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• G-Wiz - Mahindra Electric 21 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  badgering they recommended a kid near Dublin who is not a qualified mechanic and charged €430 to replace one battery, a two-hour job that took 2 days including travel time.  deleted is refusing to do anything further, and Mahindra has so far refused to deal with the situation, after two
• Excluding punctures from Recovery cover 20 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  who waited four hours for the RAC to inform him that the cover excluded damage to wheels. So who are the good guys who include puncture cover, which must make up a good proportion of call outs after batteries ? And does the AA cover introduced by Nationwide Flex plus cover wheel
• BMW 125d, 2013, manual, stop start - BMW 125d S/S potential duff alternator? 19 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all, this car has a new battery, but the starting problems continue, particularly after a run, although no messages or warning lights on dash. Is it possible the alternator is faulty, but not SO faulty that it doesn't throw a dash light, or error code? Apparently there are two
• Hyundai Santa Fe 2007 Diesel - Hyundai Santa Fe 2007 Not always starting 25 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  Hi.   The issue has been at random times. It sometimes won't start. Had new battery fitted. Alternator checked. Mechanic checked starter motor. Not sure what the issue is.   I had it three times in one day, then nothing for almost a week
• EVs 9 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  ' 'NE to Brighton regular trip, how would an EV cope with that?' 'three kids and a dog, need to spend big time to get an EV big enough' 'Battery capacity goes relentlessly down.' Most comments are negative re EVs. These are comments which reflect the concerns of many people. Price, range and charging
• Skoda Fabia Mark 111 1.2 TSI - Fault finding - starting problem 7 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  My Fabia had a starting problem today - the engine started as normal and then immediately cut out. Completely dead and no dash lights, but electric windows, indicators etc working. The AA checked fuses etc, all ok. The AA disconnected the battery for a few mins and when
• Renault Zoe - Faulty Zoe 5 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  Hi, I recently (within the last 3 months) purchased a 2016 Renault Zoe - when it arrived it had no working air con/heating (which is needed for the battery charging system to function correctly). The dealer finally got round to 'fixing it', which involved simply regassing the air con
• VW Golf 1.6tdi se 2013 - VW Front Assist and ACC warning 17 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  disconnect battery, should I wait a fe days to see if fault clears on its own? I once had a seat belt tensioner fault appear that after 2-3 days cleared itself. Thanks
• various - Smoke Alarm 28 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  Another  Benefit of being at home is I had to change the battery in my smoke alarm.  I actually took the time to look at it a bit closer than usual.  Manufactured in May 2004.  Replace May 2014.    Oops my bad.  It still worked great when I burnt toast etc so I
• New Tesla 3 - Real MPG 26 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  Has HJ started a real mpg page for battery cars yet.  Perhaps he could start with the new Tesla 3  which according to Whatcar is some 27% shy of Tesla figures in the real world ie some 90miles out of a claimed 329.  Similar figures are for Hyundai and Audi and the rest
• 2007 Skoda Fabia 1.4 petrol - Remote packed up - 2007 Skoda Fabia 7 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  The remote locking controller packed up this monring on the main key, but the spare remote works OK. I've changed the battery on the faulty unit but this makes no difference.  The manual says you can reprogramme these remotes in the ignition barrel by holding one button down
• renault megane 1.9 dci - Lights dimming whilst driving 30 May 2017 (Forum)
  have noticed how terrible my lights are when they are on dipped and have on some occassions watched them go down, like when a battery runs out on a torch.    The car still holds a charge okay and starts as well as can be expeccted for an old dci
• Ford Ka - Radio Code Required 26 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  Hello wise sages ! I had to replace the battery in the wifes car today as the old one was dead and it just "clicked" when i tried to start it. IT WORKED ! The wife's car has now come back to life ! However, the "War Department" is now unhappy as the radio now says
• Ford S-MAX Zetec 2010 - Ford 6000 CD Radio - Locked 12 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, After getting a new battery fitted, we lost the radio code
• 2003 vectra c 2.2 petrol - vectra c not starting 14 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, right the other mornig went out to start the car and just a click, so got a jump start and all ok, so what i thourght. The next day the car deid again put boost pack on and just clicking from the starter motor so replaced the start motor and battery still the same. Checked all earth
• VW POLO - VW Polo 2006 9N3 1.2S Engine Cover 29 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, New to the forum, looking to find out if the polo we have bought for our son should have an engine cover. Have just changed out the pencil coils, plugs and battery and noticed it does not have a cover. Have looked for a bar code sticker on the top butthere isn't one, its only done 27, 000
• vectra sxi - power steering fault 28 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  up with this as we are getting none. we changed our battery 2 weeks ago as the garage said the alternator was fine. This morning we have had the emissions light come on and the power steering played up then. could they be linked? thanks for any advice guys in advance.
• Ford Fiesta - Ford Fiesta TDCI 1.4 cold starting Problems 3 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  plate Ford Fiesta with 180k miles, I tried an volt meter on the battery first thing, its say 11.8 V with the engine running this goes up to 14 volts.   I would be gratefull for any help :)   Matt
• Steyr Daimler Puch Van - Germanic Automotive Engineering Excellence, 14 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  1998 registered, 120BHP OM 602 diesel therein, 4 speed automatic. Bought about 10 years ago. Parked in a grass field since March 2013, grass growing up past and through the vehicle. Pulled out in mid summer, And parked on concrete, stuck a new battery in her recently
• Ford Ka - Radio code includes a '0' but no zero button! 17 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Hi I have a 2006Ford Ka and after the battery went flat I needed to re-set the radio code. I followed your instructions, removing the radio from the dashboard & retrieving the serial number (M038488). The website you recommended gave the code as 1503.  My problem now