A couple of months ago my 17 year old son purchased his first car - a 2003 Micra S. It has an FSH from the dealer with the last service being only 2k miles ago. As the car had been unused for a while I decided to get it check over and as well as a leaking shock absorber and worn brakes, there is a problem with the throttle potentiometer - this was causing the engine management light to illuminate, something that had only started yesterday.
The garage advised that it appears that someone has been trying to fix this previously (can see where apparent checks have been done around this and on area's that might cause it) and thinks that the previous owner has had the engine management light reset so that any purchaser (ie my son) wouldn't be aware of the problem. It's only come to light (literally) about 6 weeks after he purchased it.
I've been quoted £320 + vat + fitting to get this part done.
The garage advised that it's not something that is likely to shut down the car as if it was a serious problem it would go into 'limp' mode. So, is it something we can just put up with, does it need doing, and does this price seem reasonable. Any advice would be helpful - thanks.
The garage advised that it appears that someone has been trying to fix this previously (can see where apparent checks have been done around this and on area's that might cause it) and thinks that the previous owner has had the engine management light reset so that any purchaser (ie my son) wouldn't be aware of the problem. It's only come to light (literally) about 6 weeks after he purchased it.
I've been quoted £320 + vat + fitting to get this part done.
The garage advised that it's not something that is likely to shut down the car as if it was a serious problem it would go into 'limp' mode. So, is it something we can just put up with, does it need doing, and does this price seem reasonable. Any advice would be helpful - thanks.
