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• Mitsubishi Colt 5-door (2005) - Noise in Higher Gears 17 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi all My Mitubishi Colt 1.1 Black has developed a noise - sounds like something spinning or whirring. When accellerating the noise is kind of drowned out by the engine, but it continues when not accellerating or braking. You can only really hear it when in fourth or fifth gears
• VW Polo - VW Polo 52 Plate 1.4 Electrical problems 16 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Whenever i indicate left, the indicator arrow on the dashboard "ticks" twice as fast as usual. When this happens, the cabin air recirculate system switches on. This also occurs when i put the car in reverse, and yesterday the EPC light came on which im told is usually indicative of a brake light
• Vauxhall Tigra Red convertible 2007 1400cc - Water in sills 23 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  A short time ago I noticed the sound of water sloshing around in the sills on the passenger side when braking or cornering. My local agent identified this, cleared the water and told me not to power wash the car, but normal washing would be OK He charged £88 for this work
• Audi S4 Cabriolet - Audi winter tyre wheel availability 23 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  Does anyone know where I can obtain the 17" wheels my S4 handbook says I should use for winter tyres, but according to my Audi deale,r  Audi refuses to import suitable steel 17" wheels into the UK. Specialist winter tyre dealers tell me that due to the size of the brakes
• Citroen Xsara HDi - Xsara clicking 16 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Wife has an 02 plate Xsara HDi, and when travelling at slow speed, and in a straight line, there is a clicking sound, similar to a cv joint that you can hear when you turn. Also the car vibrates under braking, and I know that these are prone to warped discs. The rear pads have been
• Worn front tyres with new rears 14 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  speeds. Do you think this could be attributed to the near worn fronts and new-ish rears.  I would expect understeer on the fronts if anything but i wonder if this twitch at the rear is the result of VSC braking or controlling the understeer?    
• Ford S-Max - Ford service stripped wheel studs 22 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  I took my car in for a 3 year service and MOT to a Ford main dealer.  They tell me that in the course of taking off one of the rear wheels to replace the brake pads they stripped one of the 5 wheel studs. Apparently the wheel studs are integral to the hub and therefore they want
• slowing down in the 21st century 11 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Reading a piece today where its now the norm to teach people to slow down with the brakes and not to use the gearbox. Well i have a message for these new world teachers of fashion--- --------how many accidents have you caused with this bad teaching this last week with all the snow we have had had
• What went wrong - Corvette abuse 5 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Warning - the following link shows a corvette being painfully abused! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6atGhmVU8 So what went wrong? My guess is that he held the brakes too hard and didn't bring the clutch up quick enough. But there are some other possible causes - tracton control? super duper
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 20 1.9d rumbling from front end 25 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  I have a rumbling sound coming from front end, imitates sound like loose exaust or engine sump cover but isnt I have checked! on accelerating only, but disapears if hand brake is pulled up, like something is resonating. the car was booked into a dealer to service and cure the noise they charged me
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.6 Trailing arm bushes 23 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, got a problem thats beginning to bug me. In the last month or so my car has been making a knocking noise when braking or going over bumps, I believe it is coming from the rear. My usual garage say that it is the trailing arm bushes and that both need doing at a cost of £150. Could
• Saab 99 - The most modern car ever made? 20 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  At the time of course. I saw a 1980 W reg one the other day and noticed:- 3 Circular heating controls Front and rear head rests Rear middle LED brake light Nice thick rimmed steering wheel and well padded in them middle Alloy wheels When you think the Brits were still making Cortinas
• Volvo S60 (2000 - 2009) - 02 2.4 d5 drivers wheel clicking 9 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  my car has started making a clicking noise from the drivers wheel once i reach speeds over 40mph,the noise cannot be heard once window is down although i think this is due to wind noise and the clicking noise seems to be traveling through the car body.I have checked all bushes & brakes, everything
• Volkswagen Bora (1999 - 2006) - 2004 1.9TDi ESP Warning Light 10 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  the fault, could it be brakes or something more sinister?
• Honda CR-V (1997 - 2002) - 1999 2.0 Humming noise 6 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have a humming noise which can be heard when the car is stationary or when im braking. The noise is a lot louder when the air filter and the air intake tube are removed. If I tap the gas pedal the sound goes away but always returns. My mechanic had a quick look but is scratching his head
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - Car sitting for a while 16 May 2008 (Forum)
  Because of a operation my car has already been sitting for 2 months. Its going to be another 2 months before I can drive again. Its a 1999 1.8 Vectra. When I start to drive it again how should I do it? Take it for a long run straight away, short runs, pump the brakes, kick the bumper?? I have
• Peugeot 406 Coupe (1997 - 2003) - 99 V6 - Water collecting somewhere in the bodywork 22 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  T reg, V6 Automatic, 3.0 litre I know it has been raining, but the car has been largely parked on my driveway, and not driven through any floods, at the moment when accelerating or braking you can hear a large amount of water sloshing around I think either in the passenger door or in the sills
• towing at night 27 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Lats night (christmas night) while returning elderly relatives to their homes we came up behind a vehicle with its brake lights on,but traveling at 20 - 25 MPH.It was not clear at first what was happening, when I sused the situation and overtook the vehicle it was being towed by a vehicle without
• getting up to speed on the hard shoulder 7 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  twice in the last few days I've encountered cars joining the motorway from the hard shoulder (after a breakdown or wheel change or ???) and they've moved straight onto lane 1 from rest. The consequential hard braking and swerving from traffic already travelling at speed luckily did not result
• Vauxhall - Movano gear linkage issues 19 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  brake cables" (sorry its late and I cannot find the appropriate name for them :) ) Is this a maintenance issue I can deal with myself, i.e tighten up or replace the linkages? Thanks, Dan