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• What Are My Rights if I Buy a Duff Car? 9 May 2007 (Forum)
  was adamant I had just left the lights on drained the battery and that there was nothing wrong with the car. This is crap!! Anyway get car back and same thing happens again. He takes it away...yet again..and I collect it from the dealership on the Saturday morning, with nearly 90 miles more on the clock
• Corsa 1.2 Vegas Starting Problems 10 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  the next morning. Next day, turned the key and nothing. Battery is spot on but there is absolutely no firing at all. Friend of mine took a look and we found that with determination and a lot of fuel flooding problems we could get the car running, albeit misfiring badly, and when it warmed up it was ok. He
• Golf VR6 - Water Temperature 6 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  ). On disconnecting the battery to undertake the clutch change the alarm activated on its backup system. After a while the engineer and other dealer staff became fed up with the noise (130db) and decided to deactivate the alarm by alternate means - never fully explained. On collecting my car it was not possible
• Speed Bumps from The Times 24 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Siemens group. It contains a digital camera, a row of powerful light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a battery recharged by solar power. The camera uses a radio transmitter to send a picture back to a control base. It is already employed at the entrance to the firm's offices in Romsey, Hampshire, using
• Ford Transit - Help with independent dealer 21 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  a few hours to charge the battery in case the power had gotten too low. This didn't work so I called out the RAC (after upgrading my membership with them as my current membership didn't have Home Start on it) and the RAC mechanic spent a good amount of time checking everything over to try
• Jeep Grand Cherokee - Car dangerous 2 months after sale 19 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  and slight lift in o/s front upper and lower balljoints rear shock absorbers corroded and noisy both front and lower control arms-one possibly upside down auxillary drivebelt excessively worn/split- may require replacement of idlers/tensioners etc battery insecure-mot fail
• none - The case against electric vehicles. 3 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  ,  November 2013). The most crucial factor is that the manufacture of the batteries
• Honda CR-Z - New car - very first impressions 30 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  lights it switches onto start-stop. The battery assists sensibly and MPG is going to be really good, although it'll take me a while to build up my pattern there. The tank isn't huge but again that's a minor thing. Stereo is pretty good; no Mazda Bose effort but possibly that was a little wasted
• Ford Mondeo - Engine problem(?) after speedo failure (52 Mondeo) 20 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  checked the volt of battery, and it was OK. He consulted the situation with his colleague in the garage that they concluded that it was simply a speedo sensor failure, and it was safe to drive back to Oxford. The bumpy was caused by the on board vehicle computer that it was confused by the inconsistency
• Nissan Qashqai - UK - good news 4 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  of a facility making lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. It will start constructing Nissan's electric car, the Leaf, in 2013.
• Almera woes 4 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  to be changed. 9. Rattles from the roof and dashboard. 10. Car wouldn't start once, RAC came out and found a loose battery terminal, (I have never touched this) and found a couple of other nuts and bolts loose. 11. And finally the last chapter that is yet to complete, the Air bag light started to flash, took
• 306HDi-Knocking after new fuel pump 13 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  and get them to listen to it and get it analysed on the machine hopefully. Any ideas what is causing the poor running as only the pump and filter have been touched. Oh I think this is a coincidence but think the battery was low before breakdown as the morning and evening before it was slow to turn
• X300 interior bulb replacement 27 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  I have just replaced a load of interior bulbs inside my X300 XJ6, and i thought i would do a quick guide of what i did which may ba useful to someone. Please be aware that i am just a tinkerer so this is a rough guide and i take no responsibility if things break or cock up. Disconnect battery
• Don't try this at home. 22 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  at all until I get off the slip and stop waiting to turn onto the A-road. Only the engine doesn't feel too great and there's a nasty vibration coming into the car. Check the dials, oil light ok, battery light ok, diagnostics ok, rev counter, wobbling a bit. So I kill the stereo and get the window down
• Water V Coke 25 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  . 4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola. [1] 5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. [1] 6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying
• Golf 1.4TSI DSG CABRIO GT - Problems, problems 28 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  have owned Japanese cars of up to 6 years old. In all that time I had zero breakdowns, one failure to start (battery) and maybe a couple of niggle type faults which were pretty easilly resolved. I have had 2 German cars, a C class Merc bought new which was full
• Ford Ka - Better the devil you know? Repair/scrap advice 29 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  )     Between MOT's  - new battery (£70) and service (£110) - including VAT& Labour
• vuaxhall zafira - JPH Autos 24 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  to sort it out. They were aukward and we got the feeling they didn’t want to be bothered, but after a heated discussion they sent someone over to look at the car. He repeatedly tried to start the car with a battery booster pack, which we now know was the wrong thing to do as the timing chain had
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 99 1.4 - 'Check engine' light at higher speeds 5 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  fine, except that it is consuming slightly more petrol than normal. Here are my questions: * does anyone have any thoughts on specifically what the cause is, based on my description? (I have tried disconnecting/reconnecting the battery to reset the computer) * am I correct in thinking that once
• Mini Sony Nav-U70T satnav review 13 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  or five buttons at max to achieve anything. Finally, the cradle it comes with is rock solid. We had a four hour journey on Saturday and the battery was still going strong - we didn't use the in car charger at all, although it comes with it as well as a mains charger - it automatically dims at night