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• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 07 1.9 Excess wear rear pads 22 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have just had my 2nd service 25k 2 years old, front pads had 30% wear, rear pads had uneven wear but upto 90% wear. The dealer informed me that this is normal for vectras!!! I have never replaced rear pads in any car i have owned. Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers Blondeman
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 03 2.0 TDCi - Stalls after a few metres, then ok 6 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, I just bought a 5 yr old Ford Mondeo. This problem occured twice. As I start the engine and drive for a few metres, the engine stalls and I had to restart the car to run again. Pls advice on what the problem could be? Thank you very much 130 miles - 5 years Mondeo TDCI Auto Diesel
• Paraffin burning `tramp steamer`detected on M1 21 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Smelt burning paraffin on the M1 last week - near Sheffield and came up behind a small flat-bed (1 car) transporter. Only a few years old too. A surprise really, what`s the benefit? Isn`t paraffin and a splosh of engine oil just about as expensive as Derv? The last time I smelt paraffin
• Dealer refuses to take 4x4s as part ex 14 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I have a friend who works in a car dealer and I won't say which but it is a PSA one. Apparantly they have been refusing to take in SUVs as part exchanges as they have too many of them they just have not been able to sell. This seems a bit extreme has anybody else come seen this happen else where
• Vauxhall - GAP insurance - worth it? 15 May 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Just bought a 1 year old Vauxhall Zafira Design (150) from Network Q 0 pick up next week once they have added my bits and pieces. Anyway - they mentioned the GAP insurance policy which is if you car is written off in its first 4 years, and they will pay the difference from what the insurance
• Volvo - out of time, into an aged Volvo 27 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  unpretentious, as his choice of aged vehicle shows. Which car and how old, I wonder, would each of us like to own when "our time" comes?
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - (94 to 99) 1.9D Fuel Filter Problems 23 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Can't figure out what I Have done wrong, took of the filter, filled the new one with fuel, put it back on and it just won't start. Noticed some air in the pipe. Any help? I know on my old peugeot, you could pump the fuel by hand, but not on this :( {No mention of the year car registered, so
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 2004 1.4 diesel TDCi Injection pump/ECU problem 6 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Car (33,000 miles) just 4 years old failed to start. No previous problems. After 10 days Ford dealer claimed it was a faulty solenoid valve in fuel injection pump and replaced the pump. Then said that the engine management module had burnt out and needed replacing. How can this happen
• Misplaced tax disc 12 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a car on contract hire & the tax disc was sent by post to me. I stupidly put it somewhere safe and now can't find it. It's at home somewhere!! Whilst I continue to search what can happen should I get stopped for displaying the incorrect tax disc showing the now expired date of 12 07
• Volkswagen Polo IV (2005 - 2009) - Polo BlueMotion 2 8 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  An old Elsan toilet just sprang to mind there. But this super economy car (Autocar Road Test this week) "only" got 41mpg overall and 51.8mpg touring. The claimed figures urban/extra urban/combined are 55.4/83.1/70.6 mpg. I know these figures are for comparison only but such a wide discrepancy
• Ford Escort Lambda wiring 22 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Ford Escort 1.6 CL 1998 The plug for the lambda sensor came unclipped and melted on the exhaust manifold, unfortunately the plug was too badly melted to figure out which way it goes together so I don't know where the wires go. The new sensor has 2 white 1 black and 1 gray wire, same as the old
• Mondeo Head Gasket ~ Wet or dry? 1 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I'm about to change the HG in my 2litre silver top zetec mondeo and was wondering whether there is any merit in using any sealing compound similar to blue hylomar or should HG's always be put on dry? I used to change heads on my old xflow based kit car and do them dry with no problems but this one
• Cost of pushbike tyres 13 May 2007 (Forum)
  I thought SWMBO's bike looked like it could do with a new tyre. Twenty quid! I can buy some car tyres for less than that. What's going on? It's only a 700 X 35. The last one I bought cost about a fiver IIRC, a Michelin World Tour. It seems they're no longer available. It's a plain old bike, she
• Battery condition and engine performance 24 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Last week I had to replace the original nine and a half year old battery on the Mondeo. Starting had become more laboured until, one morning after a frost, the battery couldn't turn the engine over at all. The car seemed to go better with the new battery and I thought it must be psychological
• Clicking from steering wheel (mazda6) 21 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, I had a clicking coming from the steering wheel, sounded like something in the auto cancel mechnism was broken. The car is about a year old and the switch assembly was changed (indicator, washer etc..). Well a few months later the problem has returned, its booked in but any ideas? Why does
• Out of warranty claims with VW - 4 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  of replacing a part I think should not have failed, no matter how old the car is ! Anyone any experiece of trying to get recompense for components beyond warranty, specifically with VW ? Cheers
• Oddly located fuel filler caps 18 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Can anyone help settle a discussion at work? I mentioned my dad's old Simca that had a numberplate mounted filler cap, and a colleague mentioned that; when he used to be a petrol pump attendant, he once couldn't find the filler cap on a car. He's unsure if it was a Humber or a Hunter. I know
• Advice: Convertibles 13 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I have been debating for a long time what is the best convertible to buy. I want one which is about 2 or 3 years old, has a 1.4 (or smaller) engine, when the roof is on doesn't look like a convertible, can fit 4 people in if need be, isn't common an essentiallially a little bit different. Being
• Corsa losing power. 9 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Sister has a manual Corsa 1.2 MPI just over a year old. She says that she is noticing a marked reduction in power now, from when the car was new. On a local hill, she now has to go down to a lower gear to climb it, than was the case before. Everything else works as it should, though the engine
• Daddy's little helper 22 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  I asked my 4 year old daughter to help me clean the car over the weekend. She obvioulsy got bored with doing that and managed to reach up and get hold of my oil can and proceeded to empty the contents in the front and rear brakes soaking all the pads and discs in engine oil. How good is she ? I