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We bought our family C8 from a Citroen dealer in March 2005 with a 5 year warranty. The car has been well looked after and serviced in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations. We have learned recently...
On 30th April my wife had a crash in her Discovery 3 (her fault she pulled out on a 3 tn truck) and was struck at 50mph on the OSF wheel. The car suffered extensive damage and was recovered to our insurers...
My son has owned a 2006 Mercedes-Benz B180 diesel automatic from new, now showing 80,000 miles. A fault has developed where the car will not change gear and the dashboard message refers the car to a workshop...
The head gasket was renewed on my 2010 Peugeot 207 under manufacturer warranty. The failure resulted in oil leaking into the coolant system. The coolant system was not flushed and now there is still oil...
I have just come across some emails concerning problems with DSG transmissions. We have a Volkswagen Golf Estate 2.0TDi DSG. It is just over three years old and therefore out of warranty, in spite of doing...
As the cranking speed of my 1959 Austin Healey's starter was getting very low, I drove round to Halfords and asked them to test the battery. Their meter said ‘battery unserviceable', so I shelled out £75...
The engine failure light came on in my 2008 Focus 1.6 TDCI and i discovered it was the additive for the DPF filter, which needed to be topped up. But I chose to have it removed. The night before it was...
Recently involved in an RTA rear shunt to vehicle. After which the alarm keeps going off. Reported this to the garage and drive assist as a problem as did not do it before the accident. The car came...
I was interested in the letter from MG re problems with his Skoda with 1.2TSI and DSG box. Having bought a Roomster in December 2010 with the same engine and gearbox, I can understand his problem with...
You state that a car is designed to last a maximum of seven years. If this is the case how do you explain the huge number of cars on the road that are far older?
 

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