Do I have to have my car repaired where I'm told?

Can an insurance company stipulate a garage for accidental repairs? I have used my garage (Honest John recommended) for years.

Broken springs

The rear nearside spring on my 58-plate Mazda 3 Automatic broke during the warranty period. I understand from your column that this is not a common occurance these days due to the quality of the springs....

Gears without tears

We followed your advice and went to the Automatic Gearbox Centre in Luton. Despite giving them a very tight timescale, and them having to urgently obtain a part from Sweden, they completed the work satisfactorily...

Vauxhall Corsa power steering failure

I have had a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 from new, it is a 59 plate and had done just under 9,500miles when I started to get an intermittent failure of the electric power steering (EPS). Short cut-outs of 1 or...

Good service in Wilmslow

While cycling through Wilmslow I had a puncture, managed to frix it OK but then realised that I didn't have a pump. Seeing as I was near the Blue Bell Mini dealership I called in to see is they had one...

Thanks to Fawdington Mini for their help in replacing an electrical unit on my wife's MINI Cooper.

Two weeks ago the Dynamic Stability Control Unit failed on my wife's 5-year-old MINI Cooper (with 45,000 miles on the clock). I was quoted £937.22 for the replacement part by the staff member at Fawdington...

Thanks to Pentagon Hyundai Wakefield for fixing my i10's faulty headlight levelling switch.

For some months, my new Sept 2010 i10, 1.2 auto has made an elusive “Urr-urr, Urr-rr” noise, when on the road or engine running in "park." I ruled out the heater fan. Next I examined the cooling system...

New clutch for a 1999 Ford Mondeo

I have a quote from Mr Clutch for £210 for a new clutch, local main dealer quotes £650 and says that parts alone are over 200. Have you heard good things about Mr Clutch?

Huge thanks to South Lakes Mercedes-Benz for their help when my E350CDI ran low on oil.

Driving my Mercedes-Benz E350CDI estate to Barrow in Furness on Thursday, the car told me it was low on oil. I checked and it was. Because I was unsure what the problem was I phoned South Lakes Mercedes-Benz...

Thanks to Toyota and Steven Eagell Toyota for repairing a head gasket fault on my 2006 Toyota Avensis.

The engine of my Oct 2006 Toyota Avensis 2.0 diesel, with 86,500 miles, started losing water. The first time it happened I was on the road. The AA replenished the water but could find no leak. The car...