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• Citroen Xantia Turbo Diesel 1.9l - Sealed-for-life battey 28 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  A new (6 months old) battery twice failed to provide enough power to start the car when it was very hot.       The first time was when I had filled up after 2 hours of towing a caravan, - on a hot day.   Eventually battery recovered enough to start after disconnecting caravan
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 99 2.0 HDI engine warning light ,not revving 18 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  with a hammer but that didnt work and he ended up towing it to a local peugeot specialist who looked and said it was just the connections to the camshaft sensor that he cleaned up and also the No1 injector wire aswell and charged me lots of money for doing so. the day after the battery completely died so I
• Peugeot 306 1.9DT - 306 DT - will NOT start 15 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  A little short on ideas so would appreciate any advice. On sunday the auxillary fanbelt slipped off, due to the smaller of the two tensioners becoming somehow wonky.  I realised this was no big deal but still had it towed to a local garage to have the pulley and belt replaced
• 2001 passat tdi 130 133k - passat tdi130 heaters going hot n cold overheating 8 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  had to tow my friends discovery  a few miles which broke down, when i got back in it to go home the temp needle was around 110oc  i have never seen it over 90oc while driving home i put the heaters on warm to get the temp down but it fluctuated between 90 and 110, when the temp
• Vauxhall Astra H - Compensation for breakdown within six months of pu 20 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  In February, I bought my son an 06 registered Astra 1.9CDTi 16v SRi from a local garage.  Earlier today, he went on holiday in it to France, and on the way broke down on the French motorway system.  He called out a local breakdown garage and was towed to their premises where a faulty
• 9 points all in one go ? 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  . That wasn't all, he was towing a 4 wheel trailer...the type you'd carry a small excavator on ! It didn't look happy, bouncing up and down! No police around, of course. Do these people know the law or do they just blunder dangerously along without a clue as to what they're doing ? Or just don't they care ? I
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 00 1.6 Engine goosed. 4 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  My son has an Astra... It's a 1600, 16V, Ecotech sports manual. W reg. It froze up...he didn't check the coolant. I think he must have tried to tow start it, thinking it was just the starter clicking or battery flat. It seems certain the belt has slipped, because the valves are broken and some
• Citroen C4 (2004 - ) - 09 1.6 Fitting a towbar - "Trailer Stability Progr 30 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  , this is expensive. A local towbar specialist will to the job for a third of the price, but he tells he will fit a relay to by-pass the car's CANBus and everything will be fine. Whom do I believe? I assume Citroën have actually gone to the trouble of recognising that a car behaves differently when towing a 5m
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - Bringing Portuguese Corsa to UK 3 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  to change over the lights, complete any other modifications necessary, and then go through the process for registering it in the UK. Is our only option a tow truck? That's very expensive. Does anyone know if its likely we'll be physically stopped from driving it at the port or what punishment we risk if we
• Cars parked blocking my drive 27 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  in the morning - noise would certainly annoy me if trying to sleep. Despite constantly asking the neighbour to show some consideration - he'll move the car when asked but early in the morning - I would be wasting my time to knock/ask. Question being - the van is fitted with a tow bar and no rear windows. I must
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.6 Crankshaft pulley bolt failure 25 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  pump pulley hanging loose. Took the car back to the garage ( a trusted independent) who apologised and tightened them all up for me. Then.... 5 days later, starting the car up on the drive, a big noise and a clunk.....I am not a happy chappy at at all. Towed back to the garage - and he didn't look
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - 02 1.5 Wrong fuel in my diesel car!!!! 20 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  IN MY CLIO DIESEL! I was annoyed ! Damn! how could I have ever been so stupid! Damn phone! I got so distracted that I have put wrong kind of fuel in my car! I had to call for my car to be towed away and they will have to pump out remaining petrol. So I have some questions... Can
• Volkswagen Golf V R32 (2005 - ) - 06 3.2 dual mass flywheel problem 10 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I own a R32 Volkswagen bought from new. Just two years old and done 29,000 miles. This weekend without any previous warning it wouldnt get in to any gear. The car was towed to VW for investigation and repair. VW now say the problem is not a warranty (60k miles/3 years) covered item as it is due
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - warranty claim in England for breakdown in France. 22 May 2009 (Forum)
  a tow to a Citroen garage. There they told us that the battery was dead and we needed a new one, we said that it's under warranty but they said no. Eventually we had to buy a new one for 156e. But, we took the old one with us to UK. Trouble is can't get refund from Citroen. Had to take battery to UK
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2002 Diesel problem - glowplug light flashes 11 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I am at my witts end, I have a ford focus 2002 diesal, I love my car, Its been very reliable, however about a month ago I was driving up the lane and it cut out!! Just like that, It wouldnt start again for love or money. I had it towed home, changed the fuel filter and tryed again. I turn
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 00 2.8 Suspect blown head gasket 6 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  split/cracked, he then towed me home. Is there anyway a mechanic will be able to diagnose this as the definite cause before taking my engine to pieces? Prior to this I have had no probems, no loss of power or anything, I did however add some antifreeze to the radiator yesterday and was wondering
• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - 04 1.8auto - lacking power. 3 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have had my car check by two garagers one was my local garage and one was Nissan dealer. My car a few days ago is laking in power almost like I am towing something. It pulls ok from 0.30 ish ok but affter that when you start to notices the power loss,on a long stright road I can get the car
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0tddi - no fuel in filter 31 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  and finaly cut out and would not start again,i had the car towed home and was told it may be fuel filter blocked and may needed changing ,so went bought new filter took old filter off and noticed there was no fuel in it,so before i put the new filter on i filled it with diesel connected everything back up
• Toyota RAV 4 (2000 - 2006) - Deal or no deal? 20 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  , and it looks fine to me. Spec is 2.0TD, 55plate, 59k miles, 1 owner from new with main dealer FSH, 5 door XTR with heated leather seats, and recently fitted Witter tow bar (not yet used!!). She has offered it to me at the p/ex price of £6k, and in addition will have a 62k service (with new cambelt)and 2 new
• Nissan Patrol (1992 - ) - Watsit worth, guv ?? 26 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  open from outside , worn boot carpet, intermittent passenger electric window etc . But it's in gunmetal grey metallic, and on a rainy day looks almost macho . It never fails to start and has done a genuine 98000 miles from new with no towing . I owned it Ist from 1998 and then eventually sold