That's what my car has had or is going to get once the third bearing arrives and gets fitted.
Last April the front drivers side bearing went, and as the genuine vx one was quite dear I opted for the cheaper eBay ones, that's where I went wrong.
had the first one in 2 weeks and it was shot, steering very vague, no noise though. The car felt so unstable I had to pull over and check I had tightened up the wheel nuts, that's when I found MASSISVE amounts of play in the new bearing. I contacted the eBay firm who were basically a bunch of sh*ts from the start even though I was polite about the matter.
To keep my car on the road I had to buy a second one from them, then swap them and send the faulty one back as they didn't believe me that it was knackered, about a month went by and I hadn't heard from them so I called them up and surprise surprise, it had got lost in the post.......convenient.
The second bearing felt bad after a few weeks but I just kinda let it slide, until today 10 months later when I had her in for a mot and guess what she failed on..... That flipping bearing. The tester asked if it was making any noise prior, I said no. He said it was seriously worn out, rattling around like mad he said. I have now ordered a third Bearing from a local firm, a piece dearer but decent quality.
Now, what would you do about the first firm, anything or just forget about it?
seems unacceptable they can pull stuff like this. Probably wouldn't annoy me so much if they were apologetic first time but they just couldn't give a toss really.
There name azcarpartswakefield.....AVOID
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