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« on: 03 August 2014, 17:07:31 »
Hello, this is my first post to the forum, I have joined specifically because I am in need of some advice.
I have just been given a 2002 2.2 Omega CD (petrol, auto) by my sister and her fiance, as he had just received a new company car and didnt want the Omega any more. I was told it was in decent condition, had hardly cost them anything to run for the last 18 months, so it seemed pretty good. Unfortunately, it turns out that neither one of them know the first thing about cars and I fear that the reason it has cost them so little in their ownership is because they have done little to no maintenance and have been happily putting up with/oblivious to several glaring faults.
The list of issues is as follows:
- Engine warning and immobiliser/electrics warning lights are lit on the dash, it alternates between the two but one is always there.
- The front wheels are completely out of alignment, and have taken the front tyre to the wear markers on the outside edge (though the rest of the tyres are hardly worn at all).
- There is an alarming gearbox fault where it sticks in gear (2nd or 3rd?) at 50mph; to go any faster you have to lift off the accelerator for a second to let it change up. In sport mode it wont change up at all. As you can imagine, this one is not much fun on motorway sliproads.
- There is an intermittent whining noise from the engine bay, which sounds like a rubber belt in anguish.
- Somehow, and this may actually be the worst one, somehow they have managed to put a foot long, inch wide, shallow band of scratches on the windscreen, right across the drivers eyeline. I dont know what happened to the wiper blade to do that, but even if you are clueless about cars, how can you be oblivious to that happening literally right in front of your eyes?
- I'm pretty sure the car hasnt been serviced in the 18 months they had it. The car came with no paperwork other than the v5. They couldnt even find the last MOT certificate.
Other than that (hah!) the car isnt too bad. Its done just under 60k miles, has no rust and is pretty straight. The ride is very comfortable and its a great place to be at 70 on the motorway.
My question to you fine people is: In your opinion is this worth trying to fix, or should I just be rid of it? I do not want to spend much money, if it sounds like it might be a case of sensors giving up rather than the things theyre sensing, then it might be worth a shot.
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply, it will be greatly appreciated.
