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• DVLA Court Case has any one been to court with the 16 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  …. We had a car that broke down canbus ,ecu failure.. all the nice easy repairs
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  Feeling ill whilst driving - is my car emitting dangerous fumes? 1 Aug 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am driving a 2011 Volkswagen Passat (company car) with 50,000 miles on the clock. I've had it for sometime and felt ill. My other half told me it was...
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  Should I suspect my Mercedes C-Class has an undisclosed history? 12 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My Mercedes C220 Estate was 11 months old, with 13,000 miles on the clock when purchased from a main dealer in 2012. From the outset I suspected the car...
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  Cuts out while driving 14 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Peugeot Expert 2.0HDI the MIL light kept coming on and off. So I change the fuel filter (Siemens) and then all hell broke lose. Now my cab has...
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  Sept 2011 Golf - flat battery problem 12 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased a brand new Golf 1.4 TSI 5dr in Sept 2011 and have been very happy with it. When it was parked at home 2 days ago I noticed that both front...
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  Won't rev past 2,000 rpm 27 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently bought a 1998 S reg Corsa Breeze 1.7 diesel. The car has been absolutely fine, however whilst driving it there was a sudden jerk and lost...
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  Why won't KIA continue to repair my Carens diesel's repeated engine management fault? 22 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a KIA Carens diesel that has shown the same engine management fault on five occasions. So far this has been rectified four times at no cost under...
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  Inner sense 21 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  One month after the 3 year warranty expired on my wife's MINI Cooper S, and after 13,000 miles three warning lights appeared on the console. The manual...
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  No recollection 22 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  This is a copy of my letter to VOSA: “I wanted to speak to someone about the following but there is no appropriate option on your automated telephone service....
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  Insighting a conflict 27 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I live in Portugal and have a 1997 Mercedes C180 Classic estate, petrol 1,800cc. It's done around 350,000km and the Mercedes dealership had fitted a new...
• Nissan Qashqai 1.6dci diesel 2015 - Nissan QQ - multiple dash lights 17 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  was on low side, so I replaced it with EFB096 battery (same as before), however, the dash lights still there. Took it to Nissan Dealership today, and they couldn't specify the fault. They said it could be the IPDM/ECU, and gave me a quotation of £1,900 to replace these. Current
• Peugeot 508 - Peugeot 508 2019 engine and clutch failure 2 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  was diagnosed by the RAC as a ECU failure but later investigation when the garage eventually accepted it some weeks later was a snapped timing chain and a whole new engine. Luckily I had a Peugeot extended warranty which agreed a replacement engine but on removing said engine the garage said it need a new
• Ford Cmax zetec 2008 petrol - Help, diagnostic puzzle 20 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  5 ECU faults P2121
• Skoda Octavia vRS 2019 - Skoda RS problems 17 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  that the car was up to full working temperature in around 90s-2 mins (I don't think so!) But the main issue is the oil sensor which has been replaced 6 times, along with the cable, the ECU has been reset and yet I still get the message on the virtual cockpit: "Oil sensor faulty" Please visit
• Honda Accord - 2004 Accord v 2008 Mondeo mk 4 24 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  , etc. Does anybody have any advice for me when looking at these cars? With RE: to the Mondeo, I understand the ECU is behind the passenger-side bumper, so any indication of damage around that region is likely a walk-away situation, and any rattling while the clutch is depressed could indicate
• Audi A4 Avant - 2003 A4 Avant error codes P0102, P1290, P1137 ... 1 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  - P1290 P1137 - Fuel trim: bank 1 (add): system too rich: P1137 - static - no fault type identified And P1857 - 18265 - Load signal: error message from ECU: P1857 - intermittent Also this one without error code: 01542 - Yaw rate sensor (G202)  - sporadic - implausible
• Ford Focus Mk2 1.8 Sport - Ford Focus Mk2 1.8 Idle/running issue 3 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  slightly until the engine is up to temperature. When warm the car does seem to run ok, but there is still a very slight hesitation when accelerating hard. So far I have done the following. Changed the spark plugs, read the ECU to see if there are any codes. None were found
• Ford Focus - Validity of driveway diagnosis vs dealer? 12 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  . Thing is:   EOBD code readers are just reading fault codes from the ECU and transponding them into readable format, no?  So how come Ford's meters can read more deeply that the ones that mobile mechanics use, and if Ford's diagnostic tools really are more intensive than proprietary ones
• Ford Focus - Rattling noise 28 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  ECU Fuel Filter
• Ford Focus MkII - Lambda + throttle connection ? 12 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  anyone have an experience with that or any clue, please? Could a problem be in ECU? Thank you very much and greetings from Czechia.