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• Primera 2.2DCi - dead turbo? £'s to fix? 22 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  shouldn't and tows me to the Nissan garage where I will check in tomorrow for analysis and repair! So big question I am scared of asking is how bad in terms of £'s could this be? New turbo fitted =£????. Also, the car is less than three years old and has been serviced by a main dealer according
• VW Golf mk VI 1.6TDi (Oct 2009) - 60K service done - but expensive 3 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  . Electric diagnostic 6. Wheel alignment 7. Two new front tyres   Now, it turns out the front tyres had worn out as a result of tow-out camber. I saw them - they were indeed almost bald along one side. It was a high mileage car when we bought it used at just one year old
• citroen c3 2003 1.4 16v - c3 hdi starting problem 19 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  the car over but no excess fuel is coming out of it. I noticed that the fuel pump which runs off the timing belt has some type of round metal relay, do these need to be programmed in aswell? or would a good old tow just do the trick to try and start it
• Vauxhall Astra - Are vauxhall liable - camshaft related 17 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  regarding the bolts. I am out alot of money so far with AA charge, towing charge, car hire etc and I still don't have my car back, even though the dealerhip have had it for over 2 weeks. As Vauxhall are footing the cost of the repair does this mean they have admitted the fault was due to the recall
• Skoda Fabia (2001) - Car Repair Following Accident - Being Scammed? 26 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Following an accident, a garage towed away my car and provided me a quote for a repair. The front left wing of my car was damaged with the bodywork and suspension needing repair. The engine was working fine as I drove the car off the motorway and it did not overheat. The garage told me
• Ford Escort van N reg 1800 diesel - sluggish/bad fuel consumption 24 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all My escort van has started playing me up for the last 3 months. It started getting sluggish so i put a can of injector cleaner in what a mistake that was it vertualy killed it ,coughing,spluttering,wouldnt start , smoking like a bonfire , after being towed home the rac had a look he
• Ford Focus Zetec Climare 05 - head gasket 29 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  Very soon after buying my 05 Focus 1.6 Zetec Climate 2 years ago I experienced engine problems and was recovered by tow truck . The breakdown man told me that one of the spark plugs had blown out of the engine and wasxsplit in two.  The dealer I had bought it from expressed surprise
• Jaguar S Type - Jaguar Crank Problem 29 May 2010 (Forum)
  I have a S type Jaguar reg 54. On a long trip the car suddenly stopped. Called the AA who thought the timing chain had broken, got towed to the local Birmingham Jag dealers where it was discovered the crank was broken. The car has done 62,000 miles. The service guy asked if it had ever run low
• Economical family car c£2k 3 proper back seats 13 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  of them, and there's only one adult so we don't need one. Most of the time it's only me and one young child. I love being higher up on the road, and ugly cars don't bother me. A tow bar would be helpful for the odd occasion we need storage. I don't want to drive a big car for the odd time we
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - 05 2.0 Black smoke/knocking noise 2 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  out a load of black smoke. Managed to get it to work by this time it had stopped so only lasted about 2mins. Started it at work and did the same. AA man towed it back home and since then it has been idle until approx a week ago (was convinced id blown the engine) A family friend/mechanic had
• Wasting money again 25 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  grass verge ( shortly to become narrower ) sinking into the ground and having to pay to be towed off......brilliant idea, and all for the sake of leaving one gate open. Going away on the Honda tomorrow...I'll be going the long way round to get to the M56 ! Gripe over. Ted
• A lot of petrol into a diesel...should I laugh.... 9 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  . It's getting towed tomorrow to get the tank drained but I think he's as good as signed the death warrant for it. I hope I'm wrong...please tell me I am. Adam P.S. If it was me that had done this to his car, I'd now be dead.
• Citroen Despatch (2007 - ) - 04 1.9 diesel poor running 5 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I posted a previous question about non starting and had to resort to getting an auto electrician firm out to fix the problem after spending 2 hours outside my house on tuesday in the rain they decided to tow it to there garage where they claimed to have worked on it all day wednesday cutting some
• I think I am a cursed car killer! 24 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  For some reason this past few weeks have been one car disaster after another. Not content with the sunroof leaking and ditching water over me said car decides to break down last Friday afternoon. It coughed, then died completely until cooled down so it went off to the garage on a tow truck
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 03 Worn brake discs & drums - service limitations? 21 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  deep scours on each disc and the drums are 40% worn but no scouring. They have told me if they had of tested vehicle it would have failed on and only these faults. How much life is left in the discs and drums? I don't drive on the brakes or heavy and the vehicle never tows anything. I am looking
• Street parking - right of access? 29 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  and pushchair. The final threat included having our car clamped/towed it we didn't move it. Obviously we'll follow up with the council to help confirm the situation, but any general thoughts from the Backroomers? Is that area in front of the shed considered 'public highway' (it's certainly not part
• Very costly phone call. 11 May 2007 (Forum)
  phone while driving not only received three penalty points and a £60 fine, but had to endure watching his £60,000 Mercedes sports car being towed off to a storage compound. Checks carried out by officers who pulled over the driver on Queen's Road in Clifton revealed that the driver only had
• Focus Filters 5 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  was something wrong. No they are all like this I was told, the fuel will come through eventually. They ended up tow starting it, after about half a mile it started, the amber heat light came on then went off. They let me take it home. I looked in my Haynes manual which said that you should fill the new filter
• Taiwan top for radar trapping? 17 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  upset anyone and, yes, there are BMWs. Other motoring things noticed: either side overtaking traffic light cameras many motorway cameras mostly around junctions tow trucks in big cities wide scooter lanes in most towns and often in the country signposting mostly English as well as Chinese
• £35 Tracker (Security) 3 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  on a bracket and wire a car charger directly to a permenant 12v (unused towing electrics feed). This will mean if my car gets stolen, it can be traced by me on the computer. The outlay is £19 (free if you have an old phone in a drawer) and £10-15 to register on the site (depending what options you choose