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• Peugot 106 1999 modle - Dodgy car dealer or bad luck? 8 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Hello all - I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this... We bought my son a car last week from a "part time" car dealer - 600 quid, ran ok on test drive and seemed ok for the money. Needs some new tyres & brake pads which we knew about however, in the week since we bought it, the radiator failed
• Garages today...afraid to get their hands dirty? 8 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  with basic mechanical problems and are only capable or willing to change brakes and tyres and fiddle with computers? P.S I realise that this sounds like a bit of an "In my day" rant, but I'm only 24!
• No CCTV footage and driver denying liability :( 13 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  I was in the front passenger seat travelling in the left hand lane of a busy road when a driver travelling in the middle lane suddenly pulled across us into the left hand lane. How my partner managed to brake just short of impact I'll never know, but he did, with about a cm to spare
• nissan primera estate - insurance valuation for total loss 2 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  1998 1.6 GX Estate, S reg with 135000 miles. Full service history, unmarked seats and interior,original Nissan mats and mudflaps, no rust, Michelin tyres all round, regular coolant and brake fluid changes, Comma Eurolite semi synthetic oil and Nissan oil filters every 6000-9000 miles. Basically
• Suzuki Ignis Sport - V-belt on 6th year service 21 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  " (£43 on the Pricing Job details sheet) and gasket cylinder head cover (£17). They said they would check both but not replace them. There is also something called "element" (£17) on the Suzuki Job list but I have no idea what it is. The rest are brake fluid, oil, etc
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 1999 How do you remove the oil cap? 28 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  another question that anyone may be able to help me on - The central locking on my driver side doesn't work currently when unlocking the car (It works fine locking it). The lock doesn;t want to turn round when I try to turn the key, and I'm frightened I will brake the key in the lock if I force it any
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 99 2.0 My Pug Runs like a Burst couch! 16 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Brake switch circuit-and P1537 UNDOCUMENTED CODE...... the mechanic advised that the undocumented code or the Egr valve circuit would prob be the problem.....I have checked all the hoses going to the turbo (as i was told to do) for cracks...they look ok! SO now i need to start with the EGR valve
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 05 3.0 Poor running and rough gearchange 3 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  to the computer display), even on long downhills with no throttle input from me -the creep on the autobox is so strong when cold, that I can barely hold the car back on the brakes As above, it's a C5 3.0 V6 petrol (35k miles) with the Aisin AM6 gearbox, a.k.a TF80SC, as also used by Ford, Volvo, Vauxhall etc
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 EPC / Exhaust System Light - At wits end 11 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  ££££££ the dashboard fault lights are back on and I'm at a loss to know what to do next. The car seems to drive Ok, but when the EPC light comes on I have to stop and restart the engine to get it out of "Get me home mode"... I've also read the post about the brake light sensor. I would take this to a small
• Renault Twingo (1995 - 2005) - 94 1.3 Wanted : Cross over Break-Linkage !!! 6 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  does not fit is made to fit ! has anyone got a picture of such a linkage ? Any Clues for a good general UK-Car-forum ??? maybe someone knows a small bolt on version of such a "brake linkage cross shaft" or whatever the right word for the thing is .... I'm sure much of anyone's prices for selling
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 2001 2.0 hdi cooling system management problems 22 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all Had this car mot ed last week as earlier announced and sure enough got problems now first one got bill for £257 rear brake pads and discs to fix handbrake which now does not hold the car on a slope failed also on wrong colour rear repeaters which has not been mentioned in previous three
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 1997 1.8TD Blowing black smoke 31 May 2008 (Forum)
  of work done on the car in the last 12 months (this is how long I have owned it), cambelt change, new starter motor, new brakes front (discs and pads) and back, new heater matrix, new radiator, new fuel shut off valve and full servicing and a bit more and the car is due it's MOT in about 4 weeks time
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 99 HDi fuel problem? 23 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  not carte blanche to quote posts ok !:-) I have had a similar problem ,warning lights just popping up for a few seconds (usually when going over speed bumps or pot holes) traction control or abs not sure witch one and the hand brake light then it has cut out on me once but i am very worried please
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 2.0 16V Fuel Economy 18 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  hard. I have checked the air filter and it is a little dirty but nothing excessive. The lamba sensor prints from the MOT give a 1.009 i think so this looks okay. Car has not been properly serviced since 27/03/06 at 17,295 miles. I know garage fitted new rear brake pads before they sold it so they say
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Main Dealers ARGGGHHHHH 16 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Got my Golf booked into main dealer for a service, which I was quoted £290 for, then yesterday I got a call from said dealer to ask me if i wanted the brake fluid changed as it hadn't been changed for two years at a cost of £50, as he caught me off guard I agreed. After thinking, I considered
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 1996 to 1998 - Battery charge light 29 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  working, then indicators gave up the ghost, the anti lock braking light came on, the steering started to get heavier and the air bag light came on as well. Finally on low revs the car was spluttering a bit, but JUST managed to get the thing home. 1st thought was battery, and as I haven't had a new
• Renault Megane Coupe + Cabrio (1999 - 2003) - X reg 1.6 Dynamique - fix it or flog it? 8 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  brake pads, which is being done tomorrow. In addition, he says I need a gear box mount replacing, the exhaust replacing and the front drive shaft fixing. None of these are urgent but will be need to replaced eventually. Finally its due for its MOT in January. My dilemma is this. It seems like a silly
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 1.8 Zetec 2002, Petrol, Manual, Engine cut out 18 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  brake, stop the car, (fortunately have not been hit on each occasion!), restart and it fires up ok and carrys on as normal. (I have not noticed the speedo dying as I'm consentrating on stopping the car so not sure if this is a speed sensor prob, as this seems to be common). On the 2nd occasion
• Vectra vs Signum 3 May 2007 (Forum)
  I?d be interested, as usual, to seek the counsel of the BR. Yesterday, I plucked up the courage to seek permission from the Household Financial Committee (ie SWMBO) to replace the family W reg petrol Vectra (105k miles, clutch possibly coming to end of life, brake disks thinning, MOT in September
• Dealing with tailgaiters 13 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  A pet hate of mine, what I do if I am being tailgaited badly is increase the stopping distance between me and the car in front to take account of the fact I can't brake hard if an emergency situation occurs. I do this by gradually and gently easing off the accelerator pedal until I have enough