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• 2001 BMW318 Ci Regulating system fail for ABS, CBC, ASC+T/DSC 3 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Hi,  this morning when I started my car , 3 new warning lights came on:  brake warning light and the yellow lights for ABS & ASC+T/DSC The manual says this means that the complete regulating system for ABS, CBC, ASC+T/DSC and ADB haS failed. Is this going
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - What is this warning light? 15 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  speeds than high speeds. I can make it go away by either revving the engine briefly or sometimes by braking quite sharply. All this would make me think that it's a coolant level indicator, either pressure or volume, except theres plenty of coolant in the car and its not losing any! Possibly a large air
• BMW X3 E83 SUV : 3.0 Sport: 2004/ 04 - Towing with an X3 - do I need to uprate the coolin 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
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 96 1.8 Sticky accelerator..? 5 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi! I have a bit of a weird problem with my 96 Golf estate... any suggestions would be welcome!! Basically, sometimes, quite often when I'm in third gear and am going down hill, I'll take my foot off the accelerator to use engine braking/not speed up, and although I've taken my foot off
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 04 2.0 Can I fit 15" rims 13 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I am looking at getting some winter tyres on smaller rims than the current 205/55/R16 so I can have a narrower tyre. I spoke to Ford and they said they couldn't be sure if a 15" rim would fit on the Mondeo and I would have to 'just try it'. I don't want to get some to find they foul on the brakes
• Jack-knifing lorries 9 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  compared to older types to prevent this? Do trailers have ABS ? My brother was heading down to Carlisle today in his car on M74 and at one point he felt his car glide across the carriageway without him touching steering, brakes or anything . When he looked in his mirror he saw 2 HGVs bearing down on him
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - BMW trade-in? 29 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  car with a few small scratches. Just had a service and new front brake pads and new rear shockers fitted. I use a BOSCH approved garage and find them very good. thanks for any feedback
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - Honest Indy 18 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Needed rear pads for the CMax earlier in the week. A job I would normally do myself but, as I would need a piston wind back tool plus CMax adapter circa £30 - £35, I entrusted the job to my local trusted indy. That was on Monday. As the week progressed it became obvious the brakes were binding, so
• Volvo 850 (1992 - 1996) - How important is ABS? 8 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  at the moment and that might not happen. I'm happy pottering around locally with no ABS, but I need to take my Father-in-Law down to Cornwall from Kent on saturday, a 500 mile round trip. Now, I was thinking no problem- the brakes still work; but I got to thinking, how important is the ABS? It is a big, heavy
• who is right....me or dealer? 7 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Picked up new (to us) car on Moday, cost about £9000. ('03 estate) When I was negotiating I told the salesman I didn't want to be back in a couple of months needing new brake discs as I had been caught like that before. ''Wear and tear sir, down to you'' duely given new mot and all looks fine
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 1998 1.4 draining my battery life 17 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  and when i put the light's on it cut out or when i touched the brakes it cut out and would not start as no battery life was in the car, please help me
• Mazda MX5 (1998-2005) - Putting laid-up car back on the road 19 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  or brake fluid before it was parked up. I disconnected the battery, pumped the tyres to around 45PSI and sprayed around with WD40 as a rodent deterrent as recommended here. I checked it around Christmas and put the battery on charge overnight. I didn't attempt to start it. The discs looked particularly
• Nissan Primera (1990 - 1996) - 1997 1.6 Abs Pump? Financial doom :( 4 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hey guys, So I'm driving around like a happy chap in my cheap reliable primera, then when i put heavy pressure on the brakes to stop at around 10-15mph... the ABS kicks in when it does'nt need to, but not only that... it does'nt stop the car! And it then happened a few more times, ABS kicking
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 Auto, juddering and cutting out 17 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  around town/short trips, the car is fine but, when we're on the dual carriageway, after about 10/20 mins. it starts to judder. If we have to slow down by braking, the car will cut out for no reason. We have one rubber belt that looks as though it drives the engine (auxillary belt with a tensioner
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 1999 1.4 16v Put a deposit down - worried about HG 15 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Just taken a test drive on a V reg Corsa 1.4 16v CDX, it drove fine the brakes were a little spongy but the garage said he will fix this for the MOT. However when I checked for smoke there was a tiny bit of condensation steam (the engine was cold). I have just been back now and the car engine
• Honda Accord UK (1998 - 2003) - 00 2.0 Replacing spark plugs - any point? 29 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  left sitting in a barn for 4 months. The spark plugs haven't been changed since new either - worth doing? I'll give it to the dealer to do since if they've been in the head for 8 years then they can have the fun of getting them out. ;-) Brake pads will also need doing - anyone know if bog standard
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2003 Vectra Replacement 13 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I'm still in shock of facing the prospect of a bill of nearly £700 for the service, MOT, wheel bearing, rear coils and brake pads of my 53 Plate 2.2 DTi Vectra. Though having done 88k miles since new I 've never had any major bills on it till now! I think it is time to move on and replace
• Peugeot 307 (2001 - 2007) - Excellent 'Local' Garage 31 May 2008 (Forum)
  A short story to illustrate the virtues of the smaller family owned dealership. My 4 year old 307 failed its MOT on Thursday due to rust/pitting of the rear brake discs. I rang my local dealer who had the parts in stock and could fit them on Friday while I was doing a charity collection in a nearby
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 2002 110HDi auto - thirst for coolant 17 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  degrees C) the water level rose in the header tank by about 2 inches! The engine is also rougher than previously, particularly noticeable when stopped against the brakes and in gear. My local Citroen dealership has ben unable to identify a leak, nor have I. The logical conclusion appears to be head
• Alfa Romeo 147 (2001 - ) - (2001-) 1.6TS - Revs slow to go down on declutch 10 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  to drop significantly. My previous 1.6TS 145 did not do this. Somewhere I recall reading that this may be due to lack of compression in the cylinders as there is not enough engine brakeing to retard the engine. Someone has also suggested that it is the clutch release bearing. The engine uses oil (1.5L