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  What are your thoughts on the new BPA Independent Appeals Service? 17 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  As things stand The British Parking Association fully expects to have an Independent Appeals Service in place for October 2012. Meanwhile, if you come...
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  Category C write-off : legal matters and insurance 20 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Please put my mind at rest, or help me out with what to do! My husband's car, a W reg Renault Megane was recently dented by another driver reversing out...
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  I found smoking oil on the back of my Renault Clio's engine. What could have caused this? 21 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I was driving my 2002 1.5 Renault Clio diesel (78,000 miles) the other day when the engine started to make a gurgling noise. I pulled over straightaway,...
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  Scottish fiver 12 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My VW Passat V5 is registered Dec 1999. It's a V registration. I have had it for 7 years now. I bought it in 1992 and it had 2 previous owners and 10000...
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  Carbon lies? 29 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1996 SAAB 900SE 2.3 turbo convertible with only 56,000 miles from new and serviced once every year by a SAAB dealer or SAAB specialist. A report...
• Why do you run so many cars? 5 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  and manual 4 x 4 is preferable as I do plenty of rural driving, and tow heavily laden trailers. The wife - needs the exact opposite (typical!). Won't drive it if she has to think of changing gears, and it needs to be small. Fitting all of us in it is not that much of an issue, though it is handy. Give her
• Audi A1 - Advice needed: Engine went within 6 months 8 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  by themselves.    I had no issues with the car until 1 December when the engine suddenly cut out, and it wouldn’t start again. Mileage was clocked at 24,900.   Called Audi Assist and the AA technician stated it was the cambelt and that it needed to be towed
• Volvo XC90 - I could really do with some advice on my Volvo d5 30 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  I could really do with some advice. I purchased a 2008 xc90 d5 auto 110000 on the clock about 5 months ago. All been fine. Last month on a journey it started randomly stalling, before dying on me. Would then crank but not fire no matter what. Rac towed to my usual garage. When they got around
• Nissan Qashqui Tekna 2016 - Nissan Qashqui engine failure 11 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  to roll off the motorway and not cause a pile up.I had my 4 year old daughter in the back and it was a bit scary. The RAC arrived about an hour later and ran the diagnostic on the car which suggested the turbo had a fault. He towed me to a local RAC approved garage. They called the next day to say
• ford galaxy 2.3 ghia t reg - galaxy won't start. going crazy and need help 11 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  but no firing up. The aa came out and kept trying and they found there was no power to the fuel pump switch (ineartha). towed it to a ford dealers in bishops stortford and they had it for 18 days. They removed the aftermarket alarm and checked the relays. the car now doesn't even turn over but this could
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  Skoda Octavia problems - can I reject it? 16 Jul 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I have a new three month old Skoda Octavia VRS. Today, when I was driving, the coolant light came on and it said that there is low coolant levels . So...
• Ford Fiesta 1.6 TDCI - Turbo died 10 days after purchase 1 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  the resources to fix it at their expense and that I'm getting a good deal by paying half of it because they will tow it to the garage at their expense and they will fit a new cambelt too which is not part of the problem. At this point I told them I want a repair at no extra cost to me, a compensation
• Peugeot 407 SW - 1.6HDi No Power, Black Smoke 18 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Hi I have the above vehicle and am having a few issues, here is the story: I bought the car as a non runner, after towing the vehicle home I put a new battery on it and it started first time!!!!  However when driving it had no power under 2500-3000 revs.  After a few days
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  Clutch failure on used car - should the dealer pay for the repair? 28 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Rover 75 two weeks ago. The garage told me the car was in good condition and had a new clutch fitted less than 100 miles ago. Since then I’ve...
• Peugeot 206 - Hitting a lorry tyre on the M6 19 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  be done as its just a blown tyre / act of god. Now i am a lot of money down after getting my car towed, taxis to liverpool, and being stranded in liverpool for a few days. im sure there is someone to blame to claim from. I am third party fire and theft so i cant claim on my own, but i wouldnt
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  Why has the turbo on my Ford Focus TDCI failed so early? 18 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  The turbo on my Focus TDCI failed and had to be replaced at a cost of £700. The mileage is 42,000. Why do turbos fail when an engine will make 200,000...
• Mazda 6 - DCS and ECU Light On, EGR Valve problem, then big 24 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  . The engine seized at traffic light when i was on my way back home. After that, the massive knocking sound comes from the engine. I drove back to the dealer and they said it must be big damage in the engine and suggested that I might need a new engine which would cost me £8k++. I towed my car
• Suzuki Grand Vitara - Grand Vitara 1.9ddis buying advice - dpf concerns 15 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  - usually using our second car, my Jimny especially to tow a trailer with the bikes in as its just more suitable for rough fields and car parks but we're at our absolute maximum with 4 of us in it. We're both sold on the GV having owned 2 Suzukis already and looking
• 1999 R reg Chrysler Grand Voyager 3.3 LE LPG - Chrysler Grand Voyager 3.3 LE LPG help wanted... 10 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  £2000.  The car is worth less than that so thats not even an option. It would be a shame to sell this vehicle as sc*** because I only hd it for a few weeks before these problems started.  If anyone who knows these cars has a garage, I could get the RAC to tow it for me. Thanks
• used car with many issues 17 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  to tow the car back to the dealer. I told the dealer it still smelt and the RAC said the thermostat had failed. I left the car for the week. They fixed the thermostat and cleaned the car again. After another week, I picked the car up. When driving the car home, I noticed three other issues