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• VW Passat 1.9 tdi 2002 estate. - “Rattle” noise from automatic Passat gearbox 2 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  I have owned my car for a few months and it has been working Okay. I seldom have used the trip tronic side of the automatic gearbox. (But it works fine
• FIAT Ulysse II (2003 - ) - 2.2HDi FAP problems (never get one everybody) 18 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I posted on this site about 3 months ago when my cars engine blew its brains out about 200 metres away from the dealer who said it would be fine to drive. Anyway, having spent a fortune on new Engine, Turbo, 4 injectors, intercooler, clutch and all associated deisel pipes as well as labour from
• Suzuki Swift - Bought used car, having issues and need advice! 26 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  it through an MOT. Dangerous defects - Brake pads less than 1.5mm, Handbrake eff' less than 50% Major Defects - Both front suspension arm pins/bushes worn, parking break inoperative on nearside and offside rear. Work was done by the garage who MOT'd initially and then passed it once
• Car park bump - any advice re Ins? 28 May 2003 (Forum)
  ? What if the cost is more than the estimate?) All the best, Glen Details: J reg Honda Civic Saloon, good condition for age, low rust. Insured for 750 pounds, comprehensive, 0 no claims bonus (new driver), no protected discount. Bump: My car was hit while unattended in a car park. A witness saw
• Jaguar x type 2.0 ltr D. - Engine cuts out when driving / turning right 16 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  at the end of  july this year. The car was driving fine mostly local journeys. Then i was driving the dorset at the end of August for our holiday. We had driven about 50 miles along the motorway when the car lost power but was still running. I came off at the next junction and stop the car in a car park
• Focus 2016 1.5tdci Estate 120 - What is happening here? 3 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  event but certainly 65°C or a little over, was parked in the shade, engine off for minimum 2 hours, and again no key in ignition. It was very quiet in this location so I definitely know there was a period when nothing was happening.The main difference to this event is that at least the back door
• Struggling on which used car to buy next 28 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  are: - The low windows in the back means my children get a good view out and motion sickness has all but disappeared - very important as they used to hurl everywhere. - I live in a town, Lewes, where parking is hard and the short length of the Picasso - 4.2M - is helpful - The engine size - the car is 95% used
• VW Passat TDI 2001 - Starting Problem 25 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  later and second new HG and new oil cooler the car was back on the road and working fine. Last Sunday having had the car back from the garage for just over a week I drove to Birmingham from Northants on the motorway with no probs at all,parked the car for 8 hours and when I then tried to start
• Ford Focus - Ford Focus intermittent electrical failure 14 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  and alternator charge light (I think) came on, but again cleared. Several journeys later, now dark, lights on and heater blowing, my wife stopped in a car park and as she went to switch off there was a 'click' and all power disappeared - 100% no electricty, not even the red flashing light on the dash
• vauxhall vectra 2005 2.2 petrol - fuel problem (i think) 13 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  and it was fine no problems at all, parked up over night went to go to work the next morning and it wouldnt start straight away like normal, when you go to start it takes a while turning it over then it will fill like its starting and you stop the starter motor and then it takes about 10-15 seconds to get up
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol - Help astra cuts out and splutters 22 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  Hi all in abit stuck ive got a Vauxhall astra g mk4 1.8 16v about 4week ago I stupidly drove through some deep water up to my head lights no water got in the air filter the car drove fine afterwards an hour later I parked it up for the night the next day it all started when I drop my clutch not all
• Motoring glass - scrape rub scratch 14 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Glass.. windscreens, side and rear windows - more expensive year by year. Exposed there, to the elements - blasted by high speed grit in the outer lane, bombarded with fine sand from the Sahara and scraped... grit resting on parked wiper rubbers - just waiting. Not Cinderallas glass slipper
• Mk3 Golf GTi fuel/stalling problems 28 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  , and noticed the fuel gauge rapidly decreasing. Naturally i pulled over at the next safest place. Looked around for a fuel leak none everything was fine, so i carried onto work. Later in the day went out in the car had done approx 30miles and the fuel gauge is now showing 3/4 tank which was about right
• Yet another "senior moment" 20 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  ? Rear drum brake? That's more retro than any Harley. Not to mention more bits to go wrong. When I parked it up in the car port this a.m. I swear I could hear our two Harleys sniffing with disdain. Somehow I felt guilty of infidelity. My partner also seems to feel I've the side down somehow. She hasn't
• I need help choosing a car 23 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  years ago. It's been fine, but now we have two kids (3 and 1y) and I want something different. Trouble is, I'm not sure what it is I need. More space would be nice, but we live in London so it's only justfied for the odd long trip, maybe once a month. Safety is the other main thing, I want a a vehicle
• Motoring documents 11 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  in correctly and you keep the letter that the dvla send you. Again I know of someone else having a nightmare at the moment with parking tickets from a car they sold. 5. Road tax and insurance are easily kept up to date as you get sent a reminder, no such thing for the MOT which is easily forgotten. All
• Insurance companies Fighting your corner 12 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all Last month my car was written off. As i waited behind a parked car (two thirds of the front of my car was behind it)for the oncoming car to pass i saw to my horror that the car swerved from its original course(opposite side of the road) straight into my car at about 25-30mph without
• Weekend observations 7 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  into the sunset, with fine in tow. Just after roadworks on Thelwall Viaduct (another SPECS hotspot) a totally different approach to mobile speed traps. A very obvious white police van park on bridge, with "Mobile Speed Safety Van" in mile high letters on the side of it, along with speed camera symbols. Commanded
• Volkswagen Bora - Bora TDi PD turbo problems 19 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  First a little background. We have a 2003/03 Bora Tdi PD 130 Sport. It is a rare spec car with a 5 speed "tiptronic" auto gearbox ( it's an awful box if i'm honest ), factory parking sensors and factory xenon headlights. WE bought the car at 2 years old with 60k on the clock
• Right to Silence court case Monday, and publicity 23 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  matters.......... The case took 90 minutes instead of the anticipated 30, not a problem as the court had set aside the entire day for the hearing despite our pointing out that this was unecessary! We were told in advance that the normal fine for would be similar to that for the speeding offence