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  Did 'Sudden Unintended Acceleration' cause my Volvo 460 to crash into a house? 12 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Unfortunately, I recently had my first serious car accident and am in need of some advice and information. The car involved was a 1995 Volvo 460 Automatic,...
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  In-dealer’s exposure 20 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  How do you go about dealing with poor workmanship? Our 2004/54 BMW 318i went in to the BMW dealer we bought it from for what we were told to be necessary...
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  Admitting de-feet 3 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My father has just experienced a very frightening incident. Driving steadily down a suburban main shopping street at 30mph or less his automatic Peugeot...
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 03 1.6 ABS pump 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  , but hopefully enlightening. The warning light came on to say that brake pads needed fitting. I had been told by a friend, who is not altogether totally ignorant about cars, that only the front pads are likely to need doing, 'dont have the rear pads done until I look at them, or the discs'. I duly booked
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  Is the Citroen C4 Cactus safe? 12 Apr 2024 (Ask HJ)
  Please advise if a used Citroen C4 Cactus is a good buy, given its 4-star Euro NCAP rating. I think this is due to the absence of autonomous emergency...
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  What winter tyres should I get for my Skoda Octavia vRS Estate? 8 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I am planning a 2 day trip to Germany soon. My Octavia vRS Estate has 19-inch alloy wheels, but I will need a set of winter/snow tyres for this trip. What...
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  Car supermarket has sold me a dangerous car - what should I do? 22 Jul 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I recently used a car supermarket to purchase a second car. I used this company because I thought they were reputable and on their website stated their...
• Volkswagen Golf VI - Returning a recently purchased car. Advice? 22 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  .   Purchased a 22 month old vehicle from a large VW dealership recently. The dealership is not approved VW though. Car seemed fine when I looked at it and test drove it although I did mention an issue with the brakes before I purchased
• Which? magazine advise 'Don't buy these tyres' 23 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  thorough than any other UK magazine. As a result of their latest test of tyres for medium size cars and super-minis they recommend Don?t Buy the following: QUOTE 175/65 R14T We found the Avon CR322 Enviro was particularly poor in wet conditions A key weakness appeared to be when braking
• Peugeot 306 - A small list of problems... 6 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  ?  Another problem is with hard braking there is a speed related knocking from the rear of the car. It is NOT the exhaust. The brakes aren't too clever though so would it be possible that the rear brakes are siezed? i cant get the rear drum off to look.  The next two problems i think could
• How to respond to 999 vehicles 17 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  up from behind fast: 1. Slam on your brakes. This is properly scary - and usually results in a swearing driver and a couple of bug-eyed elite healthcare professionals. This happens more often than you'd believe. 2. Do absolutely nothing. Even when the driver puts on the second, even louder siren
• any car - servicingstop.co.uk 5 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  which made a total bill of £328.60. this is almost the same that toyota would have charged and they would have done a 4 year brake fluid change to. won't be using them again.
• A Pakistani Truck - Pakistani Truck Alternator Repair 20 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  at that, a bit suspiciously easy.  Interesting that they apparently get away with cleaning in petrol, which I’d have thought might destroy insulation, as might brake fluid, my go-to cleaner. The wire brushing seems to be just a bling thing. I wont be doing that.
• Mechanical - Handbrakes 19 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  Last night, on TV. Car rolled down hill into building Police officer noted that brakes get hot, you put handbrake on, they cool, handbrake loosens Turned out the handbrake hadn't been set firmly But I've never heard of this thermal effect. I have never read about
• Volvo s80 2000 - multiple bulb failure warning 14 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  I have had the above message and the following bulbs have stopped working but only on the driver side, on the passenger side all the bulbs work. brake light daytime running light on front dipped headlight daytime running light on rear.   I did
• Manuals vs automatics 29 May 2019 (Forum)
  Reading all the disputes about left versus right-foot braking with automatics makes me wonder why we're still buying manuals in the 21st century, having disposed of manual chokes, carbs and advance/retard controls. Especially as cars seem to need so many gears now. Could anyone
• 8 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  Smart motorways: Sadly overhead warning signs are not enough when we have the HGV drivers playing with their laptops with the truck on cruise control. Plenty of videos of them batting into stationary vehicles and you don't see the brake lights come on. The first thing the 'driver' knows about
• Peugeot 207 - O S R Wheel Cylinder Wet 13 Jan 2018 (Forum)
    Hi all   I have the following advisory after the 207 passed its MOT:   FO/S/R Wheel cylinder wet     Brake disc worn, pitted or scored but not seriously weakened both front sides inner
• Question - irrespectful driving 13 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  frustrating. IF one day I decide not to brake, will dash cam recording be enough to proof him/her guilty? And, can such behaviour be reported directly to police? Lucas
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate - Motoring 2 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  such as brake pads etc. and the car needs a servicing once a year minimum  regardless of milage. Any comments are welcomed as I never own a mercedes before and don't know the cost of servicing.