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  Will stop/start cause excessive wear to the starter motor? 21 May 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2012 Volkswagen Passat with a stop/start system. Can you tell me if this will this result in rapid starter motor wear?
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  Ford Fiesta won't start on cold mornings 15 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  A colleague's 2009 petrol Ford Fiesta refuses to start on cold mornings. The battery is fine as lights and radio work OK, but it just won't start. However,...
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  Leaving a car in storage 1 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have no garage and will be forced to leave my Mercedes-Benz on my drive for two months whilst I'm out of the country. I will not be able to leave the...
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  Where can we sell a Porsche Boxter? 11 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Our daughter recently fractured her achilles tendon on her left leg and is unable to drive for some time. Her 2003 facelift model Porsche Boxster 2.7 is...
• Mazda Tribute - Alarm reset 10 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Vehicle laid up over Xmas and New Year (3months) unfortunately battery was flat when we went to restart the car, recharged battery and everything was back to normal except the alarm which goes off everytime we lock the vehicle. On checking the manual Mazda suggest that the vehicle be taken
• FIAT Punto II (1999 - 2006) - 00 1.2 engine cutting out 16 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  This morning on my way to work - whilst stopped in traffic - I went to move off to find the engine had cut off. the battery and oil lights were on as if i has stalled it. at first i thought i must have stalled it but i didn't feel it the car judder as you would if it had stalled. luckily the car
• Ford focus 2007 - Loss of power when braking 14 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  isn't all the way down, when it is), sometimes the revs will drop and the battery light will flash on, and on a few occasions the revs have dropped and engine has completely cut out. Ford garage can't find any faults with it and haven't been able to replicate the fault. I managed to film the battery
• Ford Escort 1.8 diesel van - Ford Escort Immobiliser 20 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  the van wont start. I checked the battery with a multi meter, thats fine. All the lights come on on the dash and everything but the motor wont turn over at all. The key moves all the way into position.  I suspect that the problem is something to do with the immobiliser.....  I removed
• Toyota Avensis 2.4 TSpirit Auto (2004) - Toyota Satnav tns300 19 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  Having reconnected the battery after doing some unrelated work I had to reset the satnav to UK and English language.   When you set to English you are offered Km or Miles and I selected Miles.  The setting for the satnav was changed correctly and guidance was displayed in miles
• Peugeot 307 SW - Starting problem 15 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  I have an intermittent fault with my 2005 307. My key stopped working after a new battery was put in (could not unlock/lock
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  My Chrysler Grand Voyager automatic is stuck in gear - how do I repair it? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 1998 Chrysler Grand Voyager LE automatic seems to be stuck in a low gear, and won't change up. I was advised to get a new heavy-duty battery, as the...
• Vauxhall Astra H (2004 - 2009) - 05 1.6 warning light and radio code problem 5 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  advised to disconnect the battery for 4 hours and this will extinguish the light. A couple of questions: 1. Is the garage talking pink fluffy dice about the 4 hour thing? 2. Is there any other way of getting rid of the light ie ignition turns, sticker over the light etc..... 3. If we do
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.6 wont start 24 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  had a look at my friends 306 as the electric windows wernt working, i disconnected the battery and began to search for the problem, i noticed a fuse had blown and a few wires had broken, i put in a new fuse and reconnected the wires and the windows worked fine. i then reconnected the battery
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  Back pool illumination 28 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Golf Mk IV. A warning light telling me that my luggage boot is not closed. Can you advise me on how to rectify this please?
• Mazda MX5 (1998-2005) - Putting laid-up car back on the road 19 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  or brake fluid before it was parked up. I disconnected the battery, pumped the tyres to around 45PSI and sprayed around with WD40 as a rodent deterrent as recommended here. I checked it around Christmas and put the battery on charge overnight. I didn't attempt to start it. The discs looked particularly
• Strange happenings: connected? 31 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  oddly and needed to be reset by removing and replacing the batteries. My C8 wouldn't lock or unlock itself and I only restored normality after disconnecting the battery for an hour. Since then the engine characteristics have changed and it seems to have had 20bhp added to it. Later on Saturday, Mrs H's
• Renault Clio - Alarm keeps going off 27 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  My Clio seems to have an alarm/immobiliser problem. Last week, since the battery was dead (not having used the car for 2 months) I removed it and recharged it and reconnected it today. Everything seemed to be fine until after about a minute after opening the door, the alarm went off. I tried
• Vectra Alarm/Fob advice needed please 21 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  ...I have replaced battery and its not that...Local vauxhall dealer looked at it and said they had fixed it (never thought to ask exactly what they did but they never charged me so im assuming they just changed battery and got lucky)...It worked fine for the rest of the day then when i went to get
• 2003 Mondeo TDCi Dashboard 12 May 2006 (Forum)
  I got in my car today at lunchtime and started the engine and everything was fine. About 2 minutes down the road, I noticed that both my LCD temp display and LCD Odometer display were both just a series of dashes. On top of that I had a gearbox light on frost warning light on and a battery light
• 95 Mondeo TD Starting Probs 12 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  My 95 Mondeo TD recently had problems with an air leak in the fuel system which meant it had starting problems and therefore the starter motor and battery took a hammering, this is now fixed thanks to suggestions from this forum :-) thanks (fuel primer diaphram leak) and has been working fine for 2