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• Nissan X-Trail - Possible Purchase - Advice 28 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  the petrol ones. Also it seems that the petrol 2.0L gets the same mpg as the 2.5L, which seems odd to me. I won't be using it for towing but as a normal road car/load lugger with the off road capabilities for times when the weather is similar to recent as I will be living in the countryside/just out
• 2 litre v6 - jaguar x type 2 litre v6 2 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  hi there, i have just joined  this site, hope someone out there in the big bad world  can help me.  i have a v6 xtype, 2litre petrol, o3 plate and i had some fuel from a garage  the other day  and  with in 30 miles  it broke down,  200 quid later ( tow
• BMW Service 3 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  in tow to be told \"oh no you have not booked a courtesy car - we don\'t have a car available\". I threw the toys out of the pram (on the phone) - major wobbly. Suddenly they say \"oh a car has just become available\". The guy then starts saying I don\'t know what has gone wrong you are not booked
• Subaru Legacy 2.5 (2005) - Crankshaft aux-belt drive pulley disintegrated 1 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi   Just been towed by the AA to my local Subaru Dealer as my aux drive belt broke..... Unfortunately the crankshaft pulley that drives it apears to have  disntegrated -I assume throwing off/breakig the belt. Pulley  seems to be a "Sandwich
• pug 307 52 plate - ecu fault 22 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  hi there wondered if somone can be of help... saturday the battery somehow disconnected on our car after a little wiggle it came back onbut when we went to turn car over it wouldnt start.. called breakdown out they advised the immobiliser wasnt reading the fob chip so towed us home... called
• nissan x-Trail 2002 - oil pump failure 2 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  service(we live in australia) ... they checked said il levels, which were showing  full on the dipstick.. towed in to mechanics.. his first  impression is that is  oil pump  not  working , our problem is being  a side to side motor looking at $1000 to pull it  down just
• Audi A6 Avant - overheated clutch , audi will not repair/replace 18 May 2011 (Forum)
  to the bottom and call audi assist. They ended up towing me home and Audi collected the next day. The car was drivable again by then, but tthe clutch didnt feel right. Audi have inspected it and said  the clutch has burned out through overheating and therefore will not be replaced under warranty. I am
• Mazda 3 ts2 2.0d 2008 - Sump oil rising fast 14 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  The car has done 36k and is under so-called warranty. Last month it was towed into a Mazda main dealer with the sump oil level very high, loss of power, uneven idle, and run-on after switch off (no dash warnings).  The dealer reconfigured the injectors, made a service update
• Volvo V70 / Saab 9-5 estate - What estate for under £3k? 19 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  afford for anything major to fail.   So it's time to think about possible replacements. The criteria: - Capacity. Got to be an estate, so that's that. - Hills: I live in a very hilly area, so the torque of a diesel is really useful. But I don't tow anything and only do
• Alfa Romeo jts - Engine Failure on approved car 27 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  on the overrun, and was taken straight to the dealer (towed not driven.) The fault is defiantly internal, and the bill is already fairly substantial just finding out what is wrong with it :( I'm worried about the warranty covering any repairs on the car (I dont trust it for some reason
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 98 1.6 gti starting runing problems please help 12 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  - very erratic, then stalled when accelerator pressed. Towed home, have now replaced; Coolant temperature sensor. Engine starts, then cuts out almost instantly. Please help, Adrian. {Post amended to substitute the 'txt / MSN' language for proper words}
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 99 2.0 HDi Auto Diagnosis Light 10 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  -incidence but I had filled up at a supermarket about 20 mins before the AD light came on. I have read that supermarket fuels are not as good - is this true or fuel snobbery? I am not that bothered about the car being in limp mode but am towing a caravan in about 8 weeks and wouldn't mind having the power
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 95 1.2 Engine wont start after engine swap 27 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  of this forum and the king lead sparks i have tried towing the car off but nothing any ideas would be appreciated, cant afford to take it to garage as on the old dole and parents need it off their drive thanks in advance
• Citroen C3 (2002 - 2009) - 05 1.4 My C3 is immobilised!!! 15 May 2009 (Forum)
  Hi- I'm new and desperatley seeking a solution I hope you can help me, I'm very depressed. A week ago my Citroen C3 (2005) diesel wouldn't start. The immobiliser was preventing it. I had it towed to the local garage who plugged in the ECU to the computer but it wouldn't/couldn't read
• Mercedes Benz Vito 123 kombi (2005 - ) - 2001 110CDi - Starting Problems 16 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  that the van will start then if I turn it off and try to start again it will turn over but not fire!! If I take the van on a run and get it warm it does start. This morning I got up tried to start it and no chance (it wouldnt even fire when my brother in law towed me!!) Anyone got any ideas please please
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 95 1.8 - Cuts out. Could it be the fuel relay? 4 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  to the conclusion that it was a relay but he couldn't tell me which (I didn't know there was more than one - actually the whole thing is new to me!). I ended up being towed home and here it sits. If anyone could shed any light on this I would be eternally grateful.
• Renault Megane II (2002 - 2008) - 03 1.9 dci electrical fault after jump-start. 14 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  reved his car and mine cut out and came out and displayed a msg 'electrical fault'. I had to have the car towed home. It is completely dead but lights, cd player, locks all work fine (although a message also at the time stated auto lights fault. I do not have the cash to take the car to the main dealers
• Isuzu - NQR lorry - Sparks from battery when starting 21 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  ? There are signs of heat on the neg terminal that wasn't there last week. Terminal connections are tight and good as is the connection from earth strap to the body. I'm guessing there could be some kind of short with the starter motor? Starter relay? Really grateful for any ideas as it's too big to tow
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 2004 / 1.8 Zetec - Oil Loss. Advice Needed. 8 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  with the breathing system i think? Either way i still have the problem. It doesnt appear to be leaking so the oil is going somewhere? Doesn't really seem to be too smokey either? But it uses lots of oil especially at long distance motorway cruising speeds or when i'm towing my caravan.....My mechanic spoke to two
• Pulling over or leaving a gap 19 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  have done about 15 miles! How much collective time was wasted? What was the knock on effect in congestion terms? All because the driver could be bothered to pull over for perhaps a minute in every 10 to let some vehicles past. On the return I was following two cars both towing caravans, they were