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  • Hire purchased 21 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Last month I purchased an 18-month-old Avensis Tourer TR 2.2 D-4D from a Toyota Dealership after reading your car-by-car details about them and also your...
  • Turning the air bluetooth 17 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I thought that it would be useful if I updated you on the Bluetooth phone saga in my new Mk VI Golf. I now have had a Bluetooth interface fitted to my...
  • ML from hell 5 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Are you able to help me with an ongoing problem that my daughter has with her ML 320CDI. She purchased the car new from Mercedes Salisbury in July 2006...
  • Fine hell curtains? 18 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Back in December I sold a Volvo Estate. I wrote to DVLA next day and informed them (just plain first class post). A few months later they sent me a letter...
  • Expensive Jeep 20 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
    If you could help, I'd be extremely grateful. In the summer of 2007, my fiance and I bought a second-hand Jeep from an authorised Jeep dealership. The...
  • Samba blasted 23 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I've had a new Fiat 500 from May 2008. It is a Cha Cha Cha Azure Blue colour and I have problems with very little black and orange marks, like pinpricks,...
  • My insurer's approved repairer isn't Honda-approved. Will letting them fix my Honda invalidate my warranty? 19 May 2020 (Ask HJ)
    A couple of days ago my parked Honda CR-V was struck by a Morrisons delivery van. Damage to the vehicle includes bodywork repair for dents and scrapes,...
  • How much tax is there in the cost of a litre of diesel or petrol? 16 Apr 2017 (Ask HJ)
    It is about time that you gave us your breakdown again, of how we have crude at very low prices yet unleaded petrol at chronically high prices. The VAT...
  • Are other owners experiencing issues with their EGR after the emissions fix? 2 Mar 2017 (Ask HJ)
    Within three months of having the emissions modification done on my 2011 Volkswagen Touran my EGR valve packed up. Am I unlucky or is this happening to...
  • Who's liable for my car's faulty cam belt? 26 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
    I own a 2011 Renault Grand Scenic with the 1.5-litre diesel engine. I was advised to change the cam belt as the mileage was over 80k and the car was five...
  • Buying a Fiat 500 - 1.2 petrol or TwinAir? 12 Jul 2016 (Ask HJ)
    I am looking at changing my 2012 Fiat 500C 1.2 petrol as as I have no garage and am concerned about the fabric roof deteriorating. I would like to get...
  • AdBlue vs non-AdBlue - which is best? 2 Apr 2016 (Ask HJ)
    I am looking at a new Skoda Superb Estate. The two options I have narrowed it down to are the 1.6TDi Greenline (with AdBlue) or the 2.0TDi (150PS, non-AdBlue,...
  • Peugeot/Citroen touch screen 6 Feb 2016 (Ask HJ)
    Hi there. I own a Citroen Cactus, which I'm generally very pleased with. However, I'm experiencing a specific problem with the electronic control unit...
  • Warped brakes on Polo 27 Aug 2015 (Ask HJ)
    My daughter has just had her 10K service on her 1.2 TSI Polo with the Volkswagen dealer and she had reported a judder in the steering when braking at low...
  • How far will the MX-5 travel on a single tank of fuel? 21 Apr 2015 (Ask HJ)
    I'm interested in buying a used (2006 onwards) Mazda MX-5 with a folding hard top. What sort of range does it have? Will I be able to do 300 miles per...
  • Got an unfair parking ticket - what should I do? 10 Oct 2014 (Ask HJ)
    I paid £3.00 to park when it should have been £3.20 in a car park. The parking ticket quotes a breach of contract code - parked after the expiry of the...
  • Mazda MX-5 rattle/vibration 11 Sep 2014 (Ask HJ)
    I have just taken delivery of a new Mazda MX-5 25th Anniversary Edition. However, I’ve noticed the car makes a harsh rattle/vibration between about 15000rpm...
  • Ford Focus - should I repair it again? 3 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
    The timing belt has snapped on my 2009 Ford Focus. The car has covered 156,000 miles and I have had the car repaired, with new valves, pistons, clutch...
  • Buying a new car - Volkswagen or Skoda? 19 Nov 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I need to replace 16-year-old, seven-seater Volvo estate. I want to buy something that will be comfortable on the motorway, but provide good fuel economy....
  • What's the best diesel for £10,000? 11 Nov 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I'm about to change jobs and give up my Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI Highline estate. I will need to purchase a car and will be doing circa 35,000 miles per...
 

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