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• n/a - Tyre wear pollution 1,000 times worse than exhaust 8 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  , heavy vehicles such as SUVs, and growing demand for electric vehicles, which are heavier than standard cars because of their batteries. https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/pollution-tyre-wear-worse-exhaust-emissions
• The truth about electric car range 2 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  subscriber describes driving an EV on a journey from Sussex to Yorkshire as like going back to the sixties , with restrictions on the use of the heater and radio to conserve battery capacity.
• all - Synthetic fuels 31 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  to the engines would not allow the cars to run on petrol or diesel.  How these new fuels would be produced is not mentioned or for that matter cost and distribution.  Presumably other emissions other than carbon would be ""clean" ?    It is the view of many that battery is not practical
• All - Tesla cars 1 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  )   The huge amount of water required is typical of a large battery fire. What’s more, 6,000 US gallons or 22,000 litres are far from the highest seen in a Tesla incident.   Just something to think about if you are thinking of getting one, thiis is something the dealers will NOT TELL
• Yaris Vs Zoe - Used Yaris - £5-£6k or Renault Zoe £10k 7 May 2021 (Forum)
  I would like to purchase a reliable hatchback and I was considering a battery owned Renault Zoe, but do you agree correct a used Yaris will hold it's value better?  If it's a Yaris are there any models more suitable than others?  The car is being used for school runs and drop
• Ford Fiesta - Mk7 Fiesta 1.6 TDCI 14 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  come unreliable as the battery keeps dying if we don't run it for a week and she's always liked Fiesta's and this Titanium looks amazing in the hot magenta but obviously want to make sure it's right. Many thanks
• Ford Fiesta ecoboost 1.0 - Car Intermittently not starting 25 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, my car failed to restart after parking. I was helped by a person with jump leads, and the next day following the fitting of a new battery and new ignition switch the problem still persists Intermittently. The main dealer checked it for four hours but the diagnostics could not find a fault
• Ford Focus on 59 plate - Programming key fob 30 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  We have a 2009 Focus, the battery went flat in one of the remotes, we replaced it now the car won't recognise the fob. Checked the ops manual it describes in great detail how to do it by putting the key in the ignition and turning it on 6 or 8 times. So I dug the plastic cover off
• Vauxhall vectra - Vauxhall vectra - Vectra Sri cdti 6 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  Hi on my Vectra Sri cdti on 2007 plate I have had battery light on while I was driving and stayed on I thought I would check codes just in case and came up with P0621 generator lamp control circuit malfunction , thought it might be alternator checked voltage was 12.5 v with engine off and 13.5 v
• Ford s max 2007 titanium - S max radio code lost help 26 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  Nuisance isn’t it, when you replace a battery and you then discover you don’t have the code to get the radio to work again! It’s a 2007 s max titanium don’t know if you require the ref but here it is NU57 OHO It drives me nuts driving with the tremolos I.e Silence is golden as it’s all I can hear
• Corsa D 2008 1.3 strange issue 2 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  My gfs car has stoped working, it wont start, shes only had it for 2 months, its had 2 new batteries, first issue she had was sometimes when you took the key out the car stays on 2nd issue was the passanger seat belt warning light comes on when no one is sitting there, then the car wont start
• Vauxhall Astra - Vauxhall Astra Car Alarm ? 5 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  my key fob on my Astra does light up, but nothing happens. Door locks do not open/close. I have tried re-syncing. Did work once, then again nothing. I have ordered repair kit for fob. I think the battery is weak. LED appears faint.  I take it the 2003 Astra has
• Mondeo mk 3 - EGR Valve blanked - problems since 27 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  . I've reset the ecu by disconnecting the battery for an hour but this hasn't changed anything only my bad for forgetting to set the automatic windows back up...ooops. Can anybody help?
• Ford Fiesta - 62 Ford Fiesta radio 8 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  I left my stupid lights on by accident and the battery died, so I had to jumpstart it with my dad's car. Now the radio, aux, and all the others are gone. There's no light or anything, it isn't asking for the code as well. How do I fix this? I just got the car a month ago, I don't even
• 2008 Honda crv (uk) 6 speed cdti - Manual gearbox filler plug 12 May 2016 (Forum)
  I have tried many forums and even phoned Honda BUT can anyone tell me where the filler plug is on a 2008 manual 6 speed Honda crv ex i-cdti ? I have found the drain plug and have had a few suggestions re the filler plug is " under the battery ". " under the air filter " but nothing concrete
• Ford Focus estate 1999 - Central locking dying 4 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, sorry if. This has been covered somewhere else. Our Central locking appears to be dying, or at least that's what it sounds like. If I try locking it from the drivers door, it does it very slowly and quietly (sounds like old Walkmans who's battery was failing). The passenger door just
• Jaguar XJ8 - ECM change 11 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  the battery for 24 hours or more, the problem seems to fix itself but soon returns leading me to think I have an ECM problem. If I replace the ECM with a second hand unit, do I also need the key and barrel from the donor car? Thanks in advance.
• Ford Fiesta - Ford Radio 4500 RDS EON problem 6 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Hi all, Car is back from the garage today and the radio doesn't want to work now. The battery has been disconnected as the time on the dash seems to have reset itself. Radio turns on and off ok, but doesn't display anything. No code, no warning, nothing.   Pressing some
• Ford focus hatchback 2001 - Rear tailgate wiring loom 16 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  to cut back the exposed wires and join up again also will I have to disconnect the battery before tackling the job. Thanks for any advise Adrian Fisher.
• Ford Mondeo Estate - Dipped beam circuit 1 May 2014 (Forum)
  . There's a pair of 7.5a fuses in the fuse panel adjacent to the battery that have the 'headlight drawing' next to them. However, they both meter fine. Can anyone help with wiring diagram/fuses/relays for this b***** ? Many thanks...............ebt