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• Ford S-MAX - Reasonable wear and tear? 2 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  of work.  They reckon that neither they warranty nor the MOT failure policy cover any of it.  We've done about 5000 miles so the total is now about 57k. The work to do are new front brake pads and discs, rear shocks (one was leaking) but the main bit (£1300) has been to investigate
• vauxhall astra 1.7 dth 2007 - no fuel at injectors 1 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  if the woodruff key is pointing up or down and would this make a difference anyway? the pump pulley has 2 holes in which would both line up with timing hole. there are no fault codes stored. i have tried by squirting a bit of brake cleaner into air intake ( i know its not ideal ) and engine ran fine
• 2005 Ford Mondeo Estate - Sources for good rear caliper 23 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I own a 2005 Ford Mondeo Estate 2.2l TDCi.  The rear Caliper is causing the hand brake to stick on just the drivers side.  I am trying to find the best place to source the parts for.  My mechanic priced one out for me at 230 Euro (I'm in Germany)!  I found one in the past
• Dark nights- Bright lights!! 9 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Well it's back again. The dark nights and 'bright lights'. There must be an awful lot of cars that don't have a handbrake fitted. Every man and his wife seems to sit at traffic lights, junctions etc with their foot on the brake pedal. Blinding the manure out of anyone around them
• BMW 320i E92 2007 - Handing car back to finance company 24 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  and will need to spend around £500 on maintenance elements by then - tyres, brakes, etc. I don't see any point in spending this amount of money when there is potentially only a couple of months to go and I don't wish to refinance the value of the balloon payment. In practice am I able to over pay
• Fed up with VAG cars 22 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  or less shot and costing me a fortune to fix. How come the rest of the car can look pristine, the engine/gearbox is great, but they cant even put a decent coat of paint on those under body components and afford them no protection whatsoever. Brake components also dont seem to be very durable either
• FOrd fiesta 1.3 LX - Smoke bellowing out of EXHAUST 21 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  I recently got a new / used ford fiesta 1.3 unleaded petrol car, the clutch pedal occasioanlly gets stuck down and i have to lift it with my foot to change gear, it normally just does this when getting in to first ie at traffic lights, traffic, so i normally get the hand brake up ... anyway
• Alfa 156 - Engine failure after 5 months 19 May 2011 (Forum)
  to repair (but not essential) which we couldn't afford and the dealer refused to help (which we accepted).  Since getting the car we have had the anti roll bars repaired, the wishbones & brushes and replaced all the brakes so a fair bit of money spent... The car consumed lots of oil
• Peugeot 306 - Help with poor fuel economy on 306 hdi 16 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  . Now ive noticed when I brim the tank im getting around 500miles. Ive checked that there are no fuel leaks, brakes binding etc and the car recently had a full service so what could the problem be? Ive also noticed a high pitch whistling when driving at around 30-40mph
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 04 2.2 Intermittent loss of power when acceleratin 23 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  is starving the engine of diesel for a split-second, similar to the effect of a faulty lumbar sensor. It makes the car jerk about 4-8 times, then it rectifies itself at around 4k rpm. (It's a similar sensation to hitting the brakes for a split-second when speeding up.) I took it to the garage, but they said
• Volvo v50 - Volvo v50 - master cylinder failure? ££? 14 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  The V50 1.8 petrol has done 96,000 and it looks like the master cylinder has gone, possibly taking the clutch with it. There's no brakes and you can't get it in gear - it just went last night without any apparent warning - died an a junction near home. This has happened before, last
• Standing in line on zigzag line 27 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  in to the spot. During the whole period of standing which is about 1min the engine is running, full lights are on, I have my foot on the brake, and the engine is running and nobody leave the car. Question is if this qualifies under point 240 "You MUST NOT stop or park on the area marked by the zig-zag
• Peugeot 106 diesel - winter tyres all year round 1 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  where i hardly have to brake anyway. i am assuming if i don't modify the wheels i don't need to inform my insurance company.
• Ford Fiesta 1.25 - Servicing 18 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  that they will update the ECU software - is this a reason to stick to the main dealer? I should add that I normally do all my own basic servicing (oil, filter , brake pad changes etc) but normally with cars out of warranty and we usually reckon to keep cars for a fair number of years.    
• Chrysler Grand Voyager - I have a hissing noise 4 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  I could hear the hissing, which eases off  when driving at speed and when braking.    It has not got any worse, or better ! over the time I have owned it, but I need to know weather it is safe (if a little annoying) to keep going as is, or replace the master cylinder
• Volkswagen Golf V - VW Golf Mk5 banging when turning..help? 6 May 2010 (Forum)
  ? brakes? something im missing? Tyres too wide after all? 7.5j too wide after all?   Hmmm...any advice?
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 98 petrol @ 100k miles still perfect -how's yours 12 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  The trusty 1998 petrol 406 estate has just passed 100,000 miles. It does not burn any oil, the auto box is perfect, it tracks, steers and brakes fine, it still even sounds crisp when accelerating Apart from a bit of piston slap in the very cold weather a couple of months ago, and some electrical
• Mitsubishi Outlander II - Rear disc corrosion on 2 year old car 22 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  the 2 year old car has just had its annual service and now completed 22000 miles, it is used daily for a mixture of short and longer runs and has been fine except for a loose handbrake which despite frequent tightenings has been a problem the service have checked the rear brakes
• BMX 2004/04 X3 3.0 Sport - Towing a horsebox with a BMW X3 16 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  the braked towing figure to be pull'able by the car as described in the manual without any changes. I dont know what to do. Can you help? Thanks, Rodw
• Subaru Forester III (from 2008) - Forester Boxer Diesel 25 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  ? Obviously a bit more body roll than the V50 or MX5 but on the demo I drove i found the brakes needed a right good push. Is this normal. Does a dog crate for a springer/lab x (medium dog crate) fit in the boot. Servicing costs? I do about 25000m a year about 14000 of those for work going round farms. Private