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• Helpful Main Dealer - Shock 5 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  The Peugeot barely turned over on the starter and wouldn't start yesterday morning. The logical thing to do was to think about the battery and maybe charge it up. Before anything else I knew that one day I'd need the radio code if and when the battery was disconnected and unfortunately I didn't get
• 2006 VW Passat Estate - dashboard noise 26 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  , but this is in addtion and is starting to get on my nerves! It's akin to bees buzzing (if that makes sense!) and, I'm assuming, is some bit of trim or other that's not quite tight and vibrates at these lower revs. Before I head off to the dealer and get told to a) just turn the radio up b) there's no noise c) we've
• 406 driveshafts 12 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  sort of comes on at about 60mph plus,and is there for about 3 seconds,goes away for the same amount of time,comes back............... Got talking to a lad at my local ham radio club the other night,who,as well as being a tyre fitter,told about this supposed weight,as he also has a 406,albeit an older
• vw polo intermittent elec fault 7 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  hi i have a 2002 polo 1.4 75bhp, twice in a week it has failed to start, when this happens i loose my dash display, no warning lights or background light, although the gauges work. when this happens it will turn over but not fire up. the rest of the dashboard lights work, radio, fan, h lights
• A small rant 4 May 2006 (Forum)
  I'm sorry to inflict this on you, but an ad currently running on Virgin Radio for a certain no-win-no-fee law firm is driving me up the wall! The example bloke in it claims he was working for a national firm of tyre fitters when the jack collapsed on the lorry he was working under crushed him
• Part ex and car tax 30 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  with no driver's door lock or radio which I thought was a decent price. Question is - who does the tax belong to? I have a feeling that the dealer has included that in the value of the car and of course, ringing up and asking is sure to get the answer "price included the tax disc". Can he take it out or does he
• Sony Head Unit Problem 8 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have a Sony Radio/Cassette with 6 disc multichanger. Model number XR-CA400. For no apparent reason, the volume up button has started to give me problems. Sometimes it will just increase the volume to full volume all by itself, as if I was holding the button in. I can reduce the volume
• 2002 MB C Sports Coupe: F Susp noise 21 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  (not all) bumps. It isn't very loud (well below normal radio level) but is annoying once you spot it. It only occurs in hot weather. It went away when I returned to this country. With the warm weather it is back. As the car has only done about 18k and the warranty is about to expire any clues as to what
• Free car - but no keys / V5 ??? 27 May 2005 (Forum)
  5 years and is pretty rotten. Anyway, the downside is there are no keys (it is unlocked) and no V5. I will be given a letter from the current owner (a local radio station) to confirm they have the legal right to give it away, but are there any other problems anyone can think of? I was either
• Citroen AX (L) - No lights! 24 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, Today my little AX, which is in great general condition (30000 miles) is suffering. I notice this morning that my clock stopped, my front headlights do not work, and my radio memory is playing up, and my immobiliser is, well, immobilised. Now, after consulting the handbook, many of the faults
• Automatic traffic announcements. 4 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Given that many people (me included and DD excluded) don't appear to RTFM, I wonder how many drivers out there have modern RDS radios in their cars and don't realise they also have a Traffic Announcement facility. Driving home on Tuesday I found the service invaluable as we approached
• Good old-fashioned cassettes 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  I've noticed that the BR has been getting a little 'heavy' lately so, in the intention of lightening the mood, I've started this thread. How many of us out there still have only a radio/tapeplayer in the car rather than a CD/minidisc/mp3/wax cylinder player? And if you do have a tape player, what
• Progress over 5/10 years 21 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Driving home from work tonight, I was just sitting doing 70mph on the motorway, minding my own business and looking at the cars around. This made me think. If uou look at a "basic" Astra or Focus etc just now, it will come with PAS, electric windows, air con, CD radio, airbags etc as standard
• First time buyer-how can i make a best 3 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I've just passed driving test at the third attempt( oh my god!) and thinking of buying my first car. The car I have in mind is new Nissan Micra S 1.2L 5dr automatic ( list price is £9395) The standard options are: PAS, ABS, front e/w, immobiliser, remote locking, radio/cd player. As I have
• Congestion Charges. 28 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  and heads for the radio studio at Leicester Square. So far the results are: Monday: Car - 44 minutes Tuesday: Bicycle - 30 minutes Wednesday: Scooter: 31 minutes. When asked today why it took longer on the scooter than the bike, the reporter replied "Well you have to stop for red traffic lights
• Yaris remote locking 23 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  angles. I checked the battery which was a bit low (3V) but have tried two different new batteries (GP and Rayovac) with no real improvement. Any ideas? Does the car have a separate aerial for the remote, or does it use the radio aerial? Might it just be the cold weather? Does it need a 'special' battery
• How to love a banger? 31 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  As car owners go, my eldest is what you might call benevolently indifferent but not seriously neglectful. What advice do I give to make his recent purchase a lasting goer. For this purpose, assume he is of the 'if it makes a funny noise, turn the radio up' school of motor ownership. He has
• My perfect car 23 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  for, and there are a few around the £7K mark (although they all seem to be in Scotland). Well outside my normal price bracket, but I started listening to Radio 4 at the weekend, so perhaps I'm getting too old for bangers. Anyone know anything about these? Any notable weak spots? HJ's Car by Car Breakdown doesn't
• Tune Up. 9 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  a 20 minute each way drive and actualy gets warm twice a day! Big/Little End noises go away when the radio's turned up. ;-)
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  Have TMC traffic updates stopped? 23 May 2024 (Ask HJ)
  TMC traffic updates are affecting most if not all cars which are over 2 years old, including my bought from new Audi in 2021. Audi is saying the situation...