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• Buying Hawkeye's new car 3 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  about centrally placed instruments firmly to bed. What may interest you is a sketch of the buying process. My starting point was wanting an MPV with more than 5 seats, heavy enought to tow our caravan and having an 8-year old Citroen Synergie and a 3-year old Mercedes c180 to part-ex and about £4K
• Renault Clio - TPW Not Available error message with new tyre 28 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  Hi there, I just had the misfortune of blowing a tyre on a pot hole at 2am. RAC quoted up to 4 hours just to tow me home, so after the tyre repair kit failed, I got a 24 hour mobile tyre replacement service out. After replacement the tyre pressure warning wouldn’t go away, and eventually
• Volvo C30 - Pat (Eolys) Fluid 10 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  an engine system warning light come on and then the car died while out driving. I towed it to the local garage where they investigated and showed me what they believe to be the issue. The diesel they removed from the car was a deep yellow/orange, so they think that the Pat fluid is not mixing
• Ship carrying Porche's & VW's on fire in Atlantic. 20 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  "BERLIN/LISBON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday. Lithium
• Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - What to do about car broken down/now restarting? 17 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  it was turning over. I called the RAC who first thought it was a fuel problem, then the on-board computer, couldn't fix it so we had to get a tow truck. Finally, when the car was delivered onto our street on Saturday night, it started as normal and didnt' cut out, and it's done the same this morning (though I've
• Which vehicle quandary 31 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  Hello, first post here.  What vehicle would people suggest suits this profile please. 2 children and a dog Job is agriculture and recycling with lots of 4x4 work and towing to be completed.  Whatever it is must double up as a work vehicle but also be fine
• Mercedes A Class Diesel 2.125cc Engine. - Engine failue 6 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  with MB end of Jan 2020. Car was towed back to my MB maindealer for investigation/repair, just prior to their enforced closure, workshop comment was that the engine was terminal.... At just 50k miles and a full MB Service history what level of assistance in terms of £contribution can
• Ford Focus 2011 - Towbar- missing 17 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Recently purchased my focus second hand from my local car dealer,upon checking through the paper work at home I discovered that a tow bar has been fitted which was a bonus as I planned to put one on anyway- however I've been unable to find the detachable swan neck bar which should have been
• Pick Up Insurance - commercial vehicle?? 10 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  the sump, get towed out of a mess etc. in the VW. So one phone call to insurance company later "sorry sir this is a commercial vehicle we don't insure them". He was paying about £400 fully comp for the VW , he's rang around a few companies who state the same - "commercial vehicle sir" and are saying
• Jaguar XFR 2011 - Jag XFR Needs New Fuel Injector(s) Post Re-Fuel 11 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  blowing out smoke and smelling. It was towed to our local (Hampshire) dealer yesterday. Today we learn that it needs at least one new injector (£1014 all in), possibly 2 or 3 (up to £1800). We have
• 02 plate Ford Focus 1.8TDCI - Ford Focus TDCI Starting problem 14 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  came out and towed me home stating it was probably the fuel pump or injectors. The next morning I managed to drive the car to my brothers house and once again the engine died. It now won't start at all. Does anyone have any ideas what the fault is likely to be. Having done some research some people
• Nissan Pathfinder 2.5DCI 171 Sport 2009 - Clutch or DMF problems 5 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I purchased my 2.5dci 171 Pathfinder Sport in March 2015 from a local dealer. 6 months later the clutch went, the vehicle did have a tow bar so I put it down to bad luck, the garage would not pay towards the replacement and were in no way apologetic. They told me I must have a new
• Peugeot 1.9D 1997 non turbo no abs manual gbox - peugeot 1.9D engine fail 2 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  not going to fire up. This feels like a write-off but it is beyond my experience... i generally get my old cars through the MOTs but only go as far as welding/ suspention/ brakes, that kind of stuff... If anyone can give a hint as to where to start looking or if I should just tow
• VW Golf mark VI 1.6TDI - Lost engine power on motorway! 29 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  the breakdown services. The car would not re-start. Fuel tank still 2/3 full. Got a tow home. Tomorrow, when the garages open, I will have to take it in. But what could have caused all this ? The car is from October 2009, and has just 59K miles on the clock - mainly motorway driving. This is the first serious
• vauxhall vectra 2.2 direct petrol - timing belt? 10 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  and it wouldnt start. Green flag came out to it couldnt get it goung so towed it home as no one open to look at it. On monday aa came out to it he said it was flooded and got it going I took it to garage who checked it over and put it on diagnostics but all clear had it back tues. It then ran great until thurs
• Vauxhall Vectra C 2.2 direct petrol - timing belt? 10 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  and it wouldnt start. Green flag came out to it couldnt get it goung so towed it home as no one open to look at it. On monday aa came out to it he said it was flooded and got it going I took it to garage who checked it over and put it on diagnostics but all clear had it back tues. It then ran great until thurs
• Renault Clio II - Renault Clio 11 (yr 2000) wont start also......... 15 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Has anyone got any ideas please? Really can't afford to get it towed and looked at by a garage
• VW Tiguan Escape - Disagreement with VW and dealership 3 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  customer care, now the dealership is saying, " Oh we can just do the damper for £450." VW would also chip in half.  to reduce it to £225. We don't have a rough lane, rarely if ever go offroad, got a quad and Ford Ranger for that, and it has no tow bar. Am feeling decidedly
• Audi A1 Sportback - AUDI A1 1.6TDI 105 BHP FAILS TO START OR RUN 15 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  the  car could not idle at traffic lights and stalled. I could not get thye car restarted and so called out Audi Assist. They checked the car and also were stumped as there were no fault codes and the system fuel pressure indicated no problems on diagnostics. The car was towed to Lomond Audi in Glasgow who
• Ford Focus Zetec - Has my Ford Garage been negligent? 10 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  I have a 10yr Ford Focus Zetec which has been annually serviced at the same Ford garage for the last 9 years. It has 76,000 miles on the clock. It's just broken down and the AA came out and said the cam belt was broken and may have caused other damage. The AA towed it to the Ford garage who have