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• 65 Plate VW Golf Sportsvan 1 litre 3 cylinder TSI - Aftermarket Dual mass clutch and flywheel unit 16 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  garage has just replaced my clutch  on my S/H Golf after 48,000 miles, (3000 approx mine) however they have commented on invoice that Dual Mass flywheel has slight play and when quizzed about this comment said "had it been a diesel they would have had to have changed the flywheel as well
• Land Rover Range Rover Sport - is the least reliable car to buy for the 2nd year 14 Nov 2019 (Forum)
  '.   And the Range Rover Sport wasn't the only problem child for the British vehicle manufacturer.  The smaller Land Rover Discovery Sport - which costs from £31,575 - has also been causing problems for those who've bought them.  More than half of the owners who completed Which?'s
• Used car never ending faults 22 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, back in April I bought a 67 plate Jaguar XF Sportbrake S. Unfortunately I’ve had various problems with the car. The panoramic roof leaked so that was replaced under warranty. It now creaks unlike before. I’ve sent it back but garage said it’s ok. I expect the roof to be silent. Does anyone have
• Toyota Landcruiser 120 series - Toyota component dies & charging twin batteries. 29 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  fixed now i've got ignition light when it supposed to and all charging fine,  i've run Toyota 4x4's for years and that's the first major failure i can recall apart form the odd bulb. Twin batteries on these vehicles, wired in parallel so still 12v starting, and yes i did charge them both
• Volkswagen Passat B6/B7 - VW Passat B6/B7 5 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  -from=2011&page=1   To me to be fair, it seems to cheap for the car itself, is my feeling right, or am I wrong? What would you guys advice? Stick with a B6 lower mileage? Or are these B7's actually quite good at the mileages they are at? 
• Audi Q5 17 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  the right size crate in the boot. I then test drove the q5 and its comfy and quite. My dealer said there are great deals on the Q5 too. So i picked an S line model again and in total it came to £42k and they then gave me a good deal and took off £3k so my total price was £39k i just had
• Most - Let the sun shine on in! 20 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  on the Maestro I drove in the 1980’s and the Primera from 2004 both leaked, and had to be repaired under warranty.  Also, as I plan to keep the car for a good few years, possibly until scrappage like the previous two Primera cars I drove (at 170k+ and 180k+ miles respectively) so resale value
• Volkswagen Golf GTE - Help! Car Horn won't shut up 13 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  the standard UK 3 pin home charger plug but have also used the rapid chargers at work. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to the issue other than it happens in th emorning, but that;s when I typically first use the car each day to go to work.  When it happens the only way to stop it is to remove F15
• multi - car insurance 5 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  Any ideas out there - my renewal comes up in 4 days - got to insure 2 Jap 4 x 4 's , have 9 years NCD , who are the companies doing ' multi - car ' policies ? My existing insurers ( E Certain ) were very insouciant on the phone - didn't want to know , told me I need a 2nd policy , and the 2nd
• Trying the Jaguar E-Pace 17 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  performs quite well, but the acceleration isn't linear and there's a lag followed by a surge.  - After two years of suffering the V60's parking brake, which some tortured Swedish genius elected to place by the driver's right knee, there it is again in the same benighted place in the E-Pace
• X type 2004 173k - Car Valet 31 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  in August and I'd felt a bit estranged from her after she came back on her own from her rescue. Living in Pembs, you get used (once you venture outside the towns and onto country roads) to your car being coated with 'Pembrokeshire Underseal' aka cow s*** most of the time. On Sunday, against my better
• Mazda 3 - Heavy steering 4 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  I recently found that my Mazda3's steering has got a lot heavier, though still usable.  I checked the fluid level and its within range (last serviced in Jan 16 at my local main dealer), and the dealership 'checked' it when I had the clutch replaced a few weeks ago and couldn't find any
• Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI Bluemotion - Car Giant AA Warranty on Passat 25 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I bought a 2012 62 Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI S Bluemotion from Car Giant back in September 2015. Seemed a very good deal at the time and i even went a 1 year warranty with the AA through Car Giant for what they assured me was able to cover everything (a few lies put in there). Within
• Subaru Legacy/Outback - grey importing 21 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  not apply to a plod car...for life...is this so? because it seems too good to be true, and i suspect our tax gatherers, who need to keep the country solvent'ish for as long as possible..:-) well at least until all the referendum(s) are over, would soon be on this.
• Citroen Relay - Van Smoking Heavily! Please help 19 May 2015 (Forum)
  . 1- Could it be a duff injector/s overfueling? but then why the blueish tinge? The Ohms reading accross the injectors are the same, However, upon unplugging the No3 Injector (whilst the van is still misfiring) the engine tone remains unchanged. When the engines idle returns to normal (once warm
• Ford Focus Mk1.5 - Leak dilema 18 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  I have an 03 plate Focus which has a pretty severe [rain] water ingress problem. Water is entering far up in the n/s/f passenger footwell (under the dashboard). When I say entering, I really mean it, as the carpets and under felt are soaked along the nearside. I replaced the pollen filter
• Volvo XC90 - credit car hire- solicitors and court problems 19 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  . a couple of days later the police released my caravan which i had to collect from their compound in S wales. My insurance company could only provide small coutesy car and only when mine was recovered to their accident centre, I obtained insurance details of the 3rd part from the police and contacted his
• Use of fogs - question replied to by Honest John 16 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves. When it's raining, approaching a car with its front fog lights on can dazzle you, but the effect is far worse coming up behind a car with its rear fog(s) on, even when it's dry - at worst, you can be nearly
• Mazda 6 - 06 plate 2.0 TS - Mazda 6 - DPF help :( 27 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  !  mazda agree with this and will cover the charges for parts and labour wahoooo :), HOWEVER mazda think that seeing as the car has only done 20k since the last new DPF they  think its a problem with injectors which cost about £600+ each and there are 4 of them little b*****s
• Car for commuting 13 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  roads, 4 miles motorway which is usually conjested, then the rest on a 60mph dual carriageway but the last mile or two is stop-start. The mpg is best on the country roads and the computer rarely dips below 50 and often shows a lot more but as soon as I hit traffic then it drops into the 40's and in stop