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• Vauxhall Zafira B, 1.9 Diesel CDTi 2008 - Steering wheel won't turn - after EGR/battery disc 19 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  in any direction and the car is un-driveable. I am not sure how the EGR valve removal/replacement could have affected the steering. The other thing I am thinking of is that I had disconnected the battery completely, cleaned the terminals and put it back onlone again. The clock on the dashboard
• Ford Fiesta 2002 - Electrical issue? 15 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  Hi all,   Just wondering if anyone has any ideas why my Ford Fiesta (2002) is exerpiencing some weird issues which I think may be electrical/power related.. It all started when my battery light came on so I took it to the garage (at this point the car was doing some odd
• VW Polo - VW Polo 1998 - Cold weather battery problems 24 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  . He recharged the battery and we drove off and he tested it again and said it was fine. I am now worried to drive again and worried it may stop. The rescue guy told me to warm up the engine for 30 minutes before driving off. Would it really take that long? Does anyone experience similar
• mondeo tdci 2003 - bad starter 17 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  i had a cold start problem , read a lot of forum information on these mondeo problems , the car ran fine after first start of the day, it was fast smooth and no flashing heater plug light, no missfire or any other symptoms, new battery fitted last year and starter was spinning over no problem
• vauxhall astravan 2003 1.7dt - Starts, but no power steering. 17 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, i have owed this van for about 5 years and never had a problem. Today i made a journey of about 25miles.I turned off and when i tried to start it the battery was almost flat. I then jumped started it and it started alright. When i went to drive away i had no power steering at all. I thought
• Ford C-Max 2005 2.0 TDCI Ghia - No power to Radio/Interior Lights/rear doors 16 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  . Is this the same issue but this time the alarm sounder a drawing even more current. Is it easy to disconect the sounder to prove this is the cause (plug, device or fuse) I am woundering if it is something different as the car has always had a issue with draining the battery i a few days and just
• skoda superb - VAG Skoda new keys. 23 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  get into the car. Not only due to fob or battery being defunct but the physical key will not open the door lock, and will only operate the ignition lock. Having replaced the battery and back to normal I am now aware that this problem may recur. Is it possible to obtain replacement keys for 1
• Peugeot 306 cabriolet 2.0 2000 - Yet more immobiliser/central locking problems! 1 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  I recently experienced a completely flat battery after not using the car for 2 weeks.  The car jump started instantly and was driven for around 20 miles to charge up the battery.  All was fine.  I then did a 400 mile round trip to Stafford to collect and fit a recently purchased
• Ford Focus Saloon 1.8 TDCI - Ford Focus Heater vent blowing upon acceleration 8 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  I have a strange problem on a Ford Focus which hopefully someone can shed some light on for me. A few weeks ago when we had the cold spell before xmas the battery failed. Luckily I had a spare which matched the requirements so I fitted it. THe spare was smaller than the original
• Peugeot 307 SW S HDi 110 - Battery going flat due to cooling fan running on? 5 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  My car battery was flat a couple of mornings ago. On further investigation it seems that this was caused by the cooling fan running on and then not switching off over night. A diagnostic test at Kwik Fit has identified an intermittent fault on a 'coil' adjacent to the radiator cooling fan
• Vauxhall Astra G Diesel - Astra G dead, 1.7 DTI, intermittent, no key clicks 18 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  This car refused to start in the recent cold weather so I replaced the original 2001 battery, no brainer from the sofa. However it continued its recalcitrant behaviour into the warmer weather even with the new battery. Mortified after spending £60 I fiddled around
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace (1998 - 2010) - 2005 2.0 Towbar Wiring - access to battery 21 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I am just fitting a towbar and vehicle specific wiring kit to my 2005 Multispace. The wiring kit was easy up until the part where the instructions said to route a wire to the front of the car and connect it to the battery. I managed to get the wire as far as the front passenger footwell using
• Rover 200 and 400 (1989 - 1996) - 92/93 416si - starting problem 22 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  over 416 Honda engine oil & filter change plus spark plugs oil 10/40 spark plugs Bosch super 4 mileage 100k and regular serviced jul 07 feb 08 flat battery started with battery of another car, left to idle with bonnet open . Rover driven for 5 mins starts to hesitate on way to petrol
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 2001 Rapier - Engine Immobiliser Fault 28 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Hi there,I was jump starting my girlfriend's car the other day and it seems I managed to disconnect my battery in the process. Now when I try to start the car I get 'engine immobiliser fault' flashing up on the display and although the car turns over it will not start. The remote key no longer
• Peugeot 405 electrical problem 9 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  you roll onto the hard shoulder, suspecting a flat battery caused by an alternator problem, but the horn and the indicators are fine; you switch the lights off but not the engine and after about a minute the 'no charge' light comes on on the dashboard if you depress the wellie pedal now, the charge
• VW Polo 1996 reg not starting 15 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  symptom 3 yrs ago and I called out the RAC to disgnose. The mechanic was spot on, he asked me to replace the distributor, which I did and fixed the problem. I know it's not the battery, it's only replaced last few months (I also tried using a battery jump start to rule out that it'snot a battery problem
• ignition system current starvation 14 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  it is automatic. It has electronic ignition ie. no contact breakers and I have checked everything else, like the coil, plug, HT lead, earths, etc etc but NOT the battery. The bike cranks well and all the lights are also ok. However, the pathetic spark will not ignite the fuel air mixture and it floods. The carb
• BMW OBC Coding Plug 24 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  the battery for another job and on reconnection of the battery the OBC now displays "PPPP" which means the OBC doesn't recognise what vehicle it's in. I know this is an error with the Eprom Coding Plug in the back of the OBC (which store's the vehicle's details) which has probably been erased maybe due
• Why hybrids are not AWD by default? 24 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  designers from shifting ICE transaxle to neutral and drive rear wheels only in EV mode? I understand hybrid batteries are under the rear seats but as those batteries are not large as pure EVs, may be it is not too difficult to put a motor there too?  
• Mazda 2 - fuel gauge stuck on full 18 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  This is in a 2015 onwards model, digital display. It's showing full, and the predicted remaining range seems to tie in with that - pretty steady, just varies depending on the weight of my right foot. This is following a very flat battery, for reasons I'm too embarrassed to go into, so