Why can't the CAR WIZARD fix this '12 Bentley Continental GT?!?

Man... I used to be a valet. I've driven more than my fair share of these. What Mr and Mrs Wizard don't touch on here is the SMELL of that interior. As soon as you open the door, the smell of pure leather, furniture polish, and freshly installed carpet overpowers you in the best possible way. If I'm honest, I'd take this over an Aventador. Yeah, yeah, the Lambo is faster, handles better, blah blah blah. This is more comfortable, quieter, rides like a cloud, has room for your luggage, and is still engaging to drive.

Giving Magic Mike props is a class move, Wiz.

It is so refreshing seeing a car mechanic being honest about his work,well done sir ;-)

Bentley automated trunk: where getting caught closing a trunk by hand is akin to being seen tying your shoes

Found this: 1. Make sure battery is fully charged 2. Lubricate and work the hinges: Open the boot then spray around the hinge pivots with a PTFE lubricant. Quickly open and close the boot repeatedly by hand whilst spraying. This often gets the lid working again and may be enough without doing anything else. 3. Adjust the striker up a few mm and make sure it is central: Press down the two little flaps either side of the striker so you can see the fixing bolts. Try to mark the original position then slacken them enough to move the latch. Bring the boot almost to a close and look to see if the latch is central to the striker. If not then tap if left or right. Then bring it up a couple of mm. Nip the bolts back up and check the boot function. This may change the fit of the boot very slightly, but will reduce the preload on the latch/striker when closing so it is less likely to time out and open again.Then tighten properly. Manually close the boot to rest on the flaps, the boot lid should drop into the latch and power shut with less than 2kg on the back edge of the lid if set correctly. You can remove the plastic cover at the back of the boot to make access to the fixings easier if you wish. Take off the the two luggage tie down screwed to the rear of boot then the panel unclips. 4. Adjust hinges. Last resort. To adjust the hinges you need to loosen the torx headed bolts holding them to the car. This really isn’t something I’d recommend for DIY as they are painted and fiddly to reach so getting the tool in properly is difficult and if they strip then they have to be drilled out. It’s also possible to completely mess up the fit of the boot to the car and not get it to function any better. As a rule the front of the hinge (nearest the rear window) should be higher than the rear to prevent the hinge binding on itself when nearly closed. It’s possible to achieve a range of hinge positions and keep the lid in profile to the body when closed. It’s also important to keep both hinges the broadly same adjustment to avoid the lid twisting on the way down. You can also loosen the hinges on the lid itself to reduce any preload across the car in the setting, again not DIY as the boot can go completely out of profile.

At this rate probably easier to disassemble the motor assembly, find the bad gear and have a machine shop make a new one in aluminum!

35K miles and it needs $20K in repairs, the epitome of British luxury.

Having owned an older Rolls Royce and constantly going through similar problems , any pleasure of ownership was negated by costs & lack of parts. Prestige is very expensive and hardly worth while.

For the amount that was paid for this Bentley one would think that these problems would be non-existent.

For $1800 I would think a rebuild would be an option. You might have to fabricate a part or two, but it can be done by someone who has the right kind of shop.

Cant get over the fact that the Continental has Continental tyres on it

Every car shop should have a Wizard. This dude is the best. Mechanics like him and his crew are so hard to find.

FYI Penske (Bentley, Rolls, Ferrari, Maserati, etc.) in Scottsdale AZ does great wheel refinishing. Had a wheel done there….

These Continentals look sooo good! I always think they look like a (very expensive) muscle car. Great fastback lines! Very well designed.

"There are none" is something we need to get used to, as we enter this Mad Max era of civilization. We didn't even need the nuclear holocaust to get here.

Really enjoy theses videos, the channel came long ways since I first watched the wizard, love to see good professionals succeeding! If it wouldn't be such complicated logistics (I live in Brazil), I could easily rebuild that trunk motor in a way that wouldn't be a bother anymore. If I could only find an used one, could use to build a nice rebuild kit, apparently there is a demand for it.

This takes me back to a book I have from Road & Track magazine called Used Car Classics. Published in the 1980s, it had advice on buying an affordable enthusiast car. It included a glossary of terms found in used car ads. This one comes to mind: Ad term: Loaded Translation: Lots of expensive gadgets that break. This trunk lid gadget seems particularly useless. I'll admit I liked the power hatch on my old company's minivan, but the Bentley's trunk lid is so slow to open, it seems like more of a hindrance even when its working. If I couldn't find someone willing to take a crack at rebuilding the motor, I'd investigate disconnecting the stupid thing and try to bring it up to the standard of, say, a Kia Rio.

This is the second video where a specific part was needed, in this case a trunk motor and the part is totally unavailable. This reminds me of the Car Wizard video where a particular model of Acura needed a new engine and a new engine was totally unavailable. It brings to mind the word unobtainium, that is used for items that can not be obtained.

I'm laughing at the fails on this thing at 35k miles... Beautiful, yes. But, junk. Lovely, yes. But, junk.

Stopped by to say "hello" to my mechanic. He was in a really good mood because one of his customers had bought a Bentley Azure without asking his advice first. Brought it in for a POST purchase inspection and to "take care of a few little things". Repairs would cost more than he had paid for the thing, of course.