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• Xantia Estate 22 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  seems sensitive to the engine revs - i.e. at tick-over in traffic its not very cold, but driving along its fine. Should I worry ? I'm likely to have the car for about 4 weeks, so if it won't break in that time, I don't care. Since I drove it, and parked it, for the first time last night, why don't
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  Can I use my Category N write off on the road again? 17 Apr 2024 (Ask HJ)
  Can I still drive my Cat N car? My car was hit by a police car while it was parked and after 4 months of trying to get them to repair it their insurance...
• Renault Megane 99/T - Central locking not listening..? 25 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  Apologies for the long story for context. Pierre needed to be parked up after a water leak (sunroof drains blocked).  Everything was fine apart from the small lake in the rear footwell... so we had the carpet out, left it to dry out with the rice and newspaper etc. While
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  Current pun 9 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2000X BMW 530D estate, which my father had owned from nearly new. Over the past 8 months it has developed an intermittent battery drain fault...
• Off to Spain this summer? A couple of reminders. 22 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  Beware that summer is a great season for collecting fines from errant motorists, and Spain and the UK not only allow licence exchanges (recently reintroduced) but also exchange driver data so that fines can be pursued. There are fixed and mobile cameras aplenty, and even traffic police
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - Clunking Noise 17 May 2020 (Forum)
  Hello. I have a Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 petrol 2010 plate. In April i noticed a clunk whenever i steered moderately/ hard to the right, ie slow speed turning and parking. To my untrained ear it sounded like the driver-side suspension. I took the car to a garage
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - Clunking Noise 18 May 2019 (Forum)
  Hello. I have a Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 petrol 2010 plate. In April i noticed a clunk whenever i steered moderately/ hard to the right,  ie slow speed turning and parking. To my untrained ear it sounded like the driver-side suspension. I took the car
• Renault Clio - Handbrake loose - caused by 'repairs' garage 29 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  on the clutch and go past biting point the car easily moves in 1st or reverse.  This all changed in just 6 days out of my view...   I had a crash where my handbrake was on and I was hit from behind.  The car seemed fine and I had no issues.  Car was taken away on insurance
• Ford Mondeo - Ford Mondeo Gearbox fault 20 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, I stupidly brought a car from carcraft...i know... Was driving along went to drop from 3rd to 2nd at a junction lost power, 1st and 2nd gear nothing happens its like i have the car in neutral. 3rd 4th 5th 6th and reverse are all fine. Mechanic who came out to me said
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0 Strange Judder ????? 12 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Just brought my 2.0 tddi mondeo from an auction. Didnt pay too much for it. I got in it, it started fine and the idle sat fine (it was quite smokey but i put this down to being a deisel). I then took it for a little drive, now i have never had one of these before so dont actually know how much
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.4 Engine Warning Light (Engine emissions ligh 13 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 2001 VW Polo 1.4 16v, Much as I adore driving the thing, over recent months, we've fallen out. The engine warning (emissions) light first came on over a year ago, but at random intervals and it still drove fine. However, from September onwards, the car will occasionally stall whilst
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 96 1.4 (8v) Failure to start after running fine - 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  at it intermettently. They reckon it was caused by a battery not at its peak (unlikely as it's only about a year old), and found some fault codes in the ECU which they cleared & it was then OK. Similar thing happened on saturday - wouldn't restart after being parked for 5 minutes. Turned over fine but wouldn't fire
• Cloning! Caught the PFD 3 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  that the fines could not possibly belong to them, and they\'ve had to cough up hundreds of rands in fines. On Monday, when Alexander spotted the Uno, she \"just decided to follow it\". She followed the ... driver parked at the top end of Buitengracht Street. She said she immediately called her husband, Vincent
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  Spring breaks 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst driving my BMW 318 along Boundary Lane in Congleton, there was, as I drove over one of the 11 sets of totally unnecessary speed humps in 1,200 yards,...
• Mazda 3 - Car not starting. Please Help! 10 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  I have a 2005 Mazda 3 as a 1.6 petrol with 90k on the clock. The car has a full service history and has literally just been through a full service and MOT. I had a new battery fitted around 3 months ago, so I know the battery is fine. So I was out yesterday at the park. I go
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  How can I stop the suction mount of my dash cam falling off? 30 Apr 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I have a windscreen suction mount on my dash cam. It works fine on cloudy days however when the car is parked up with sunshine beating down on the windscreen...
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  Benefits of upgrading my carburettor 17 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased a B reg Mercedes-Benz 190 2.0-litre carburetter model with only 26,000 genuine miles and have since done another 15,000. Everything...
• SEAT Leon - Please HELP!! Leon MK1 TDI (109 bhp) not starting 10 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi,   I parked my car in fine working order a couple of weeks ago and a week later I tried to start it and it wouldn't turn up. There was nothing happening when I tried to turn it on, no sound, no noise. The lights on the dash were still coming on fine and battery seemed
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  Used York 2 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  We propose to buy a second hand car for our 23-year-old son after he has passed his test in the next couple of months. He lives in Leeds LS4 2HG and will...
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  I emailed the Minister for Transport, Philip Hammond, regarding car parking enforcement companies, and attach the transcript of my email. 23 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I thought it was time to launch a direct crusade against the car park vultures. I've sent the attached in an email to Philip Hammond, the Minister for...