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  Clicking noise from the immobiliser 3 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I keep on getting a clicking noise from what I believe is the immobiliser unit box under the glovebox. The faults include intermittent working of the...
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 03 1.4 strange electrical fault,possible bad earth 19 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  the battery and gave it a clean and the problem ritghed itself. Then two, three maybe four weeks later it starts doing it again, very strange. I've rectified it in this way twice now and its started doing it again. Then recently while going down the motorway one day the radio volume dropped down a level
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  Usedless car warranty 14 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I recently bought a 2001 BMW for £3,900 from an independent dealer, which came with the standard 3-month warranty. After a few days driving I have noticed...
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  Fiestering sore 24 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter bought a brand-new Ford Fiesta 5 weeks ago and has had to call the AA out 3 times because it wouldn't start. All three patrolmen have said...
• Peugeot 307 (2001 - 2007) - 02 2.0 Anti Pollution - ESP/ASR - BSI 24 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  to a corroded connector on the BSI unit (located behind the glove box) so they striped irt down cleaned it up reset and cleared the faults and hey presto back to normal (no limp mode). They did advise that the BSI unit may require replacing as the corrotion may have spread into the box. Incidently the radio
• TV Road Tax Advert 23 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Hi Backroomers, A couple of years ago, there was an advert on my local radio station, using a re-worded version of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang song - 'our road tax dodging friend' or was it fiend? I e-mailed the radio station and the DVLA to inform them that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is exempt from
• Motor May 13th 1972 8 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Lotus bottom half engine for £50. A full page ad for a Pioneer 8-track stereo with long and medium wave radio. A mouthwatering group test of the Aston martin DBS V8, Citroen SM, Lamborghini Espada and the V12 E-type. Their conclusion was that you should make up your own mind. Having said
• Suzuki Celerio - Start Stop disable 7 Feb 2024 (Forum)
  , therefore wearing the thrust bearing over the long term or sit there with radio, lights and blowers on using just the battery.  Not to mention that I find it cannot be doing the engine any good continuously being stopped and started.  Call me old fashioned but I just do not like
• Vauxhall ... advertising campaign - A grumpy pedant 10 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  Recently I have heard (too frequently for my liking) radio advertisements for Vauxhall promoting the company as “a British company since 1903” as though that should be a major selling attraction. If the advertisement had been for cars built in Britain since 1903
• Volvo 440/460 - Battery explosion 12 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  On Saturday 6th we had a vehicle with a flat battery- so my wife fetched me a spare, recently charged battery in a wheel barrow. We connected it up and left it for 10 minutes. then I turned the ignition on and watched as all functions came up, turned off the radio, and after a wait of perhaps
• Ford Fiesta Zetec 2006 - Ford 6000 CD 6 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  Hi folks, Hope I'm posting this in the right place, if not apologies! Just replaced the battery in a Ford Fiesta 06 plate and of course the radio has now been rebooted. I don't have a code or a manual to refer to which has left me a bit stumped. Tried holding in '6
• All makes - Cloned Cars 8 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  Interesting discussion on Radio 4 consumer programme about a guy who bought a cloned car after having it checked clear from a RAC inspection. The VIN number from the windscreen was taken as reference but this had been swapped somehow. The honest John vehicle check came under
• Ford Focus - Noise after pull off 25 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  as radio is having problems. So wanted to identify this problem to tell fords to sort it at the same time.
• Mercedes C Clas 2004 - Problems following battery change 9 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  .   The battery works fine but for some reason the radio’s sort of wonky, drifting off the station – as though someone’s nicked the aerial and although I can physically lock the car with the metal bit inside the key fob, the button to lock/unlock and alarm it on the fob no longer works
• 2007 Audi A4 turbo 2.0 automatic - loud ticking sound on Audi A4 1 May 2015 (Forum)
  For the past 6 months, my audi a4 has been ticking and rattling.  I've taken it to two different repair shops and neither of them can figure out where it's coming from.  They both tell me to turn up the radio if it bothers me which is not acceptable.  The noise is getting louder
• International Driving Licence 29 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  £12 and we had to find a main post office in order to apply for this. Finally I heard a snippet on the radio news yesterday, but didn't catch the message. Any thoughts / opinions gladly received. Thanks Paul
• Renault Clio Mk II Automatic - Renault Clio intermittent starting 23 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Once in a blue moon (ie every 2-3 months or so) my Clio automatic (O2 reg) won't start! When I turn the key I hear a relay clicking, but no starter motor action.  The dashboard lights stay lit, but the radio/central console lights go out.  Then after a couple of days or so, when I try
• Audi A6 2.7Tdi estate - Audi A6 complete engine failure 28 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  came to a complete stop.  I turned off the ignition - thankful no-one was behind me - and then on stage 1 the radio came back on - so I had power - but nothing else.  I waited for 5 minutes wondering what to do - and then tried again (as you do!) and it all came back on and I got home ok
• Grand Prix - exciting? 9 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  The Radio Times this week has a picture of the start of the British Grand Prix in 1965. http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/8300/8360.jpg I wasn't even born when this was taken, but I can see the sense of excitement in that picture, the noise, the smell. Yes, i know that people died
• Ford Focus - key not detected 6 May 2014 (Forum)
  on the dashboard up near the two green turn signal indicator lights started to flash intermittently, no pattern......just random flashes.....any clues? Also I noticed that once in a while the amber light/icon showing a car on slippery roads flashes Oh and the radio has started cutting out