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• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - 1998 - whoomph noise from front 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I've got a 9 year old Clio that makes a repetitive "whoomph" noise from the front, that sounds like the noise is coming from both wheel arches. Too low to the ground to sound like it is from the engine. The noise only starts up at high speeds (over about 50mph) and after driving for a while
• Vauxhall Corsa D (2006 - ) - 2007 1.2 - Courtesy lights stay on when locking 28 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  SWMBO's Corsa 1.2 petrol is just 6 months old and she's having (minor) problems with the locking system. The courtesy lights stay on after locking and also at time when driving the car. To avoid draining the battery (there are 4 footwell and three sets of overhead lights) I've removed the fuse
• Volvo - Which one - XC90 or XC70 ? 30 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Hi All Currently trying to decide between an 18month old XC90 D5 SE (185bhp version) Geartronic with Sat Nav+Phone+Privacy glass+Winter pack thats done 25k miles and a new XC70 D5 SE Lux manual with Family pack on a 2 year discounted PCP via my work. Deposits and monthly repayments are about
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light 13 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  filter- to no avail and yesterday I changed the fuel filter- again to no avail. The car starts fine and performance is still good, as is the fuel economy, which leads me to believe that it's likely to be a simple electrical fault. As the car is 13 years old and with 203k on the clock, I'm not worried
• Diesel Engines 11 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Last night I was talking to a friend, who's a mechanic in Croydon over the phone. We started talking about old Nissan diesel engines (around 98/99) and he said to me to avoid one because they don't last as long as say VWs. I used to think that almost all the diesel engines could easily achieve 200
• Nissan Primera, recall 27 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, My 3 1/2 year old 2.2 Primera developed a fault with the turbo, so I took it into a main dealer, who has been servicing my car from new, he told me that there where three campaigns (recalls to you and me) that needed doing, the first two have been outstanding since 2005 1/ Replace a hose
• MOT test conundrum 18 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  This has come up because of the revelation in another thread that you can check your cars MOT history on the VOSA website. It's not at all important, but I just can't get my head around it. I bought my car in February. At that time it had a private plate, so was re-registered by the dealers
• Toyota Picnic changing stereo 30 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, just bought a Toyota Picnic and thought I'd spend 10 minutes changing the stereo. 10 minutes turned into a couple of hours and I ended up wrecking the existing stereo trying to get the old one out. It appears that there are two kind of plates which screw into the stereo at either side near
• Dealer damaged my alloy 9 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Took my 2 month/450 miles old Smax into the dealer today to have a steering "clonk" noise looked at. When the service guy pulled out of the space, he clipped the kerb and damaged the alloy wheel. We opted for the 18" wheels, so I'm not too happy. We have also been incredibly careful with the car
• Helpful Main Dealer - Shock 5 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  it when I bought the car. The 10 year old car had always been serviced at the same main dealer before I bought it last August and I thought I might just call them hoping they might give me the code number after a visit and a few pounds changing hands. Well, knock me down with a feather. On the phone
• Possible write off - where do we stand? 4 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Hi guys - The wife's 10 year old Skoda was damaged some weeks ago when parked outside our house. We reported the incident to our insurers who arranged a nearby repair centre to assess the damage but we decided not to get any repair done until the other party's insurers admitted liability and we
• A slight moan - BMW Dealer. 17 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Took my old 330d (owned by BiL whose away in Canada doing some low flying stuff where nobody complains) to the local dealer today to attend to an Airbag warning light - just felt slightly miffed (only slightly). The car has now got in excess of a 100k on it and has had never had anything replaced
• Honda Jazz coolant 13 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, I need to top up the coolant in my Jazz and the local dealers don't seem to be able to supply the "long life type 2" stuff that the Jazz seems to wants. Given the car is only six months old I suspect that it didn't have enough coolant from day 1 - nice PDI from the Honda dealer! The dealers
• Is it a Vauxhall, Opel or something else 11 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  can't remember for the life of me what they were. I have an inkling it was sold under the Opel name - I'm 90% sure it's either a Vauxhall or an Opel. The back lights were like a bar and were a lot more square than those of the Senator and had a look of a) an American car and b) an old Cavalier. I'm
• 1999 megane sport 21 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  come cheap at about £50 per CV but does anyone know approx how much a garage would charge for this and how much labour is involved? Also the car is coming up to 5 years old and has done 52000 miles. The recommended Cambelt change is between 60000-70000 miles but as it has been nearly 5 years
• Picasso Diesel exhaust life 20 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  At just under 3 yrs old and 60,000 miles my 2.0 hdi picasso needs a new front pipe and back box at a price coming in around £500. The catalytic converter is integral with the front pipe, thats the big cost. Car is mainly used on long journeys - 2 hrs plus, driven to get
• Ford New Car Warranties 16 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Does anyone out there understand their Ford warranty ? I have a just 2 year old Focus Zetec, and when I asked them to check a minor idling problem during the 2 year service they said that the diagnostic was chargeable ?? Having read the warranty I have to say that I'm confused, as it seems to say
• What to do? 19 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  OK, here's the situation with the car. It's my dad's, and for two weeks at the end of June I was insured to drive it, as my own car was oop north. At the time it was registered to his company, which he owned. Shortly after, he changed it to personal ownership as he wound the company up. He
• Unusual Sightings Vol 4 5 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  ) http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=23901 (Vol 2) http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=25308 (Vol 3) Another thread for commenting on rare, unusual, old or just plain daft cars etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------- No - not your own
• Free car - but no keys / V5 ??? 27 May 2005 (Forum)
  Afternoon All, Some of you may know that I like the old VW Beetle (I?m not asking for comments on how rubbish they are, before you all start furiously tapping away on your keyboards?!) I have been offered a 1972 Beetle for free, on the understanding that I collect it. It?s been laid up for over