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• Renault Laguna - AA Breakdown Repair Cover - Dont Waste your money 24 May 2014 (Forum)
  .   My car has since then broke down again. The day before the bank holiday (17 th April) we left our home towing a caravan for a six day holiday to the forest of dean.  We didn’t get very far.  Just 45min down the road before the clutch went, or so
• Used estate/MPV - holy grail sought. 16 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  to mid-long term servicing and repairs. I suppose things could change but our annual mileage is under 5k pa and it's mainly easy town miles and the odd motorway trip. Very little stop/start driving in heavy traffic and no towing. When I bought the car there was no choice but to have the diesel and I
• Renault - hope you can give me some advice.. gutted 19 May 2012 (Forum)
  . used car 2 days later same noise. 7 days later same noise. 8 days later on motorway handbrake engaged doing 70 wouldnt release. recovered by aa towed home. took to garage had diagnostic was told several cables had snapped all electrics were faulty cam sensor had gone aircon broke etc etc etc
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  Why am I being charged a 'salvage cost' to get my written-off car back from the insurance company? 20 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  First of all thanks for your reply recently, where my car was written off and the insurance company sent it to salvage with out informing me and refused...
• MGF P Reg Coolant Overheating 9 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  first thought was HGF, so I checked the oil, no milkyness. I called out the AA, they did their pressure and chemical tests and the car was fine. They towed me to a local garage who said it WAS HGF and the head had to be sent off for the tests - ie £££. I was not convinced so I got the AA out again
• Renault Scenic DCi100 problem 2 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  , hesitating and "chugging" at a certain throttle position, accompanied by clouds of smoke from the rear of the car. The car was towed back to a Renault garage , where they diagnosed a turbo fault and two weeks (!) later a new turbo was shipped in and fitted. I took the car home, and brought
• New Vehicles After Sales Faults 19 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  towed me back to the dealer . As the service dept. is closed on Sundays we were \'greeted\' by a member of the Sales team who told us to take the car back outside and leave it on the street. I said I was not happy to leave my 3 week old car in an Industrial Estate but his response was \"Well
• Don't try this at home. 22 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  and get a tow home. My own, Dad's and fellow neighbour classic car nut all think it's a head gasket failure. But it's used all its oil and the water isn't too depleted but it's below min on the expansion tank. As for the mayonnaise on the oil cap, nothing. The exhaust has no sooty water, just lots
• 2003 Peugeot 307 gxl auto h/b petrol - social financial emotional affects of car repairs 19 Feb 2019 (Forum)
    Three weeks ago I had my 2003 Peugeot 307 gxl h/b petrol towed to a nearby garage because it wouldn't fire up. The garage owner replaced fuel pump and sensor in a matter of a week, car still refused to start. The second week I telephoned, mentioned I was concerned about
• Irrelevant - Looking for advice and opinions. 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  ? I have the option to return the vehicle under their approved scheme but 1) They have already sold my old vehicle 2) I have spent money already on the new vehicle, namely £600 for a tow bar and having a dash cam hard wired with a voltage sensor.
• Ford Fiesta 1.6tdci Titanium - Cat C repaired car - major issues, any advice 28 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  fantastically well on the test drive so I agreed to buy the car. In total, because of its status as a Cat C I paid £7,100. Three weeks ago less than four months after buying the car the engine cut out and would not restart. I had it towed to Ford who advised me the next day that the cambelt had
• Audi A1 - Reject New Audi 28 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Visist. Car towed back to the dealership. The car has 16 issues, however the main issue for me is Water Ingress. When the car is left stationary overnight for example or during the hours I am at work, if there has been any rain/cold weather all the glass inside the vehicle will be very very misted
• Audi A1 - Reject New Audi 21 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  of problems have been present with the vehicle and the car has now been in on the following occasions: 12/1/12 - 13/1/12 18/1/12 - Home Visit 23/1/12 - 14/2/12 23/2/12 - 8/3/12 9/3/12 - Home Visit 10/3/12 - RAC Callout 11/3/12 - Audi Dedicated Visist. Car towed back to the dealership. The car has 16 issues
• Advice Sought On Paying The Bill 20 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Golf 6 years ago I stopped straight away, followed the instructions in the owner's manual, and ended up calling the RAC to recover me back to Manchester. The patrolman didn't even bother to start the engine and winched the car onto his foldout trailer. The car was then given a follow on tow a few
• help! big problems with 306 HDI engine 3 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  , and this clattering became worse with the engine shaking violently. Was soo worried about this, I got the car towed home by greenflag. We have re-checked everything was aligned as we took the parts off again, we just can't work out why its doing this?! I've got some questions about this: What is the significance
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  How do i deter non-customers from using a private car park? 19 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My business (a doctor's surgery) is very close to a busy town centre and has its own car park for staff and patients. However we get numerous complaints...
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  Cam belt failure after 100,000 miles - who should pay for the repair? 22 Nov 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2020 Ford Transit Connect 1.5 diesel. It is just out of warranty at 106,500 miles and the cam belt has failed. My local mechanic says the cam...
• Volvo V70 D5 Estate - The Agonies of Volvo V70 D5 Ownership 12 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  on Christmas Eve 2012. My V70 D5 (2008 model, 88,000 on the clock) cuts out in a traffic jam and won't restart. The RAC man suggests its a lot worse than a low battery and suggests it is a problem with the auxilliary belt that has damaged the timing belt and tows the car to a garage. They in turn repeat what
• DVLA Court Case has any one been to court with the 16 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  :-/ , NOT!  Anyway the first garage sent off the ECU and they couldn’t fix it.. so it went to another and they did.. then it didn’t work still, so had to wait for a mobile VAG comm.. Guy who was on holiday then he couldn’t fix it and then the original garage had the car towed to another garage who
• Nissan X-Trail (2007 - ) - J D power 2009 xtrail 14 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  one is no better than the old, in my opinion, although the wife things the cars a lot better. But at any rate both a decent to drive. Economy, i don't know how these owners drive, but 30mpg towing 1330kg, high 30's solo (max 42mpg old model) previously, and oddly with the heavier more powerful new