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  • From Cruze - To RIO first 1000 miles first impressions 6 Apr 2015 (Forum)
    0n 570 mile round trip. about 10% better. insurance renewal was £220 for cruze £165 for kia 9 yrs ncd 2 no fault zero cost claims. (informed them only) more comfortable seats than the cruze, far clearer better instruments, radio screen clear easy to read. So far so
  • 53 Ford Modeo zetec estate - EATC stuck on auto 21 Jan 2014 (Forum)
     jumper pack  attached to the battery leads so that I wouldn't lose the radio/cd  codes,It hasn't been used for around 6 weeks and only noticed it yesterday. Any help or ideas as to what the problem might be would be greatly appreciated. if a fuse has blowned would show these symptoms. I have
  • Peugeot 406 HDI water in driver footwell 7 Jan 2014 (Forum)
    , like radio, left switched on, strange! Last week, left stranded, car wouldn't start, battery dead. AA discovered driver side footwell swimming in water, hence electrical probs and strange Mf display. Can't work out if water is coming in at boot and getting to front or vice-versa. Help, any ideas? Have
  • VW Golf My 4 Diesel 2003 - DIY Battery Change 16 Nov 2013 (Forum)
    retailers ) I have the radio security code  and am aware of how to reset  the electric windows My question is, is there any other technical problem that may develop by disconnecting the battery ? ps Halfords tell me that they DO NOT use any type of reserve
  • ford focus - ford focus jumping and loss of power 15 Jun 2013 (Forum)
    Hi, I have a Ford Focus 1.6 zetec on a Y plate and has done approximately 150000 miles. Over the past week or so, the car has started to jump on occasion when at low speeds and pulling away. Radio sounds a bit fuzzy when this happens and the speedometer jumps slightly with the 'door
  • Seat Ibiza - Part ex - damaged vehicle 10 Jun 2013 (Forum)
    Both front brake pads scored Large dent/scratch on passenger side doors affecting both doors Radio knob missing Minor cosmetic damage elsewhere.   Would a Honda dealer take this in for part-ex? It would cost too much to fix the damage to get a reasonable price
  • 2005/55 Vw Phaeton 3.0 TDI V6 4motion - Ticking noise coming from near side rear wheelarch 9 Feb 2012 (Forum)
    is the rear heating/AC system working, should it have a loud tick on a vehicle like this?! Can anyone give me some advice?  One friend said just turn the radio up - NOT helpful!! Thanks for reading this. John - Worcs.
  • Ford Focus - Noise on Initial gear change on automatic 8 May 2011 (Forum)
    I realised when i had radio turned off, that on the 1st gear change in my car (from 1st to 2nd) there is a slight clunky noise , strangely this only happens on start up when i moved about 15 meters ish, and after that everything is normal... the noise does seem to be coming from the front end
  • Citroen C3 (2002 - 2009) - Changing the battery; what's going on ? 22 Apr 2011 (Forum)
    I fitted the C3 with a new battery this morning. Very pleased with the simple plastic catch that locates the battery. Hoping to save the radio stations and the date and time, I plugged in my home-made power supply which is a Nokia phone charger giving 11.7 volts and a fused cigarette lighter plug
  • 306 3-door Style (1.8L Petrol) 1997 - Central locking going crazy 3 Apr 2011 (Forum)
    My central locking is going beserk. All the doors lock and unlock repeatedly. Often it'll take a pause for a little while (minutes), then start again. The radio has also lost power. These happened simultaneously. I've pulled the central locking fuse while I search for a solution
  • Renault Megane II - Washers packed up?? 16 Feb 2011 (Forum)
    there was no power to the pump. So as its both front and rear would you say the stalk is the next port of call? or is there some thing else i shouldd be looking at? Also i don't know idf this is conected but its had a issue with the radio going on stand by and the boot opening when it wants
  • Peugeot 106 - 106 won't start - Battery or Alternator? 25 Jul 2010 (Forum)
    well to a jump start but worked after a stern push and bump start. Since then it chases low revs and bounces between 1000 and 2500 at idle. During the drive into work the radio kept cutting out and the rev counter and speedo kept dropping to zero before performing normally. After parking at work 40
  • How to make long commute interesting? 19 Mar 2010 (Forum)
    A recent change in job required me to spend 3 hours on road each day! (mostly M1 + A406) Now I'm wondering how to make the journey intersting and do something useful while I'm on car. So far I have tried listening to music but all my music collection exhausted. Tried radio channels - got bored
  • Ford Mondeo 1 (1993 - 1996) - 94 1.8 Stolen immobiliser remote control 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
    !! The immobilizer was Ford Original, built with the car. I rememer only that when I used to push the RC button a "click" was audible near the CAR RADIO. Does anyone know how to "disable" the immobilizer? Thanks in advance. Nemo79blu from MILAN-ITALY
  • Iced doors on my car this morning-could not get in 9 Jan 2010 (Forum)
    then heard a recommendation on Radio 2 - WD40 on the door seals would stop them freezing shut Applied generous quantities at lunchtime, and found them frozen shut again when I left work, so that was a waste of time! Car stank on the way home though None of my neighbours appear to have any problems getting
  • Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 96 1.3 Heating issue 26 Nov 2009 (Forum)
    seems to be working fine. I am wondering if this could be the heater vavle or something else I noticed that the heater dial is pretty loose ie non responsive plus also the interior fan doesnt work only on number 4. Likewise the radio doesnt work either so wondered if they were on the same circuit
  • Peugeot Boxer (2000 - 2007) - 1999 2.5 non starter 5 Apr 2009 (Forum)
    , that's fine too. I have sidelights, but no headlights, radio works fine, etc. My first instinct was the earth cable, a common problem on these vans, but its okay. Is there another earth cable worth finding and checking. Also, whereabouts is the starter located, I cannot find it from above, do I need
  • Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2002 1.6 Speedo 12 Mar 2009 (Forum)
    Hi, just looking for a straight answer really. For several months my speedo has been playing up; it drops to zero and occasionally mileage shows just a bunch of dashes. The radio volume lowers and there is a slight loss of power, after a about 4 miles it kicks in again and all is well. I
  • Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.6 Electrical failures 15 Feb 2009 (Forum)
    and their is a click from the central fuesbox. Oh and the radio has died. Now anyone of these things I would have thought could have been a fues. But all of them makes me a little more suspicious. It's off for a service in a week or so, but what shoudl I be looking out for as I don't want to get stung. Cheers
  • Citroen C4 (2004 - ) - 05 1.6 help needed on electrical fault 10 Feb 2009 (Forum)
    i recently bought a c4 that didnt have a radio in it and when trying to wire up another standard one i bought its caused all saughts of problems. the car wipers come on for no reason , it wont start sometimes wont even turn over , the lights came on for no reason then did'nt work at all
 

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