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• Audi A5 Sportback - Help me choose a car 16 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my car soon enough and finding it hard to decide on what car to choose. The cars I have in mine are: Audi A5 Sportback 2l TDI 170 S Line Audi A6 2l S Line Honda Accord i-Dtec Type S Volvo S60 D3 R Design BMW 520d M Sport
• Mercedes-Benz S-Class - Next car??? 31 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Considering 2005/7 ish S class. £15,000 to £20,000  Do approx 8000 miles per year so on cusp of diesel petrol debate (very few petrol look to be available) so looking for advice re DPFilters/regen. Do you have to 50 mile it regularly or do Mercedes have a better
• Ford Mondeo Mk.3 Zetec S TDCi - Mondeo 3 TDCi clutch / gearbox issue from cold? 26 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Can anyone suggest what my problem may be? I have just bought a 53 reg. Mondeo 2L TDCi (Zetec S) 6-spd manual. When left overnight - or until properly cold - the gearbox is very stiff, with the gears being very difficult to engage until I have travelled about 1/2 mile or so, when it becomes much
• Ford Mondeo - Mondeo 2.2 TDCI MAF idle value and Idle speed 14 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  g/s@800rpm . Sensor shows 2 g/s when engine is not running and 14 g/s @ 835rpm(idle). That brings me to the next problem, the engine idle should be 800 rpm, would a faulty MAF cause this to rise?  
• Mercedes E230 Class Estate 1990 - Drop Rear Seat Problem 11 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  The catch on the O/S rear seat will not release preventing me from dropping the entire rear seat. The N/S catch releases but the bar carrying the luggage cover and dog guard prevents both seats from dropping. The release lever on the top of the O/S seat would indicate that the latch may
• Jaguar S-Type (1999 - 2007) - yr2000 - heating problem 18 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  I'm having a problem with my 2000 W-Reg Jaguar S-Type - Basically, the heating system doesn't work. The A/C works, and all the rest, but when you put the setting to warm, cold air comes out. No matter what setting you use, it's still cold air that comes out, and I've tried various combinations
• Jaguar S-Type (1999 - 2007) - 00 3.0 Starting Problems 19 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hi guys I'm new to the forum just looking some advice for my Jag S type. Its a year 2000 3.0l v6 auto petrol and sometimes when i try to start it (normally if i've been driving it for a bit then stop) i get nothing. Whether its in park or neutral i turn the key and nothing the car wont even try
• Jaguar S-Type (1999 - 2007) - 2.7 twin turbo diesel 13 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all, Thinking about a change to a jag S-type or XJ or similar recentish luxury barge as they are so cheap (there is a previous thread on this), for about £10-12k. A bit of common sense has kicked in, and I am intrigued by the twin turbo diesel jaguar engine. HJ seems to really quite like
• Honda Civic UK (2006 - ) - 2007 1.8 Type S - problem engaging 2nd gear 15 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 07 civic 1.8 type S gt and it somtimes has a problem engaging 2nd gear the dealer has test drove it twice but as it only happens every now and then they cannot find anything wrong with it .I have been told by Honda that their is problems with third gear on the type R but no reported
• FIAT - Is FIAT, seemingly about to drop the baton? 21 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I mentioned this before, but now Caledonia................. So what`s the situation for Fiat now that Caledonia have gone into receivership? A while back, Pendragon also dropped Fiat seemingly, when they bought Reg Vardy. http://www.motortrader.com/26497/Caledonia-Motor-Group-goes-int.ehtml
• Fiesta 1.25 16V Zetec S Cambelt Change 6 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, I would really appreicate some advice on the following: SWMBO has a 2001 Fiesta Freestyle with a 1.25 16V Zetec S engine. It has covered 24,000 miles from new, we have owned it since it was 6 months old. A local mobile mechanic has serviced it very well, annually for the past 3 years. He
• 1.6 Zetec S Focus Cambelt Problem!! 22 May 2007 (Forum)
  Hey Guys and Girls, Bit of a puzzler! I was braking hard up to some traffic lights on a 60Mph road when my engine died with a short grinding sound. The...
• Ford Focus Electric Window U/S 22 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, Have a 2001 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec with 95000 miles on clock. Apart from fuel costs it has cost me pennies to run so am reluctant to part with it. During the last couple of months the driver?s electrically operated window has gotten slower and slower until it finally stopped working today
• S-Class brake light switch 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hi I was looking at my Dads 98 W140 S-Class. It is an auto and the ABS / ASR light is on. I read the fault codes and found that it is fitted with a Bosch ASR module MB# 018 545 47 32 HW version 46/97 SW version 18/96. Fault code C1200 brake light switch: open circuit / bad contact
• Ford s-max - fitting of tow bar 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I'm considering buying a ford s-max, but need a tow bar. Would prefer a factory fitted one, however, my local dealer says he cannot source one, and that I will have to wait until the end of march before I can order one (and then a further 12 weeks while ford build the car??!!) When I suggested
• 2002 406 HDi Cold Start 18 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Morning All, My 2002 Peugeot 406HDi has an intermittent ?feature? upon starting the engine. If it is really cold outside and the car hasn?t been used for more than a few hours, the engine feels as though it?s about to pop out of the bonnet! It shakes the whole car, but only on the initial start
• Rust - Stop It Now!!! 10 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Hi - Not quite sure if this belongs in Technical Matters but I\'m sure it will get moved if it does. As you may have guessed from the apt title, I need to get rid of some rust. It\'s a tiny tiny amount and apparently a common problem on the rear of Focuses (Foci?). Anyway - what\'s the best thing
• Ford Mondeo Remote Key 8 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I've been thinking of getting a spare remote key for my Mondeo. There are quite a few appearing on Ebay from time-to-time, but I'm unsure of how many different types of key there are. My Ford Mondeo is one of the later Mark 2's which has no red key and has a 3 button remote. Most of the remote
• Avon ZZ1 Tyres 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all, I am collecting an X reg Mondeo 1.8 Zetec on Monday. All four tyres on the vehicle are in good order treadwise, two Avon ZZ1's on the front and a pair of Avon ZZ3's on the back. The problem is that I have read on a tyre forum that some people have found the ZZ1's to be almost lethal
• see if I care..... 15 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I\'ve had a few enquiries about the progress on the \'69 Bullitt Mustang 351 fastback. While it may not interest everyone, it seems only courteous to respond on the forum and thank those concerned for their friendly interest. So here goes. Click on by if it\'s no use to you. We FedEx\'ed a front