the older cars ie L reg, its nothing at all to do with suspension or wheels etc, mine had them when I got it, and that car was as standard as the day it left the factory, it was owned by a church group in cornwall, I was told by Vaux that it was put down to repeated opening and closing of the doors, so I guess that also is reflected in most high mileage problems, they did apparantly repair them under warranty but only if the car was under 6 years of age and had a full service history, this is just what I was told by the local dealers. | |
Jason Iles |
posted on 19th May 03 at 15:46 |
quote: They are part of the cars Strength so it will need looking at as soon as poss | |
Adam_B |
posted on 19th May 03 at 15:41 |
Is it dangerous ? | |
Jason Iles |
posted on 19th May 03 at 15:35 |
It's a vauxhall fault the car should have been recalled | |
CRB 553 |
posted on 19th May 03 at 14:47 |
its just caused by chasis flex.....common on badly lowered cars with just springs , and ov course high milage...... | |
Rob H |
posted on 19th May 03 at 14:44 |
Right, some cars crack, some dont. |