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My 2012 Nissan Juke CVT has developed a transmission problem and requires a new gearbox costing £7000. The car has only done 28,000 miles and we bought from new. It has been serviced and maintained by...
I have an ongoing dispute with BMW about my 2013 BMW 320D Touring. The brakes (original - total miles 32,000) suddenly started juddering on a journey and after closer inspection the surface of one of the...
I own a 2011 Volkswagen Golf Mk6 1.6 TDI, bought in in December 2015 from a local independent Volkswagen dealer. My mechanic noticed a water leak after I mentioned the coolant light coming on a couple...
The gas operated struts on the boot of my 2012 Volvo XC60 are starting to fail, making a groaning noise. To replace them at a Volvo dealership is in excess of £500. A check on the internet reveals this...
I have two Nissan Qashqai, both under 10000 miles, just out of warranty and both with broken air con. Nissan is graciously offering 75 per cent contribution towards the parts. But I'm still left with a...
In March, I bought a low-mileage (10,000) 2013 Porsche Boxster from a Porsche dealer, including - what I thought was - a rock-solid two year warranty. Initially, I didn't use the air-con (to save fuel)...
I had the emission fix done six weeks ago on my Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI. After only 500 miles, an injector failed. Car has only done 41,000 miles. I took the car to a Volkswagen garage who changed it free...
My son's 2010 Volkswagen Passat, 102,000 miles, never had any problems until it had the emissions fix in April. One month later, it went into limp mode and we took it to a local Volkswagen dealer. It took...
I purchased a 2011 Skoda Fabia TSI with 19,119 miles on in May 2014. Today - with 31,800 miles on the clock - the DSG has died. The car is only driven about 4000 miles per year. How do I go about pursuing...
My 2013 Range Rover Evoque was in for a service a month ago. During the service they reported that there was a coolant leak. This was confirmed to be coming from the EGR cooler and this will require both...
 

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