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• Bizarre Accident Experience This Morning 14 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Driving into work this morning I was involved in an accident. I see that the Escort size van that is two cars ahead of me is braking sharply and the car in front of me probably isn't going to stop. I look in the mirror and see a Renault too close for comfort on a wet road and behind him
• 205 GTI 1.9 Plagued with problems 16 May 2007 (Forum)
  Honest John forum, I have a huge problem! I have just purchased a 205 GTI 1.9. Its only got 72k on the clock with old MOT's to prove it. Its just plagued with lots of faults. List: 1) electrical problem. NO reverse lights, brake lights (i think they are the wrong bulbs) and when you press
• advice on purchase 19 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Dear all, After some shenanigans & seeking, the GF has found & put a deposit on an MX5. It's a black UK 1.8iS, 1997P, excellent nick by the look of it. One owner, history, good price at £2995. All looks straight, panel gaps good, engine pulls cleanly in all gears. Rear nearside brake makes a sort
• Avoiding Pothole damage 7 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  at an obtuse angle, which might do more damage than hitting it squarely. If safe, don't brake for a pothole. Heavy braking compresses the front suspension of the car and will have a tendency to force the tire and wheel down fully into the pothole, potentially causing greater damage. Reduce speed if you
• Buying Used - "attitude indicators" 14 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  the number of previous owners give an indication of how happy they've been with the car? Is it worth appraising how many sets of tyres, brakes, clutches etc a car has been through given its mileage - to give some indication of how it's been driven? If buying privately, would you make an appraisal
• Dangerous Motorway signs 8 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  sees these signs they panic and step on the brakes. Im not sure what makes people jump on the brakes for no obvious reason other than they are distracted or cant read the sign. Everybody behind over reacts and the whole road grinds to a halt. I honestly believe that thease signs cause delays beacuse
• Primera 99 ABS fault 14 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  I have a 1999 Primera Sport+, in which the ABS triggers at about 10mph. It does this whether I'm slowing down or speeding up (I can hear the actuator, and feel it in the pedal if I'm braking). It's particularly bad in slow traffic, as at 10mph it's going continuously! The warning light doesn't
• An interesting drive home. 2 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  lorry causing it, but it wasn't. A young lady in a Fiesta was speeding up to 30mph on the straights, gently weaving about, and braking to about 25mph when the road was anything less than arrow straight. I applied the oh no, one of those, rules and dropped back to a safe distance. The interesting part
• Car car car car car trouble ............ 26 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  ) tyres for the back. Now the car seems unstable, and when I braked going round the roundabout I nearly lost control of the car and narrowly avoided a van on my right and railings on my left - the steering just seemed to "lose it". Also when going round corners, the rear wheels do not grip like
• Leon TDI - Brief grinding noise 4 May 2004 (Forum)
  was concerned that my wheel bearings may be showing early indications of wear. They assured me the bearings were ok and it was likely a stone caught between the brake disc and the plate behind it. The sound occurs without braking which has lead me to rule out pad wear - the pad wear indicator has never
• Pug 306 suspension - what wears first? 26 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  , under braking on rutted roads, it has started to tramline where previously the skinny 165 tyres took no notice. All four tyre pressures are normal, all four tyres have perfect wear patterns, and no brake is binding. The only thing I can think of is that nearly ten years from new (though only 22k
• Spares pricing. 19 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  to buy at the local motor factors as they are undercut by two shops in the city that open from 9-6, 7 days a week...and with lower prices. A local town shop and another town garage sell oil at half the factors trade price. I wanted a brake caliper the other day. Main dealer wanted £153, factors
• 4 x 4 Brakes 5 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Hello Folks, In the absence of any affordable technical documentation for my Vauxhall Monterey (rebadged Trooper), can anyone give suggestions on acceptable...
• Vauxhall Agila B 2009 1.2 petrol automatic 14 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  This car has a torque convertor auto. It belongs to one of my daughters, although I have an almost identical one. It has begun to often need a touch of accelerator before it will move off on a flat road after she has started the engine and released the brake pedal. Any ideas please anyone?
• vw polo 2014 998cc - back lights off no wipers problem 29 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  VW Polo 2014 wipers stopped working , and no back lights , but brake and indicators work , the front light works , I have checked all the fusses all okay any help were to look wold help many thanks any particular fuse or relay u could point to
• Attempted add ons (read only) wrong information 24 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  One of the reasons I post here is to correct wrong information.   The channel in the brake pad is nothing to do with dispersing dust, or the absurd suggestion of dispersing gas.  As the brittle pads have got larger ( the ones for my TR7 are not much bigger than a bath plug
• The fear factor - cars 13 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Because of the costs involved in repairing a modern car outside of warranty, are my friends right in getting rid of their astra diesel? Gearbox failure, needs clutch, exhaust dpf and a major service required plus brakes and tyres. Car is 5 years old due mot, they can get a good deal
• cotroen xsara pcasso hdi 2002 - droning and vibration at speed 16 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  while traveling at 55 mph or more there is a drone noise with vibration coming from the front of car.The faster you go and the longer you travel the worse it gets.If you dip the clutch or put it into neutral while traveling the noise and vibration disapears.It is similar to binding brakes
• 323F gXi - mazda warning lights on dashboard 27 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  Hi there still dec iding whether to buy thismazda but we have also noticed that the TCS warning lights are permanently on and also the ABS and Brake system warning lights are also permanently on. Is this easy to sort or does it mean something more sinister.  Could this be the problem
• 323F gXi - mazda warning lights on dashboard 27 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  Hi there still dec iding whether to buy thismazda but we have also noticed that the TCS warning lights are permanently on and also the ABS and Brake system warning lights are also permanently on. Is this easy to sort or does it mean something more sinister.  Could this be the problem