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• New family SUV required 11 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  Hi Guys / Girls Another advice topic, sorry! I’m after a general car for towing the family around in, myself my partner and my little girl and hopefully another one on the way soon. I work one day in the office (140 mile round trip mainly motorway miles) every week and then 4 days at home
• Tailgating while overtaking 18 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  This evening on the way home I was following a car and a horse box towed by a Land Rover. I overtook the car and was tailgated during the overtake by a muppet in a high end BMW. I pulled in behind the horse box. A few minutes later I overtook the horse box, and as before I was tailgated by the BMW
• VW Tiguan 2.0TDI - Expensive engine failure! 22 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  My Jan 2010 Tiguan suddenly lost all engine power (scary) and had to be towed by RAC to VW service dealer. Outcome was that the v-belt had partly "shredded" and a length of severed belt had whipped the cambelt, and knocked the timing out. Result - irreperable damage to the engine, and turbo
• Mazda CX7 - Complete engine failure - Happy new year - NOT 17 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  On Christmas Eve past (on the way home from church) I heard a load ‘tapping’ sound and I immediately freewheeled to a stop over about 300 meters.  Before I came to a standstill the engine cut out completely.  Between Christmas and New Year I towed the car back to the local dealer
• Astra Elite 1.6v - Automatic gearbox 6 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  pressure in the gear box due to low oil. My car had to get towed to a garage and they have just informed me that I need a new automatic gearbox and torque converter and that the cost would be £2600 (for reconditioned parts). I took out an extened warranty (a big con) when I bought the car two
• Dogma 23 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  create a problem but manually locking a low ratio provides compression braking to enhance flexibility and braking control, particularly when towing a trailer/caravan. Conversely, when ascending a steep hill, manually locking a ratio may also provide better control and improve smoothness if the vehicle
• Luton meet and greet valet parking crashed my car 11 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  We used a Luton meet and greet valet parking at Luton airport recently. They took nearly an hour to return our car on what's promised as a 10 minute service. It was late at night and with 3 small kids in tow we got in and drove home immediately. I noticed new bad damage to my front bumper and light
• Picasso 2.0HDI (2002) - Clutch vibration/tremor 28 May 2014 (Forum)
   who has had a similar experience and can suggest the simplist and cheapest possiblities first. The clutch does not apparently slip, and last weekend I even reluctantly towed a bogged in VW Transporter out of a ditch without problem and then drove the 300 miles home, so there seems to be some
• Volkswagen Sharan - Sharan overheating 29 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  overheating, any way calked aa had to be towed away next day in my local garage mechanic found that thermostat had holes drilled in it so we replace it with new one I will get straight to point New thermostat Water pump and timing belt New expansion bottle with cap Fresh anti freeze He said he also
• Peugeot 2.2 Diesel - Runaway Peugeot 2.2 Diesel 20 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  started to runaway at absolute max revs - very black smoke Let out the clutch in gear and stopped it after max 2-3 secs (FRIGHTENING!) all the above happened in less than 1 minute, no warning lights showed. Towed to Garage! in the garage: the EGR valve is showing
• Citroen - 2004 2.0 hdi Snapped cambelt at 61,500miles 24 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Hi all. I bought my Citroen C8 2.0 HDI LX on the 1st May this year - 5 months ago. Last week at 61,500 odd miles the cambelt snapped on the motorway. I had the car towed to a main dealer where they were 99% sure of cambelt failure but they would have to remove the engine to see for sure. 2 days
• Ford Mondeo estate 2006 Tdci 130 - Mondeo diesel - smoke on startup 26 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  2-litre Tdci, 47k miles, mixed use including local, long motorway trips and towing. The car was serviced by the book until about 4 years old, and annually since then. All done by local Ford dealer. Last service a month ago. Car starts first time and runs well, with plenty of power and nicely
• Vauxhall Vectra B - Vectra diesel diagnosing injector seals 18 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  , jumping it from another car. Then I towed the car so it was facing downhill, tried turning it over for another. 2-3 minutes and it started. The issue now is that I'm not sure if it is 100% fixed. I don't want to be away from home and find it won't start. When I Changed the leak off pipes
• Audi A3 + S3 (1996 - 2001) - 2000 1.8T - Shuddering/misfiring - Help! 23 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi there, Need somem urgent help to try and calm me down a bit, if you could? On the way home last night my A3 (2000, 53k) started "Shudderring" and losing power. I made it home and called the AA in. They said Coilpack and towed me to a local garage. The car was ran through the computer
• Q7di Q7 - 4x4 choices 3 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  need any major towing capability. A mini bus (MPV) is not really an option, but a consideration against over-priced, over-rated 4x4s that will not be used to their true potential. I would appreciate any opinions on cars, comparisons and encourage constructive debate on the points I made, both
• Volkswagen Golf IV - VW Golf oil leak - new engine?? 25 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  -10 and snowing! I went back to my car after 15 minutes and found a huge pool of oil under it, popped the bonnet to find oil had also come out of the dipstick and there was no oil left.  It was towed to a garage and I was told it had an oil leak around the pump area and that the engine
• Chrysler Voyager (1997 - 2001) - 99 2.4 Car won't start - Immobiliser problem?? 13 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi Where do I start! We bought a Grand Voyager 1999 2.4 diesel around 8 weeks ago. Since driving it home from Leeds (roughly 30 miles) we have not been able to drive/start it. We have had the RAC out to it, they couldn't get it to start and towed it home. We then called an auto-electrician who has
• Mitsubishi ASX - Head or Heart. Diesel or petrol 4 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  petrol enough? I only need 2wd. Realistically except on annual holidays the car will mostly contains 1 person or sometimes 2 and we don't tow anything so perhaps I am being greedy. I like the thrust my 2.0HDI Peugeot has now. Could someone out there with a 1.6 petrol reassure me
• Vauxhall Zafira 05 - 2.2 SRi 16v Petrol - Urgent Help Required - Zafira is tottaly dead. 11 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  is displayed on the Radio Console.  The mechanic has told me that the auto electrician has had is TECH 2 Laptop on it and it is not detecting anything its dead. He has told me he needs to tow it to the electricians so that it can be put on the more powerful TECH 2 machine. I am now very
• ford mondeo 03 2ltr diesel automatic - glow plug warning light flashing 4 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  hi, im after any suggestions of what to try next....i have just changed the camshaft position sensor, as suggested by many people as a potential resolution, which has helped - i was towed home last week as i couldnt go more than 100ft with out the light coming back on, but as soon as i