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• Almera woes 4 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Car; Almera 2.2 di Sport, year 2002, mileage when bought; 30,000. Problems 1. Steering vibration which took approx 18 months to fix, and only appeared AFTER the main dealer replaced the brake pads. t was only diagnosed after the 'nissan technical specialist' from Sunderland came down to check
• 1999 Passat Electrics, niggles 17 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  A few different questions here. Shortly after I bought my Passat in March of last year, the bulb in the left brake light blew. Although I have the technical expertise of a crumbling brick, I worked out how to detach the light cluster and replace the bulb. A couple of months ago, I noticed
• Renault Clio E-tech hybrid - Impressions after the first 1000 miles 21 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  that the maximum distance the car will travel in EV mode is under 2 miles. The 1.2kW traction battery is charged when decelerating or braking, there is no facility to plug into the mains. In spite of this, nearly half of the first 1000 miles has been covered in EV mode. The data log reads Total distance
• Kia Sportage - Kia Sportage Top Mounts 16 Feb 2024 (Forum)
  this aren’t covered. If this was brake pads or discs, bulbs, wipers etc I could understand these are items with a limited life, but would have assumed a suspension component would be covered by the warranty. So whilst it did pass the MOT, having a car that makes a twanging clunk to the extent that I can
• Civic SI 2010 1.8vtech 115k miles - purchase advice needed 14 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e)) Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing both split in tread (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Nearside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii)) Nearside Rear Suspension component corroded
• Mazda 2 - What is the point of keyless start? 19 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  that a keyless start car will keep running for miles without the key present. I would have thought that with technology these days that the computer would shut down the engine or apply the brakes in such circumstances. My Hyundai i30 flashes up a message on the dash that the key isn’t present when I get
• Ford Fiesta 2016 1.25L - Suspected exhaust valve issue - advice on actions 30 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  EML came on - took to garage to do a diagnostics and they confirmed that there is poor compression in the 3rd brake cylinder.  They suspect it is an exhaust valve issue and the engine would need to be stripped out to confirm. They have estimated that the work could amount to around
• Any - After market warranties 9 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  the garage owner refused to provide until the work was done and the bill was paid.  His reason for this refusal was the "hassle" he mentioned above, and the fact that he couldn't be absolutely sure about the extent of the work required  on the car until he'd dismantled the defective braking system
• Ford Fiesta - A week with a new Fiesta Ecoboost mild hybrid 16 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  notice the regenerative braking much more than any assistance from the starter / generator (apart from the below).  Tidy handling, the steering is really direct with very little understeer.  It also corners nice and flat.  All the toys you could wish for:  climate, big touchscreen
• Volkswagen Golf 2.0TDI 2011 - Are my wheels sticking out too much? 19 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  tyres of course.   Now, I'm having about 20% worse MPG...!!! I have checked the wheel alignment in a professional shop with lasers and stuff, and checked all the brakes, they are not dragging. The MPG drop happened precisely after the wheel change, and I calculate using
• Ford Mondeo Diesel Mk3, 2002 227k Miles - Ford Mondeo Mk3 Cutting Out At Random 16 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  reader was connected 4 codes were displayed , P0404 , P0335 , P0216 and P1665. Was a lot of oil on the front of the engine and i suspected a bad electrical connection because of the oil. Then sprayed liberal amounts of brake cleaner to remove the oil. The problem went away for a day.It then came back
• Golf mk5 1.9 tdi, 2008, 150k miles - Weird sound from engine bay. 21 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  fixing the things that you would expect to work well when buying from a dealer (like faulty brake system). Yes, I shouldn't buy a car on my own, but I had no choice :/ Can you help?
• Peugeot 207 tdi sport 2007 - abs system faulty 7 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  Hello if you are reading this you are my last hope.... I bought a Peugeot 207tdi sport (07) and when driving a few days later the brakes felt odd, like my foot went ALL the way to the floor before the car finally stopped. Then moments later, there was an ABS system fault message showing
• VW Polo - Car reliability 30 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  refused to let me in. Fortunately I was a mile from home, so went to fetch the spare key, which worked. I swapped the battery, no joy. On two occasions the car applied emergency braking for no apparent reason, both times on a bend. It was frightening. On 3 or 4 occasions the radio has refused to turn off
• VW Tiguan 1.4 s BlueMotion - Advice re: Faulty Injector - Wear and Tear? 4 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  (£28 a month). The warranty has the usual non-payment of wear and tear clause and indeed I’ve not bothered them when replacing front struts and brakes but I’m wondering if I have a case concerning the injector because I’m thinking that if it’s normal wear and tear then surely
• any - get that salt off 19 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  under and have a good look. Don't forget that salt will have done it's worse in the brake calipers too, so get those cleaned and lubed up too, or expensive lessons will be learned when the calipers start seizing up come summer. I've been under our two yesterday and again today, doing
• New car dilemma 10 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  are Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake and the Audi A7/S7 and I might consider the BMW 5 Series Touring. I want something that is good looking, luxurious and has a reasonable degree of practicality about it, hence these cars are at the top of my list. I also need to be able to tow a trailier sometimes. The issue
• Swerving to avoid a crash (theoretical) 17 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  in front of me (car 1)?    The country lane is about 3 cars wide and knowing that you've braked as hard as you can and do not have hope of stopping and there is a high hedge and no open ground to your left, are you meant to avoid the accident by swerving around car 1's front
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Corsa Comfort 1.0 2001 problem 17 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  , the steering is not stable when changing lanes or applying brakes to reduce speed, the car drifts a bit, and due to my holding the steering it comes back on course. The steering wheel is about few degrees, about 3 degrees let us say, to the left at zero speed. When I start the car, it makes some tapping noises
• Ford Fiesta - failed MOT questions 22 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  . Rear engine mount is cracked and needs replacing. Driver's side wing mirror is broken (blooming other drivers)  Brake pads and corroded discs, front only. Could someone please let me know what they think it would cost. I've priced up the parts and I'm assuming none