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• Renault Clio - Handbrake loose - caused by 'repairs' garage 29 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  on the clutch and go past biting point the car easily moves in 1st or reverse.  This all changed in just 6 days out of my view...   I had a crash where my handbrake was on and I was hit from behind.  The car seemed fine and I had no issues.  Car was taken away on insurance
• Ford Mondeo - Ford Mondeo Gearbox fault 20 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, I stupidly brought a car from carcraft...i know... Was driving along went to drop from 3rd to 2nd at a junction lost power, 1st and 2nd gear nothing happens its like i have the car in neutral. 3rd 4th 5th 6th and reverse are all fine. Mechanic who came out to me said
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0 Strange Judder ????? 12 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Just brought my 2.0 tddi mondeo from an auction. Didnt pay too much for it. I got in it, it started fine and the idle sat fine (it was quite smokey but i put this down to being a deisel). I then took it for a little drive, now i have never had one of these before so dont actually know how much
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.4 Engine Warning Light (Engine emissions ligh 13 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 2001 VW Polo 1.4 16v, Much as I adore driving the thing, over recent months, we've fallen out. The engine warning (emissions) light first came on over a year ago, but at random intervals and it still drove fine. However, from September onwards, the car will occasionally stall whilst
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 96 1.4 (8v) Failure to start after running fine - 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  at it intermettently. They reckon it was caused by a battery not at its peak (unlikely as it's only about a year old), and found some fault codes in the ECU which they cleared & it was then OK. Similar thing happened on saturday - wouldn't restart after being parked for 5 minutes. Turned over fine but wouldn't fire
• Cloning! Caught the PFD 3 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  that the fines could not possibly belong to them, and they\'ve had to cough up hundreds of rands in fines. On Monday, when Alexander spotted the Uno, she \"just decided to follow it\". She followed the ... driver parked at the top end of Buitengracht Street. She said she immediately called her husband, Vincent
• Mazda 3 - Car not starting. Please Help! 10 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  I have a 2005 Mazda 3 as a 1.6 petrol with 90k on the clock. The car has a full service history and has literally just been through a full service and MOT. I had a new battery fitted around 3 months ago, so I know the battery is fine. So I was out yesterday at the park. I go
• SEAT Leon - Please HELP!! Leon MK1 TDI (109 bhp) not starting 10 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi,   I parked my car in fine working order a couple of weeks ago and a week later I tried to start it and it wouldn't turn up. There was nothing happening when I tried to turn it on, no sound, no noise. The lights on the dash were still coming on fine and battery seemed
• Romanian registered former UK cars 24 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  and then bring them back, rather than just leaving them as UK registered cars, except that now the cars would be impervious to speed cameras and parking fines. A lot of the cars seemed to be poorly maintained. You would also wonder if you had an accident with one of these Romanian registered cars
• substance on roof paintwork 28 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  During this self isolation period and this nice weather we have I decided to wash our vehicles today. All fine. I use a proprietary brand of car wash/wax which always does the job well. When drying off I noticed a small blob of material on the roof. It has gone quite hard though not solid
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal. Constant feeling of being pulled back
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal. Constant feeling of being pulled back
• R reg Peugeot 106 1.1 petrol - Not Starting 30 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  been having problems starting it since the overheating and this morning it just wouldnt start and I'm worried that if it does It won't on the way back from work.  I have been starting it by turning the starter motor (which is fine along with the battery) over and having to pump petrol
• Focus 2002 TDCI - Starting Problems 27 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  of a battery that won't hold enough charge. For instance I parked up last night after a 40 mile journey. This morning it turned over ok but didn't catch. I tried again and there wasn't enough charge left to crank it sufficiently. I took it to Halfords last week and the lad put his battery tester
• Rover 45 - Problems with car battery and starting the car 15 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  for a while and then if i stop somewhere and then restart the engine even a couple of hours later it will start fine again.  It seems to be only when i leave it for overnight or longer.   Just some extra info that may be irrelevan but when i use the electric windows they seem to be going a little
• 98 Rover 216 CVT box problems 23 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, My mothers Rover has developed a problem. The gearbox is constantly noisy when in park, and the car has started to stall intermittently when you open the throttle to pull away. The reason for posting is that we have been advised to scrap the car because it is uneconomical to repair. This goes
• Bird Poo Again! 24 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Well I have just spent the best part of 5 hours trying to tidy up the roof of my Sorrento. Its been a case of out of sight out of mind. Regularly gets parked outside my house under some low trees. Having washed and scrubbed off the deposits I have been left with small spots of an amber resin
• 306 hdi electrics 16 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  problem i.e. dodgey wires or does it sound like i should go through each one? the rain sensative wiper works well but doesnt seat the wipers well when parking. theres a jump with a click from the relay. does this sound like the relay and finally there is a whining sound from the front passenger side
• New car - close shave! 8 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  , they decided (for reasons they can't even explain) to take another test drive and bring the car home with them. Everything was fine until just prior to returning the car the lady of the household decided to try to park it on her drive only to discover that due to the sloping ground level their drive's odd
• lane discipline 25 May 2004 (Forum)
  of it is heavy goods. Alot of the system is two lane as well. In Holland on a Wednesday afternoon it was like the M25 at 5.30 pm on a Friday, yet amazingly there was no trouble overtaking. The fast lane is used for what it is supposed to be for - not a car park - and the speed limit is 75 and hardly anyone