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• Marea maintanence 15 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I have a marea 115 elx w reg, bought 8 months ago for £4,500 with 16,000 miles. This seems a bargain. To ensure that i get my value for money, i am sticking to basic rules such as oil change every 6 months, regular wash and wax etc. I have booked the car in for a oil change and brake fluid change
• VW Polo is the new Morris Minor 18 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  unit, and the brakes are even worse than normal for a Polo, but the body is rock solid and rust free apart from a small hole at the end of one sill, where it has clouted something and taken the paint off. Underpowered, underbraked, but simple, solid, cheap to run and dependable - it has to be the new
• Mondeo ST24 V6 7 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  used to it and it didn't pull under braking or normal driving. The only niggle was the you wouldn't want to be too wide in the back since the sides of the seats pinch a little. Other than that, fast, handles well, quiet, well equipped. All in all, pretty impressive. I did wonder what "ST" stands
• Citroen DS5 - New CITROEN DS5 - bad paint job, steering faults 15 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  recordings about how the car behaves.  Friday (21.03.2014) I took delivery of a brand new Citroen DS5 which I bought with finance by PCP provided by Barclays Partner Finance. As soon as I drove the car from the dealer I've noticed Steering and Braking faults with the car. The most obvious defect
• BMW M3 CS - Multiple Faults from purchase, No Help from Dealer 15 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  5 days but the fault was covered under warranty. Fast forward another month (still only had the vehicle two months!) and the o/s/f brake caliper seizes on which again means the car is off the road. I call the warranty company and they say that calipers are not covered under warranty
• Kia Sportage 2017 - Dear Kia 16 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  . If you'd like to see them there is a comprehensive feature here: https://www.kiaownersclub.co.uk/threads/brakes-bled-or-not.50681/#post-328723 The dealership Manager was unable to tell from the photos and despite his investigations there was nothing to suggest as to why the brake fluid change
• Multiple - Thoughts / opinions on the listed car ads 2 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  of CVT and, two because of the EPB in the Avensis. With an auto transmission, I suppose you can avoid using the parking brake while stopped in traffic, and use the park mode on the auto transmission. Also I'm not sure how convenient a one touch release parking brake is with a manual transmission
• Volkswagen T5 Transporter - Handbrake Fail 9 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  . (Its only two years old, purchased on a five year lease package through Volkswagen) I left it with them to see if there was any other reason that the handbrake had failed other than me not leaving it in gear. When going back to collect They told me that they had tightened the brake cable as it seem
• Hit and Run Compensation 3 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  dropped my brother on a busy main road where my brother had crossed half way across the road when a vehicle allegedly came speeding and failed to stop, didnt even brake and sped off the person was driving a high performance speed car, allegedly he had just overtaken a bus just before this and sped
• Just a very short BMW dealer rant 24 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  , then rang the local dealers just so I can reassure myself the the independant is worth it (on one occasion we have found the dealers to be only £5 more expensive for a new exhaust system then the Indie). 1st call:- I asked if someone could give me a quote for some new brakes, was asked to leave a number so
• MOT Retest Rip-off??? 19 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I just wanted to voice my opinion and see what everyone else thinks about the new rules concerning the new style computerised MOT for cars. I have just had a car MOT'd at my local garage which I have used regualarly for the last few years and it failed on pitted front brake discs. The car
• 2004 Honda Civic 1.6 Sport Problems 27 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  I recently purchased the above car and it was delivered on the 24th February. I've had so many problems with it in the first month it's unbelievable! Not at all what you expect of Honda... First of all immediately after delivery the brakes would screech when coming to a stop, this only happened
• Honda CR-V - Unexpected 2020 CR-V Hybrid electronics melt-down 6 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  all power applying the brakes unless I pushed very hard on the brake pedal. The car has led an uneventful life so far .... serviced by my local Honda agency exactly at annual intervals and only averaged 6,000 miles per year, it has not been in an accident or submerged in floods! I drove
• Renault Clio - Faulty vehicle 8 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  , along with a brake issue. I returned it to the garage and they diagnosed a faulty gearbox and warped brake discs. I had only done 150 miles in that time. They claimed on the warranty for the gearbox and replaced with a reconditioned one. I opted to pay a bit extra from my pocket for the clutch
• Any SI engine you fancy doing it to - Cleaning Spark Plugs 8 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  the art, I used a hypodermic syringe with a long wide blunt needle (sold at Daiso makeup section for unknown and probably scary purpose) to fill the plug nose with coffee-filtered old brake fluid, plugs stood nose up in a plastic beaker. Periodically skoosh some more in, re-using the overflow from
• Peugeot 308 - Peugeot 308 - good buy second hand or a money pit? 24 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  for the Peugeot 308, including problems with the brakes, headlights and electrics. A franchised dealer should be able to tell you if the work has been carried out. The sunday times review states http://www.driving.co.uk
• Citroen Picasso and other Models - Citroen Engine Fault Light Problem some solutions 21 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  miles ... then TFLCO. But I fixed it, "How?" you ask. Easy! THE FIX? I disconnected the battery and then removed the main connectors from the ECU / EMU (Engine Control Unit). Someone had spilled brake fluid into the central socket and it was obviously changing the electrical signal
• 09 Jaguar XF - Rear Disc replacemnts 24 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  that needed changing at a cost of about £490. I pointed out that the car had only covered 16000 miles since new, I use the gears to slow me down most of the time and I do not generally brake hard, therefore I considered the quality of the original discs to be suspect and was assured that this wear and tear
• Skoda Yeti - Skoda Yeti misleading brochure 3 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  the paragraph describing the "Off Road Button". On the page setting out the specific functions of the button, it describes the first as "Uphill Start Assist" which in the owners manual, explains this is where the brakes are actuated on an incline. Couldn't be clearer. My wife is a bit nervous on hill
• Use of fogs - question replied to by Honest John 16 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves. When it's raining, approaching a car with its front fog lights on can dazzle you, but the effect is far worse coming up behind a car with its rear fog(s) on, even when it's dry - at worst, you can be nearly