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• Mercedes E270CDI - Ticking Like Clock ....when engine on and off??? 15 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  of power...foot down flat but only got to 30mph. After stopping and restarting all was fine. Now notice a loud intermittent ticking noise from engine - just like a clock - when i drive it. Last night the car made the same noise when switched off and parked on my drive. I've unplugged the battery to stop
• Volvo V70 01 Plate T5 2.3L - Throttle position sensor limp mode 10 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  for the ECU to force the car inro limp mode. We reset this and the car was fine. I drove back home but 2 miles later the error re-appeared. I popped into my local Bosch independant but the guy in know as not there. However when I returned to the car the fault had cleared itself, so I drove time, another
• 2003 Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec - Ford Focus steering knock 13 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  My Focus seems to have aquired a knock on the steering. I first noticed it when parking in a tight spot and having the steering on full right-hand lock and it knocked when it reached the 'stop'. Since then, I've noticed that the steering isn't as precise as it used to be and on checking
• Citroen Relay (04) HDI - Citroen Relay van power loss/diesel leak 5 May 2010 (Forum)
  in engine bay when parked (stops after a while). Dripping/running off front crossmember. Coincidentally (?) speedo stopped working recently too (suspect faulty/dirty gearbox sensor?) In neutral, with foot flat it doesn't get past 3000ish and has a muted stuttering sound. Sounds like some kind of starvation
• Drink-drive offence – invalidated insurance? 19 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  and was fined and disqualified from driving. I made an insurance claim and my company, Royal Sun Alliance, who subsequently wrote off my car and paid out, sending me a cheque. I did not tell them about
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 97 1.2 Door unlocking problems - please help! 5 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, I am having trouble unlocking my KA in both the driver and passenger door. The key fits in the lock but I am unable to turn it, it has slowly got worse to the point where it doesn;t move at all. At the moment I am having to get in through the boot, which works fine but is very embarrasing when
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 01 2.0 HDI Fuel pump/ immobiliser starting fault 7 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Hi My 306 has been intermittently not starting once parked & switched off, it didnt happen everytime just occasionally. This is happening every so often but only ever since my car got broken into, so 2 weeks later "today" the car was turning over fine but just wouldnt start so called RAC out
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 2004 2.2 cdti Shudderung on start up 1 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  ) and then car started to knock and shudder whilst in motion. She pulled over and after a few minutes all seemed well, except for the fact that the foot brake sounded like an air brake everytime she depressed it! By the time she arrived home, on parking it and turning the ignition off the foot brake had
• Speed hump muppets. 11 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The speed humps where you have 3 individual humps across the road seem to be getting more popular. These work fine when when the road is clear and you can drive over the hump on your side of the road, often without having to dip below the speed limit. The problem comes when there are parked cars
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2003 2.0DT - basil fawlty impressions..... 23 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  , stiop for 20-30 mins it takes 8-9 goes to re-start + I do a good 007 smoke screen impression.....Once warm its fine all day BUT if I go to use it after 3-4 HOURS PARKED the same fault is there . P.S. NO fault codes showing on 2 computers , and all servicing etc up to date
• Cit ZX Diesel smoke plume at start up 19 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi My Citroen ZX has been smoking like hell at start up, especially after not being started for a few hours. I can turn the key in the morning and literally a plume of white smoke will rise up and float over the house. Bit embarrassing in car parks too as it's the smokiest car I've ever seen TBH
• Audi 80 1995 2.0E, Which CV joint? 21 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Could you please help. I am sure a CV joint (perhaps joints) needs replacing as I am getting a distinct knocking noise on full lock whilst manoevering in the car park. Also a clattering/knocking noise on taking up drive and on the over run. I have looked under the car and the cv joint covers
• K reg Renault Clio - choke? 11 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I've got an old K reg (1991?) Clio RT that has just recently developed a problem. At the first cold snap in Sept I drove about 100 miles on motorway and then left the car for a few hours in a beach car park exposed to a cold wind. When I went to start it, it sparked up ok (sorry, don't know
• Astra alternator problems 9 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I had a recon. alternator fitted to my 1.7D Astra (Isuzu engine) at the week end. The relay in the footwell was changed and the wiring checked. However there seems to be a fluctuation in the output. I noticed yesterday that the rev counter was fine at 70 mph (approx 2700 revs) but at 40mph
• Scratched MGF paintwork. 8 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Catherine has a year old MGF Steptronic in Tahiti (dark) Blue. It is a well loved second car and when not in it's garage has covered only 3500 careful miles in west Scotland. Nearly every panel has fine, visible scratches in the laquer layer yet the car is rarely left unattended in a car park
• Old cars and the environment. 11 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  into account the greater efficiency of new engines. It's one of the arguments I use for not getting rid of my fourteen year old Peugeot 309. The old XU diesel is dirty in today's terms, but it's turning in an average of over 50mpg, cruises happily and quietly at 70-75 and I've known park benches less reliable
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  How can we respond to dispute a parking ticket issued by Shoal Enforcement in October? 12 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  BJW originally wrote: Just received a letter from Shoal Enforcement dated 11 Oct stating I have to pay the fine, bearing in mind that my car was parked...
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  Sept 2011 Golf - flat battery problem 12 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased a brand new Golf 1.4 TSI 5dr in Sept 2011 and have been very happy with it. When it was parked at home 2 days ago I noticed that both front...
• Nissan Note - Help needed - intermittent vehicle fault 26 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  in my works car park for ten hours and started fine when I came to leave at 1am this morning. I got around half a mile down the road when the car started to struggle going uphill on a dual carriageway
• Unlicenced car - help needed 10 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  parked it on a public road after my tax disk expired. I got a letter with the date of 04/09/08 from the DVLA informing me of this, plus a request to pay them £45 in the same letter. I subseqently wrote my car off on the 21/03/08. My thoughts on the matter is that: 1. Yes I was wrong not to get my car