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  Best executive car for under £4k? 27 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to buy a reasonably economical and highly reliable executive car for under £4000. My daily commute to work is a 30 mile round trip so I can't...
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  Cooling fan constantly switching on 17 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased a 2013 Honda Jazz with 1850 miles recorded from a main Honda dealer. The cooling fan runs for a few seconds every minute or so whether...
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  Mitsubishi Shogun won't engage gears - what's the fault? 18 Dec 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Yesterday my 2002 Mitsubishi Shogun was running absolutely fine. Today, I came out and the gears felt a little stiff. Now I cannot get it into drive at...
• Saab 9-3 1.9 TDI sport 2006 - Help 11 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  this is ok and it should go out after the car had had a good run. I decided to try to give the car a good run-the turbo kicked in brilliant then stopped and the car became very sluggish. I turned the ignition off and started the engine up again and the car seems fine again. The ecu light is still
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  Replacing a Alfa Romeo 159 6 Nov 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I currently run an Alfa Romeo 159 2.4JTD , which I love, but is getting long in the tooth. Do Alfa Romeo build anything that will compare with my 159?
• Ford C-Max - faulty engine response 5 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  . The car had a major service carried out within the last fortnight, and most of the time the engine runs fine, but knowing this fault can occur at any  random moment is very alarming.  If I take the car to a garage the chances are it will run perfectly.  Can anyone provide a clue
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  Why does my Megane blow its 80 Amp fuses? 5 Aug 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have 2004 Renault Megane and the 80 Amp fuse that's connected to the positive terminal of the battery keeps blowing. Any idea why?
• Diesel vs Diesel 19 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  of the 1.7 DTi (forerunner to the CDTi) and 1.9 TDi VAG unit. Only reason I ask is I currently run a 1.8 i-VTEC Civic, which I do a 50+ mile a day commute and its costing me an arm and a leg in petrol, including leisure mileage I spend about £60 a week on petrol and average approx 38mpg. So
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  Audi A4 Avant - should I keep or sell? 13 Jun 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I drive a 2010 Audi A4 Avant 3.2 which is superb and is the fourth car I've had with the VR6 engine. I'm heading for semi-retirement so wondering whether...
• VW Golf - 1.4 TSI engine reliability 30 May 2014 (Forum)
  I am looking to change my Ford Focus turbo diesel.   I now only do 10K miles pa with lots of short runs and need a small car for day to day use but which is large enough and powerful enough for comfortable holiday touring in France.   Having read all Honest John's warnings
• Mondeo 1.8 TDCI 2009 - Diesel Knock & Judder 4 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  white smoke. The car then runs fine and is generally quite quiet until it starts to warm up. The diesel knocking then starts and gives a little judder when setting off from a standstill but worse in warm weather, although the judder stops when the car is up to temperature the knocking on acceleration
• Zafira 1.8 petrol '07 - Intermittent misfire 13 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  it was bad for about a mile with no acceleration and the engine management light came on. Then it recovered and is running fine now but the light is still on. Removed the plugs and I'm pretty sure no1 was not as hot as the others and it looked different. I have been suspecting the coil rail
• Should I sell my Renault megane 59 1.6 petrol. 21 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  I bought a brand new Renault megane dynamique 1.6 petrol 4 years ago and it has just over 32000 miles on the clock. I recently changed jobs and wanted a run around for high miles up to 500 per week, I didn't fancy putting the miles on the megane so bought a yaris diesel which was going well
• Ford Focus 1.8 Diesel TDCi 2004 - Coil light flashes bad starter 6 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  have a 2339 cylinder 4 knock code with engine light on and flashing coil light. Car will start fine 10 seconds then starts coughing blue/white smoke diesel smell and will struggle to run unless I drive away and warm it up then runs ok, could it be air/temperature related? have had injectors tested
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  Buying a petrol SUV - what do you recommend? 14 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy a new SUV, but only cover short distances and the new DPF diesels aren’t suitable. What do you recommend?
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  What's the Insignia VXR like to own? 22 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I'm thinking of buying a Vauxhall Insignia VXR, can you tell me what it is like to own and run?
• Worst diesel you have owned? 18 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  on a run and about 35-37mpg tootling around. I bought it for my wife when I had a Mk4 Golf GT TDI 110bhp and wrongly assumed that 105hp was close to 110hp.........you get my drift. To be fair it never let me down and I had no problems unlike most Renaults. I suppose you get what you pay for. Incidently I
• Renault Laguna 2 1.9dci 120bhp sport tourer - 2.DEF : Coherence between the boost pressure and a 26 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  . 2.DEF : Coherence between the boost pressure and atmospheric pressure. This is the error code and description that the Renault can clip is giving me. I have now changed what I think is everything but still problems persist. The car is still running like a bag of s*** and I
• 2007 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 petrol - Wynns fuel injector cleaner 22 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Hello,   I get an intermittent fault about 3 times a year. This is the same fault I have put on the forum before where the car suddenly runs very slowly or stalls. A good run on the motorway always fixes the problem. I am considering putting a bottle of  Wynns fuel injector
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  Audi A3 DSG making odd noises 31 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I had two intermittent banging noises like metal plates for 5 secs, with a loss of power when pulled away after a full steering lock u-turn from a cold...