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• Peugeot 3008 - Honda Jazz - i40 - Sell or stick for motorway commuter! 1 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  Jazz - 28K miles, 5K a year - bought for £9K in 2021, valued at £9K No point selling car 1 due to depreciation but thinking of selling Jazz for an i40 (diesel) with 60K miles for £11K and use Peugeot as run around to extend its life. Basically trying to think of a way to save
• Used family car - ULEZ car buying conundrum 28 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  , as well as for the weekly taxi runs to various kid clubs and shopping. We're ruling out diesels as I don't want to run into the same problem a few yrs down the line, and perfer to avoid SUVs. Market for hybrids to suit budget and needs is limited, so looking at petrol. Perfer nearly new to keep up
• Jaguar XK - Cranks but won't start after a stormy night 23 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I'd really appreciate your advice on the matter if you have a potential tip. This 2009 car was running smoothly with no issues. It was a very strong wind here last week, a storm. So at night I moved the car from the gates reversing slightly up the hill and parking sideways
• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 16-12-2017 Part 1 16 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  others could run into it. Yes, but the law and the insurance companies both say that would be their fault, not the fault of the car that is run into. What you have here is not an issue that justifies a safety recall but simply another case of poor engineering from VW.
• Peugeot 306 starting then cutting out 19 May 2017 (Forum)
  Hi, just wondering if anyone can help, i have a Peugeot 306 dturbo and it has been off the road for a few weeks now woth a problem that we cant work out the cause of, the car will start and run for 6sec them cut out, there is power shutting off to the lift pump in the tank so we tried running
• Being asked for more money after a PX HPI check 17 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  £500 as they've run an HPI check on our car and it is a former insurance right-off (which was news to me as this information wasn't passed on when I bought the car privately), drastically diminishing the value of the trade
• Used car under 2k 3 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Looking to buy a car that's under 2k that hopefully can fit the following criteria: under 10-12 years old  cheap to run - owned a VW Passat until now and 90% of the work on it I've done myself with parts being cheap and internet full of guides saloon/hatchback
• Peugeot Partner Tepee - Partner Tepee Stop/Start not working 3 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  into neutral at junctions, traffic lights, in jams etc as i don't want to leave it in gear with the engine running. Am i being overcautious or would leaving the car in gear with the engine running damage the clutch (or something else)? Any advice/assistance would be greatly appreciated
• Skoda Octavia - Climate Control (Automatic Air Conditioning) 29 May 2015 (Forum)
  the system was still functioning. The temperature at a dashboard vent was tested. Before service 6.5C and after 4.9C running flat out in the manual mode. I normally run in AUTO so I don't demand chilled air just the regulated 21C or so cab temperature which is fine for me
• Small Family Car for approx £4,500 max 25 May 2015 (Forum)
  Hello all,   I am looking for a small family car with a maximum budget of £4,500 maximum.   I really want a car which offers the following, in order of preference too... Reliability Low running costs/ servicing costs At least
• Saab 9-3 1.9 TDI sport 2006 - Help 11 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  this is ok and it should go out after the car had had a good run. I decided to try to give the car a good run-the turbo kicked in brilliant then stopped and the car became very sluggish. I turned the ignition off and started the engine up again and the car seems fine again. The ecu light is still
• Ford C-Max - faulty engine response 5 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  . The car had a major service carried out within the last fortnight, and most of the time the engine runs fine, but knowing this fault can occur at any  random moment is very alarming.  If I take the car to a garage the chances are it will run perfectly.  Can anyone provide a clue
• Diesel vs Diesel 19 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  of the 1.7 DTi (forerunner to the CDTi) and 1.9 TDi VAG unit. Only reason I ask is I currently run a 1.8 i-VTEC Civic, which I do a 50+ mile a day commute and its costing me an arm and a leg in petrol, including leisure mileage I spend about £60 a week on petrol and average approx 38mpg. So
• VW Golf - 1.4 TSI engine reliability 30 May 2014 (Forum)
  I am looking to change my Ford Focus turbo diesel.   I now only do 10K miles pa with lots of short runs and need a small car for day to day use but which is large enough and powerful enough for comfortable holiday touring in France.   Having read all Honest John's warnings
• Mondeo 1.8 TDCI 2009 - Diesel Knock & Judder 4 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  white smoke. The car then runs fine and is generally quite quiet until it starts to warm up. The diesel knocking then starts and gives a little judder when setting off from a standstill but worse in warm weather, although the judder stops when the car is up to temperature the knocking on acceleration
• Zafira 1.8 petrol '07 - Intermittent misfire 13 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  it was bad for about a mile with no acceleration and the engine management light came on. Then it recovered and is running fine now but the light is still on. Removed the plugs and I'm pretty sure no1 was not as hot as the others and it looked different. I have been suspecting the coil rail
• Should I sell my Renault megane 59 1.6 petrol. 21 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  I bought a brand new Renault megane dynamique 1.6 petrol 4 years ago and it has just over 32000 miles on the clock. I recently changed jobs and wanted a run around for high miles up to 500 per week, I didn't fancy putting the miles on the megane so bought a yaris diesel which was going well
• Ford Focus 1.8 Diesel TDCi 2004 - Coil light flashes bad starter 6 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  have a 2339 cylinder 4 knock code with engine light on and flashing coil light. Car will start fine 10 seconds then starts coughing blue/white smoke diesel smell and will struggle to run unless I drive away and warm it up then runs ok, could it be air/temperature related? have had injectors tested
• Worst diesel you have owned? 18 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  on a run and about 35-37mpg tootling around. I bought it for my wife when I had a Mk4 Golf GT TDI 110bhp and wrongly assumed that 105hp was close to 110hp.........you get my drift. To be fair it never let me down and I had no problems unlike most Renaults. I suppose you get what you pay for. Incidently I
• Renault Laguna 2 1.9dci 120bhp sport tourer - 2.DEF : Coherence between the boost pressure and a 26 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  . 2.DEF : Coherence between the boost pressure and atmospheric pressure. This is the error code and description that the Renault can clip is giving me. I have now changed what I think is everything but still problems persist. The car is still running like a bag of s*** and I