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Bugger - back window popped!!!!!! Pug 106
DarrenW - 16/1/08 at 09:56 PM

The back window in my Pug 106 popped tonight. Luckily we were covered with £60 excess. Autoglass came out within 3 hours (superb, fantastic, great company) and fixed it. The point of post however is to check the rear window heatre connections. A fault on mine caused the back window to pop. Next time you clean your car check for black bits.

TGR-ECOSSE - 16/1/08 at 10:02 PM

I had exactly the same problem on a Peugeot309. Switched on the heated rear screen then bang and glass everywhere After looking at the remains it looked like it had a bad connection onto the glass and water must have got in, it boiled up and blew the glass. That was our theory anyway .

mookaloid - 16/1/08 at 10:17 PM

It wasn't the soopa megga sub wooofer then wot blew out da winda when you turned up da volume then?

DarrenW - 16/1/08 at 10:18 PM

Yep - same theory here. Mine is 1996 and back window has bee replaced before - however bad connection is plain to see.

DarrenW - 16/1/08 at 10:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
It wasn't the soopa megga sub wooofer then wot blew out da winda when you turned up da volume then?




Nice one mark - stick to the black sheep!! I didnt even knew it blew out cos i 'ad my hoodie up! innit. respect in da haus.

Thinking about it - 16/1/08 at 10:23 PM

Laguna estate. Did the same, on it's own without the heated rear window. But then it is French electrics.

DarrenW - 16/1/08 at 10:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Thinking about it
Laguna estate. Did the same, on it's own without the heated rear window. But then it is French electrics.



Its a case of ooh lal la - its a tad chilly so lets crack.

CraigJ - 16/1/08 at 11:07 PM

i had this in a leaner car when i was 17, was a phase 2 106. We thought someone had thrown a stone at the window to start with lol.

DarrenW - 16/1/08 at 11:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CraigJ
i had this in a leaner car when i was 17, was a phase 2 106. We thought someone had thrown a stone at the window to start with lol.


I searched the boot area to see if the window had been shot! No evidence.

[Edited on 17/1/08 by DarrenW]

mcerd1 - 17/1/08 at 10:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Yep - same theory here. Mine is 1996 and back window has bee replaced before - however bad connection is plain to see.


This just reinforces my theory that the very first of the 106's (1991 to 1993ish) were much better build than the later cars

mines a 1992 and its a 1.0 XN base model (4 gears, carb, 3 stud wheels, no rear wash/ wipe, no cigarette lighter socket..... nothing extra at all)

yet somehow after 15 years and 103K the back windows never been done (the windscreen has though - stone that cracked the screen ), its driveshafts are still the originals (another common problem) and have only had there boots and gearbox oil seals replaced once, infact the only real hassle I've had with the car until last week was the adjustment on the back brakes (still slips despite replacing everything ) - however last week the gearbox started making one hell of a noise at speed - but I've just got one for 50+VAT so fingers crossed....................

DarrenW - 17/1/08 at 10:26 AM

I didnt know driveshafts were a common problem - might explain why mine makes nockety knock noise when turning left at slow speed.
Mine just passed MOT this week with no work required, tester said it was in good nick underneath. Its only done 63K miles though.

Its not as nice to drive as our other car but for a town run about i rather like it. Only 1.1 so you cant be in a hurry with it.

Guinness - 17/1/08 at 10:35 AM

Hi Darren
Didn't realise you had a Pug 106 too!
Swimbo's is my old 106 XSi, 1.6 litre, and the Chassis Plate says "Groupo N". Not sure what that means

We had the rear side window (hinged type) go one day, whilst it was parked up. Again Autoglass were brilliant. Came out within a couple of hours, worked in the dark at night, in the front street, replaced the window, and hoovered the interior out too!

Cheers

Mike

BenB - 17/1/08 at 10:50 AM

Better than RAC windscreen people then..... They came and did my rear quarterlight when it got smashed a few years ago. Didn't bothering hoovering up afterwards... Though they did for some reason leave me their long bit of rope for the getting-the-rubber-seal-in rope trick.... Perhaps they were in a hurry....

mcerd1 - 17/1/08 at 01:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
I didnt know driveshafts were a common problem - might explain why mine makes nockety knock noise when turning left at slow speed.

My brother has a 1.0 saxo (same car apart from trim + some panels)
both his driveshafts badly need replaced at 40k - but mine make no noise at all at 103k
I asked in the local motor factors a few weeks back and they do complete exchange ones for £42+VAT each

quote:
Originally posted by DarrenWIts not as nice to drive as our other car but for a town run about I rather like it. Only 1.1 so you cant be in a hurry with it.

I quite like mine too, but if you think yours isn't as nice to drive as some then you should try one like mine - not having an anti-roll bar means you could get see sick if you drove it through a 'slalom' course [spelling?]

With my 1.0 [really 954cc] not having EFi, it seems to lack some of the low down torque (not that its got much torque at any revs) - but I think it also dosen't have a rev limiter

[Edited on 17/1/08 by mcerd1]

mcerd1 - 17/1/08 at 02:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Better than RAC windscreen people then.....

No problems with them when they did my windscreen - but I dropped at there workshop and went and did some shopping for a couple of hours - it was £25 less this way (my isurance is TP only so doesn't cover windows)