Hi!, I just got my VW Passat back from a 50K service and change of cambelt, water pump etc... the dealership has been at me for a couple of years now to change the brake fluid.

Does anyone have any views on this as I am not sure whether this is just another rip off scheme from manuacturers to get more dosh!!

Any comments would be welcomed.

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I have a new shape Mazda 6 TS2 2.0d, which I bought new in late March 2008. It has done about 10,000 miles in that time, and in mid December the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) light came on. I read the handbook which said it needed a long high speed run to clear the filter. In the 3 weeks since then it has covered over 600 miles on motorways on long runs and the light went out, which I assumed meant it had 'self-cleaned'. Yet on Sunday, the light suddenly came on but flashing and the 'check engine' light also came on, and the car had gone into 'limp mode' (which means I have no turbo) so it has gone to the garage, where they say it needs an oil change, filter change and the DPF system regenerated (at a cost of £250+).

They also said the service record computer on the car said this had happened before and a dealer had 'wiped the computer', even though I have never taken it to a dealer before. The long and short is that they won't do it under warranty (not exactly sure why, hoping to find out when I collect the car today), and when I rung Mazda UK to ask them about this they had no record of my car existing, and my VIN number was registered to a different registration number.

Has anyone else had to deal with this? How should I go about trying to get this covered by Mazda, as I can't afford the DPF system to crash every 10,000 miles / 9 months and cost me £250+? It would seem to me that this perfectly fits the description of 'not fit for purpose', so who should I complain to if I don't get a satisfactory reply from Mazda UK? Trading Standards? Read more

Help we are coming to the end of our tether.We got the fiesta 1.4 tdci 3 years ago with approx 25,000 on the clock ran lovely for the first 2 1/2 years.We had wheel bearing done at 30,000 miles then water pump shortly after.A bit of the air con unit fell off last year.Then the fun began.In July 08 we developed an intermittent ticking which went when the engine warmed up.Then we started to get diesel fumes in the car.Went to two garages one said number 3 injector had gone the other said all the seals needed replacing.Had the seals replaced with the brushes/bushes and returned with a distinct lack of power.Could just get up to 70mph ticked over ok no smell of fumes but nowhere near the same amount of power.Cut a long story short car has been back and forth up to 15 times since.Its been on the ford diagnostic machine which shows no faults.The manifold cover was checked.It has been off the road since October after its last trip to the garage when they told me they had taken the injectors off to get them tested ( ? can the siemens system be tested) to be told all four injectors needed replacing.When I got it back the last time it could only just do 30mph with foot flat to floor on accelarator and it kept stalling never done that before.We have been told lots of waffle over the last few months.It has supposed to have had the exhaust cut in half to test the pressure,ecu checked and fuel pump flow.Two of the injectors have been taken out again and the spray was ok.Someone told us the injectors need coding on the siemens and one guy said not.Totally confused don't know where to go now.We have got to pick it up tomorrow after it's latest 6wk stint at the garage still unroadworthy.Mechanic now thinks could be injector pump but needs taking off and testing.Might still not be that.Please can somebody help. Read more

After seeing the numerous posts about the problems with DPFs my eye was caught by a company in a magazine offering DPF deletion kits. There was no mention of legality but I assume having this modification done would be illegal.

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Hi - I have just taken delivery of a new base model Jazz (01 -08 model) and am very surprised how stiff and heavy the steering feels. The stiffness is most noticable at normal driving speeds - the steering will not self centre after turning and requires quite firm correction. I have read that the steering is normaly considered to be light.

I took a test drive in a same spec vehicle yesterday and found it to be the same! Either both cars have the same fault or JAzz 1.2's have very stiff and heavy steering.

I have googled this issue and only found a few references and can't find any references here.

Could someone comment about how light/stiff their steering is?

Thanks Graham Read more