Where can I sell our Skoda Octavia with a failed turbo?

Despite regular maintenance, we were travelling through the Brecon Beacons in our 100,000 mile 2005 Skoda Octavia 2.0TDI estate when the turbo blew, with clouds of while oily smoke. We paid a £1700 bill...

Why did my Citroen C5's engine fail after the turbocharger was replaced?

At 32,000 miles and ten months out of warranty, the turbo bearing failed on my 1.6HDi Citroen C5. The turbo was replaced by an official Citroen repairer and the engine flushed twice as required by Citroen....

No need to 'simmer' a modern turbo after a long run?

I am the driver of a new Audi A6 diesel, which has stop-start. I was concerned about an abrupt engine stop after a long or hard drive, and emailed Audi to ask them about it. In their reply they say: "modern...

Why doesn't my Ford Fiesta's stop-start system work all the time?

I have a 2012 Ford Zetec 1.0 litre 125 EcoBoost with Stop/Start. However, it only occasionally seems to work. I asked my garage to check it at the recent service and they said it was OK. They mentioned...

Keeping an Ecoboost turbo healthy?

We are thinking of buying a car with a Ford Ecoboost engine. This, I understand, is a petrol engine with a Turbo. In the past you have recommended that people driving diesel turbos should allow the car...

My BMW has suffered turbo failure at just under four years

I have a 2009 BMW X3 2.0 diesel which is 3 years 10 mths old. It has covered 57,000 miles and the turbo has failed. Is there anyway I can claim from BMW as this may be a design fault. It is our of warranty...

What do you think of Volkswagen's DSG gearbox and water-cooled turbocharger?

I have just ordered a Volkswagen Golf 1.4SE with the DSG gearbox. My reason is that, after test-driving most of the other manufacturers in this range, I feel this is the best car. However there are two...

What is causing my X-Trail's turbocharger to fail repeatedly?

I own a 2005 Nissan X-Trail 2.2 diesel Sport that was five weeks old when I bought it, now with 39,000 miles on the clock. A local garage has diagnosed a whining fault as indicative of my turbo about to...

2006 BMW 320d, 66000 mileage. FSH. Turbo has gone. Is this much too early for it to have gone?

My turbo has just blown. Mileage is only 66k. Is it very early for the turbo to go? The BMW garage checked the car and said that my oil was gloopy, and both this and the air filter were well overdue for...

What causes common turbo failures on the Audi A6 diesel?

Against repeated advice in your column I decided to continue running my gorgeous Audi A6 diesel estate car beyond the three-year warranty period. 18 months later and just a couple of miles after the car...