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  Diesed off 19 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have owned a SAAB 9-5 Estate1.9 JTDM Manual for some 18 months. The car was first registered in March 2006 and has covered 52,500 miles. The kerb weight...
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  Fried turbo 29 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Apparently, BMW E46 2.0 litre turbo diesels are prone to turbo trouble. Could you kindly elaborate upon this by stating what these are, how they manifest...
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  Does the Hyundai Santa Fe have a history of expensive clutch failures? 28 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 2006 Santa Fe CRTD CDX has 71,000 miles and had been parked a little earlier on my driveway, but would not move off. It was possible to engage all gears...
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  Noseless faces 17 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I was interested to read the article about 4x4s in the snow by Erin Baker. It really amazed me that the various public authorities were not organised enough...
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  Perturboed 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a Mondeo with a 2.5 litre turbocharged engine. This is the first time that I have owned a car with a turbocharged engine. I have occasionally...
• SAAB 9-5 (1997 - 2009) - Blown turbo woes 12 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  near a lay-by so she can pull off the road. Calls AA. They are brilliant. Tow her to Buxton. Help fill the car with flat contents, tow her to Leicester and truck the car back to London. Thanks guys. AA come back next day and take the car to dealers. New turbo, new catalytic converter total cost
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  Mass Whiplash 6 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
  A few weeks ago my wife, when exiting a dual carriageway, 'nudged' a stationary car in front of her on the slip road. There was no visible damage to the...
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  Chips with every bling? 23 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I was interested to read your recommendation of the Isuzu Rodeo pick-up in last Saturday's Motoring, as I have been considering buying one. It seems that...
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  Alfa darling 28 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I would like to share my recent experience if Alfa Romeo. I had a three-and-a-half year old Alfa 147 1.9 MJET 16V diesel that had done 53,000 miles and...
• Buying Hawkeye's new car 3 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  about centrally placed instruments firmly to bed. What may interest you is a sketch of the buying process. My starting point was wanting an MPV with more than 5 seats, heavy enought to tow our caravan and having an 8-year old Citroen Synergie and a 3-year old Mercedes c180 to part-ex and about £4K
• Renault Clio - TPW Not Available error message with new tyre 28 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  Hi there, I just had the misfortune of blowing a tyre on a pot hole at 2am. RAC quoted up to 4 hours just to tow me home, so after the tyre repair kit failed, I got a 24 hour mobile tyre replacement service out. After replacement the tyre pressure warning wouldn’t go away, and eventually
• Volvo C30 - Pat (Eolys) Fluid 10 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  an engine system warning light come on and then the car died while out driving. I towed it to the local garage where they investigated and showed me what they believe to be the issue. The diesel they removed from the car was a deep yellow/orange, so they think that the Pat fluid is not mixing
• Ship carrying Porche's & VW's on fire in Atlantic. 20 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  "BERLIN/LISBON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday. Lithium
• Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - What to do about car broken down/now restarting? 17 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  it was turning over. I called the RAC who first thought it was a fuel problem, then the on-board computer, couldn't fix it so we had to get a tow truck. Finally, when the car was delivered onto our street on Saturday night, it started as normal and didnt' cut out, and it's done the same this morning (though I've
• Which vehicle quandary 31 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  Hello, first post here.  What vehicle would people suggest suits this profile please. 2 children and a dog Job is agriculture and recycling with lots of 4x4 work and towing to be completed.  Whatever it is must double up as a work vehicle but also be fine
• Mercedes A Class Diesel 2.125cc Engine. - Engine failue 6 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  with MB end of Jan 2020. Car was towed back to my MB maindealer for investigation/repair, just prior to their enforced closure, workshop comment was that the engine was terminal.... At just 50k miles and a full MB Service history what level of assistance in terms of £contribution can
• Ford Focus 2011 - Towbar- missing 17 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Recently purchased my focus second hand from my local car dealer,upon checking through the paper work at home I discovered that a tow bar has been fitted which was a bonus as I planned to put one on anyway- however I've been unable to find the detachable swan neck bar which should have been
• Pick Up Insurance - commercial vehicle?? 10 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  the sump, get towed out of a mess etc. in the VW. So one phone call to insurance company later "sorry sir this is a commercial vehicle we don't insure them". He was paying about £400 fully comp for the VW , he's rang around a few companies who state the same - "commercial vehicle sir" and are saying
• Jaguar XFR 2011 - Jag XFR Needs New Fuel Injector(s) Post Re-Fuel 11 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  blowing out smoke and smelling. It was towed to our local (Hampshire) dealer yesterday. Today we learn that it needs at least one new injector (£1014 all in), possibly 2 or 3 (up to £1800). We have
• 02 plate Ford Focus 1.8TDCI - Ford Focus TDCI Starting problem 14 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  came out and towed me home stating it was probably the fuel pump or injectors. The next morning I managed to drive the car to my brothers house and once again the engine died. It now won't start at all. Does anyone have any ideas what the fault is likely to be. Having done some research some people