My Rover 75 is to be written off - can I take a smaller settlement and keep the car?

My beloved Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTi is a superb, way-above-average 2003, 93,000 mile pre-facelift example in Copperleaf with unmarked beige leather. The car was vandalised recently by some lowlife hurling...

Is there a reason for the repeated failure of my 2006 Micra's ECU?

The power steering on my 30,000 mile 2006 Nissan Micra failed last November. I sent the unit to ECU Testing Ltd in Derbyshire to be repaired as they offered a lifetime warranty. The unit then failed again...

Do air conditioning repairs, such as the one carried out on my CR-V, need to be so expensive?

Before retiring I was the technical director of a company supplying OE parts to Honda UK, hence I know just how demanding their standards are and what work was involved in meeting and maintaining those...

The major electrical fault with our Renault Scenic was just down to a faulty battery.

Regarding the letter from WR of Grays in, we had a similar problem with our Scenic. I took it to our local Renault agent, who, after four visits and two components changed, charged me £575. The problem...

Our Renault Scenic has developed a turbo fault - is it worth repairing it?

We own a 2004 Renault Scenic. We have had it for under a year and already spent quite a bit on it. We had a engine rebuild at the end of last year trying to find a fault which cost £900, bought two new...

Can I claim from a specialist who did some work on my classic car and damaged the brake master cylinder?

I am in the rather extended process of completely rebuilding a classic car. A couple of years ago I had all the major braking system components rebuilt by a specialist. I’ve only now got round to setting...

Thanks to Honda for repairing our Jazz CVT-7.

I'd like to give some praise to Honda. My wife bought her Honda Jazz CVT-7 a full six years ago, when it was one year old. It has been an excellent car, with no problems until 3 months ago when we noticed...

I have to contribute to repairing the gearbox in my Audi A3 - is this fair?

My Audi A3 1.4TFSI, bought new from Ridgeway Oxford Audi in 2010, was booked for its third service at 52,000 miles. Just before the service it developed a nasty noise when lifting off the accelerator in...

Why has my 7-year-old Honda Jazz suffered an expensive bearing failure?

My noisy Jazz has been diagnosed with a worn bearing, which I am advised necessitates a replacement of all four bearings at a £1000 price tag. My car is a 2005 with 55,000 miles. I saw on your website...

Is my Nissan Spirita likely to suffer any expensive problems?

I currently run a 2006 Nissan 1.2 Spirita automatic. It has only done 28,000 miles and has always been properly serviced but I am worried about possible age-related expensive repairs. Would I be better...