Hi everyone,
I bought a 2005 ES Lancer today... just a few little things worrying me at the moment....
From the looks of things I think the car has been in an accident as the front appears to be all new.... for example the radiator and battery and all of the pipes and cabling around the front.... Also for a 6 year old car, no stone chips or anything on the bumper.....The car appears to run fine but there could be some hidden problems that will pop up one day.... gotta look on the brighter side of things that at least I have a new front on the car
Anyway the problem/question is about the air conditioning.
Firstly, there are 3 buttons in the centre console.... 1st one is for the rear demister, the second one is the air conditioner and the 3rd is the recirculate button.
Button 1 turns on and off fine with each press, but the second and third button don't appear to work all the time.... I don't know if there is something wrong with the buttons or thats how they are supposed to work.. Sometimes I press them an the light turns on and off, sometimes I press it multiple times and it doesn't come on at all. I was thinking maybe its like that for a reason cause its might not like being turned on and off.. just seems very weird though..
Another thing, which might be normal..I've only driven the car for about 15 mins, but during that time I notice like a clicking noise coming on and off in the engine bay.....
When I got home I poped the bonnet, the click noise happens when the fans turn on.....
Are the fans supposed to keep turning on and off??? It seemed to turn on for 11 seconds and turn off for 9 seconds...it just keeps doing that continuously.... when the airconditioning was off, the fans were just off and didn't come on (the car wasn't running for that long and it was a very cold day if I left it longer I'm sure (I hope) the fan/s would have turned on)
Is this clicking noise normal? Is the on/off thing normal? I read somewhere in another forum that they said this happens in smaller cars... something about giving the engine more power on smaller cars.
I've got 3 months warranty from the dealer on the car so I wanto to try to dig out whatever I can and try to claim it if need be....
Thanks in advance everyone!
P.S. Anyone know where I can get a passenger side sunvisor? The mirror is smashed, from the look of things its easier to replace the whole visor rather than just the mirror.
I bought a 2005 ES Lancer today... just a few little things worrying me at the moment....
From the looks of things I think the car has been in an accident as the front appears to be all new.... for example the radiator and battery and all of the pipes and cabling around the front.... Also for a 6 year old car, no stone chips or anything on the bumper.....The car appears to run fine but there could be some hidden problems that will pop up one day.... gotta look on the brighter side of things that at least I have a new front on the car
Anyway the problem/question is about the air conditioning.
Firstly, there are 3 buttons in the centre console.... 1st one is for the rear demister, the second one is the air conditioner and the 3rd is the recirculate button.
Button 1 turns on and off fine with each press, but the second and third button don't appear to work all the time.... I don't know if there is something wrong with the buttons or thats how they are supposed to work.. Sometimes I press them an the light turns on and off, sometimes I press it multiple times and it doesn't come on at all. I was thinking maybe its like that for a reason cause its might not like being turned on and off.. just seems very weird though..
Another thing, which might be normal..I've only driven the car for about 15 mins, but during that time I notice like a clicking noise coming on and off in the engine bay.....
When I got home I poped the bonnet, the click noise happens when the fans turn on.....
Are the fans supposed to keep turning on and off??? It seemed to turn on for 11 seconds and turn off for 9 seconds...it just keeps doing that continuously.... when the airconditioning was off, the fans were just off and didn't come on (the car wasn't running for that long and it was a very cold day if I left it longer I'm sure (I hope) the fan/s would have turned on)
Is this clicking noise normal? Is the on/off thing normal? I read somewhere in another forum that they said this happens in smaller cars... something about giving the engine more power on smaller cars.
I've got 3 months warranty from the dealer on the car so I wanto to try to dig out whatever I can and try to claim it if need be....
Thanks in advance everyone!
P.S. Anyone know where I can get a passenger side sunvisor? The mirror is smashed, from the look of things its easier to replace the whole visor rather than just the mirror.