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• Labelled Tyre Characteristics 28 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  value for treadwear that I have seen is 280 and the lowest 150. I have a particular interest in tyre wear characteristics at the moment as my 11 month old 10000 mile MB C 200K has knackered a set of rear tyres and badly worn a set of front tyres after all four wheels were found to be out of alignment
• Sick Alfa 156 2.0 TS Man 9 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  arms, repaired rocker cover gasket and the engine braking improved but the suspension did not. Main problem was car vibration all the time, through the front of the car and instability at speed. Dealer agreed with problem and decided to 4 wheel align the car 4 times, no improvement. Ordered
• Ford Mondeo - Ford Mondeo MK4 thumping sound from rear? 1 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  braking.  Any ideas what it could be? It's just passed its MOT with no advisories so a little disappointed. I wanted the car to last a year lol. The car doesn't feel out of alignment and doesn't veer at all. We drove it back home 180 miles with no issues (apart from the noise at low speeds
• Hyundai i30 2012 new shape. - Power steering 15 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  . The test was done around town and not on a motorway, so no problem would show up. The dealer seemed very helpful and I saw the car on the computer and having wheel alignment checked. So is this a downside on this model ? Brian. W.    
• 2007 MK4 Mondeo 2.0 TDCI QXBA - MK4 Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Timing belt tensioner adjustme 31 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  an arrow and a notch that are supposed to align to set the correct tension.  I have followed the guides and adjusted it so that the arrow is in the centre of the notch, tightened to torque and then rotated the crank 4 times.  When I rotate it the tensioner arrow moves about 1/2 inch past
• Renault Scenic - Grand Scenic Mk3 crash 20 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  . We have been reading quite a lot about the frames of cars now that once bent will not be repaired we are still awaiting to hear back about what is happening. The rear 2 seats inside the car will no longer go up as they have been moved aout of alignment and when moving there is a loud scraping sound
• 2001 Mercedes E200K - Intermittent Loss Of Acceleration 9 May 2013 (Forum)
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• Combo Van /06 / 1.3D - Oil Gushing From Oil Filter Cap after Oil Change w 20 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  So bought some more oil and I just started the van for 1 sec. and about a liter came out. Right where the plastic cap meets the metal oil filter housing. So far I think ... 1.) "O" ring in wrong notch 2.) Plastic Cap needs some mysterious positioning alignment 3
• Bent wheel ! 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I have had the FocuST for three months and nearly 7k miles now, I have noticed a slight wobble through the steering wheel at 75mph ish and a slight "pattering" at motorway speeds on a smooth surface. I got around to having the wheels balanced and a four wheel alignment done last week by a very
• BMW 7-Series E38 (1994 - 2001) - 00 2.8 What would cause a car to lean to one side 25 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  are old. The front offside could be sagging down i guess, but i'd expect the car to list down on that corner rather than the whole side, esp given rear shock is new. Other points maybe worth noting: had the car 3d laser aligned but the dealer couldn't get the camber in spec, as a result the car pulls
• Renault Scenic Dci belt problem 11 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I have previously posted an item about a problem with an '02 reg Scenic dci with air con. Recently it suffered a thrown auxilliary alt/pwr steering/air-con drive belt. Another belt was fitted and tested with belt alignment checked out okay. However last week it has done exactly the same
• New Mondeo tyre wear 9 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  are Contisport all round and these have been on since about 12k - still plenty of tread on them all round. Got a new tyre fitted at a local dealer but I wasn't offered a tracking or alignment check (probably because it was 4PM on a Saturday) The fitter recomended getting the steering geometry checked
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  How to choose a good used camper van? 28 Oct 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I am selling my house and thinking of buying a larger camper van to live in while looking for a new place as my current camper is too tiny to do this....
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  How much is a 1999 Smart Limited 1 worth? 15 Oct 2019 (Ask HJ)
  We own a 1999 Smart Limited 1. I believe there were only 7500 of these Limited 1 specials produced. How many are still-on-the-road today and what sort...
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  MOT Validity 27 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased a Ford Ka for £1275 on the 2nd of March 2011. On the test drive it seemed fine, but after driving it a few miles I noticed the brakes were...
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  Disc cuss 23 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a late 2006 low mileage Toyota RAV-4 from Toyota in Bracknell in July this year. There has been a judder on the brakes, which has got worse. I...
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  Dodge Caliber MPG claims - are they true? 31 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
  As a member of the Dodge Caliber Owners Forum I am finding some extraordinary claims being made. In normal motoring, would you expect a heavy 2.0-litre...
• Ford C-MAX - Ford Cmax wobble under acceleration 24 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  along nicely.  This leads me to think it's something drivetrain related..?   So far we've tried the following through two different garages who have not been able to solve the problem: 4x wheels balanced 4x wheels aligned / tracked 4x new tyres Wheels
• Audi TT Roadster - Clicking noise after SHE (video included) 6 May 2018 (Forum)
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• Ford Mondeo mk3 (05) estate. - tyre noise / tracking. 22 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  tracking adjusted, because the so called tyre pro suggestted the failure was down to poor alignment.  The sprog was a bit green at the time so took the advice.  However I had not noticed anything wrong, no vibration, no pulling, no excess wear etc., but since then the car has run noisier