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• Renault Laguna (1994 - 2001) - 98 1984 knocking from front axle after tyre change 22 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have a Laguna Estate 2.0L RXE Limited Edition. The one with leather interior and rear brake discs rather tha drums) I recently had all 4 tyres changed. The fitter put the rotation on the front left tyre the wrong way round, so switched this with the rear right one. After getting it back
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - Long term caretaking 17 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  year with the special 507.0 spec oil, and every year? or six months after? Any other hints for looking after the PD engines? Body work should be fine as galvanised, anything else to keep eye on longterm apart from usual wear and tear items, (tyres, brakes etc) Got a bit of a tear in me eye for the old
• 3 year Audi servicing deal is not what it appears 29 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  When I bought my A3, I was offered and accepted ,what appeared at the time ,to be a very good service deal. For £250 , the offer included two oil changes , a brake fluid change and an "inspection service". These had to be completed within 3 years or 36,000mles, whichever occurred first. The car
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 01 1.8 Fault lights driving me crazy! 21 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  turn on the ignition (not start the engine!) with brake and accelerator both down you get a flashing readout on the fault light which I do. I think it reads 10, 1, 1, 5, 1 but I have no idea if this means anything or how to interpret it. Help!
• BMW 5-Series E39 (1996 - 2003) - 01 3.0 Some advice... 14 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  a brake fluid change one of the designated intervals. I requested that the car was started as soon as I saw the car, and leave it running while I checked over it. After about 8 or 9 minutes, the temperature rose beyond the midpoint. I currently have an E46, and the temperature never rises beyond
• Volkswagen - excellent service from main dealer 16 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  to a 09 Golf estate. Had a call at about 10 am to ask if I wanted the (recommended) brake fluid change and air con service inc 'refresh'. I said yes to both. Picked the car up at 4.30pm as arranged. They had also replaced a rear wheel bearing and the driver's seatbelt under warranty (following test drive
• Buying my first car 20 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  the "brain" sorted out at a Nissan dealer and they gave it a health check which was alll clear apart from the brakes which the garage say they will sort this out. Also seemed to have a pretty full service history. Bit worried this one is a bit too good to be true, seems a lot of car for the money. Would
• 5-6 year ownership stick or twist? 14 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  myself needing a garage visit for seized door lock/ stubborn bulb connector I cannot access) Its probably worth no more than ? £4.5k now, so has depreciated £8K, and cost about £2.5k in servicing/tax/tyres/brakes. Question is, is the likely increased cost of ownership over the next 4-5 years
• Vauxhall Corsa D (2006 - ) - 07 1.7D Vibrating/Shaking when stationary 12 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  didn't then stop for another 15 mins of driving, but when i parked up the vibrating had ceased. Please note: Pressing the clutch down, pressing or releasing the brakes all make no difference. It still judders unless moving or revving. Any help/advice would be appreciated. Unless I take
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - Idiot question - disposing of a car. 12 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  servicable for a month or so, it's got a fuel leak, the brakes are wearing badly and the estimate is that it'll take at least £500 to get it through its next MOT, and other factors (rusting bodywork) will mean it almost certainly won't get through next years. As such, it's clearly not worth the repair bill
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 1996 1.9 Engine Management Warning light 5 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  "stop" sign. The dangerous part is the accompanying loss of power, steering, brakes, the lot, when I'm slowing down and the clutch is in. It doesn't matter if the car's warm or cold. Today, whilst driving round auto-electricians and mechanics for advice (none have any idea what's up), it has juddered
• Volkswagen Golf VI (2009 - ) - Shall I, or shan't I? 3 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  vents for fear of snapping the flexing plastic louvres! My biggest gripe is that a sunroof is no longer an option on the S or SE, only on the top of the range GT. Also, some of the bright, shiny alloys have been replaced with a funny greyish two tone alloy finish thus making brake dust less obvious, I
• Reporting speeding bus to bus co. 27 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  who is learning to drive a bus, 12 mph over the limit for a bus on a single-carriaway national limit. BTW my indicated speed was 65 on the speedo and 62 on the sat-nav. It wasnt so much that id been looking at first when I was following the bus, more that he was braking quite hard into corners
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2003 3.0 CDTI Automatic Gearbox Problem 21 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I lift of from stand still and when applying the foot brake, there is a slight judder in the gear change, especially in 1st and 2nd. I have been advised that the gearbox is knackered and that it's on it's way out. When connecting to the BOSCH KTS no gearbox fault code's come up. If anyone could
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.4 Zetec Stalling Problems when slowing down. 25 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  braking and press the clutch the rev's quickly drop below 500rpm. It doesn?t matter what gear it is in. The car begins to feel like it is going to stall and on occasion it does. Say if I am driving around town (London) for 30mins it will stall once or twice. The car is regularly serviced and I have
• MOT preperations - what do you do? 30 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  underneath - they would have refused to test it - so all the wheels have been off and a low pressure water jet has been used to clean the under chassis. All of the brakes have been stripped, cleaned, re assembled and the handbrake has been adjusted too. Within the engine compartment, the plugs & the air
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - 01 1.2 cutting out at junctions etc 18 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  right and also not putting the fault right. This partiucular clio has had a map sensor, lamda sensor, wiring to ecu repaired, coil pack, brake switch totalling £600. I got it today, and after some time spent on it, i am convinced its the throttle body. the fault is intermittant, can run perfect
• Porsche Cayenne (2003 - ) - fairly unusual sighting logorrhoeic narcissis cut 15 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  carriageway. And with that high suspension it would have lolloped over the high ramps at Portobello Road which groundscraping chavmobiles have trouyble with. Best of all, it made a quite nice tinny blatting sound from the exhaust and showed good acceleration and braking in the stop-start (very important
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 53 plate 1.4TDCI - Is poor MPG reason to worry? 4 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  had some powerful cars in the past (prior to a family) and I am at times prone to braking late and revving where I shouldn't...........although I don't think I'm any worse than anyone else. For the last 3 months I've been getting on average around 35mpg. I travel to work each day on the motorway
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 06 1.9CDTi automatic gearbox - jerky changes. 13 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  under braking, or when just slowing down. On one occasion I used manual override to change from 6th to 5th and I was left with no drive to the wheels, the engine on maximum revs (it was in cruise control) and doing 70mph in the outside lane. The cas has spent 4 weeks with the Vauxhall dealer in which