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• Breakdown: 95(N) Rover 416i, 82k 27 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  hot for a few minutes then no heat at all. 2 miles from services, dark smoke starts to appear from exhaust. Oil pressure light starts flickering just as we get to exit slip road. Bad news indeed thinks I, engine cuts out at top of slip road. Highways Agency towed us into service area. No coolant
• New engine - who pays? 13 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  not the supplying dealer). At four years of age and 60k miles he recently bought an extended warranty from the servicing dealer. Last week, he cooked the engine. The main dealer to which it was towed (*not* the servicing dealer) has delivered its verdict. The radiator had apparently corroded to such a degree
• Astra 1.4 H reg - fuel pipe cut 3 May 2004 (Forum)
  spotted petrol pouring out from underneath the car. I managed to get the car home with a friend towing me. As a temporary repair I cut a small length of lamp cable that was slightly larger in diametre to the piping that connects the petrol tank to the engine, I then removed the 3 electrical cables
• SEAT problems 11 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  in the future. Am I the only one to think this is pretty poor? Is this the same reponse being given by others in the VW group? After excellent response from the AA under the SEAT assistance scheme, I was also disappointed to find from the dealer the car was towed to that this breakdown is not treated
• Civic Aerodeck immobiliser 7 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  of calling out the recovery service to tow my car to the nearest garage. This might be a conincidence, but the problem only started happening shortly after I had the rear box replaced on the exhaust, and I started using the car at weekends only about the same time too. Does anyone know if the Honda (Valeo
• Caravans are good news, apparently 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  on the road, like it or not. Until Mr Byers in his last 20 minutes of holding office makes caravan towing illegal during daylight, you will come across ever increasing numbers of caravans. Keep your cool, live and let live. If you are in the car 4 or 5 minutes longer than you anticipated over a 20 mile
• BMW 320 Touring 22 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  series without this problem, anyone else had this problem on the E36. I'd expect the body to last a long time, think maybe this particular car had been towing something heavy..possible tyre to wheel arch contact!? Any views on the infamous high bore wear on 6 cylinder bm's, how big a problem
• 1.2 VW Polo - Hire Car Misfuelling Incident 27 May 2013 (Forum)
  so I pulled over and switched the engine off immediately. Taking the filler cap off and smelling the tank, I could clearly smell diesel and not petrol. I called the assistance number for the car hire company and within an hour they had sent a tow truck and taxi to take me
• Hyundai Bayon - New car misfuel advice 16 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  another 150 miles, with no performance issues and very good mpg numbers... when the engine failed, got towed back to my local dealer, and they have diagnosed a misfuel (diesel in petrol tank). I have a receipt to say I filled up with petrol, dealer is saying they did not put any fuel in and suggest i
• Skoda Octavia Estate - A difficult decision to make 8 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  to tow it. However, my big worry is that given the recent bad publicity around diesels, there is a risk of a massive hike in tax/duty on diesel any time soon to disincentivise it as a fuel over petrol. Looking at my car options, Diesels are definitely cheaper in the choices I have
• Renault scenic - MOT fine 25 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  it was overdue etc. Some people have said I was lucky as it can get towed away etc. But the police just said, don’t worry you may only get a warning, if not £100 fine. I wasn’t naive I was fully expecting the £100 fine within 28 days which I got a few days ago. Was my own fault so no issue. Will admit I
• Vauxhall Astra - Battery Light Keeps Coming On 28 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  I've got a 2009 Astra and the battery light keeps coming on.   About a month ago, the car broke down completely - the alternator belt snapped, so I was towed home and the local garage fitted a new belt.   All seemed fine, however later that day the battery
• Ford Focus - Ford Focus Mk1 - Throttle body/spring 22 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  going 20mph, had left plenty of space to the car in front, and there weren't many parked cars around.  I whacked it into neutral (at which point it started redlining) and was able to coast to the side of the road and then get towed home later.  Quite a hairy few moments - could've been much
• Jaguar X-Type Estate (2004 - 2007) - 04 2.0D Engine cuts out..... 20 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  it over, and it sounded like it wanted to fire but it wouldn't. He left it for about 20 minutes and it started again and ran normally. He drove for about 3 miles and it cut out again. I went out to him and towed him back to my house where I had a look at it. It's a TDCi common rail system
• Nissan Almera Tino - Car stalling out 1 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  had to jump the battery but it drove home about 8 miles away just fine. He followed me home just in case.  I drove it again on the 17th and it was fine. On the 18th, it did the same again. But we'd only been on the road for 4 minutes. I parked it in town and had it towed to my
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2005 - Broken Suspension Coil and Misc Problems 10 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  I had a problem yesterday and the recovery driver said that the suspension coil had gone, front offside(the front had collapsed after a bang and smell of burning rubber/blue smoke). Cost me £175 to join AA + Relay, towed 40 miles to home dealer. Is it normal that a 2005 Vectra should experience
• the end of the road..... 22 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  are much sought after. My car has some tasty bits such as full leather heated seats, Xenon headlights, sound doors and panels, it has Bluetooth and also a proper tow bar kit, plus loads of other bits a taxi fleet may find useful. The gearbox was re built by a specialist 2 years ago so that is in good
• Vauxhall Zafira A - ZAFIRA WONT START 25 Oct 2016 (Forum)
   by this time it was getting dark stuck  on  morrisons 3 hours  finally needed a tow  costing £50  !  this morning still nothing   crank sensor on car wont start  !  we have spent and spent on this car   we paid £900   £167
• Any - Motorway Etiquette 17 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  around M25 today (not my normal patch!) the density of trucks, HGVs & cars towing caravans meant that lanes 1 & 2 were nose to tail at 60-65mph. I was driving at a true (GPS) 70mph when conditions permitted and using outside lane as an overtaking lane (as per Highway Code
• Suzuki Swift - Please help, the Garage ripping us off? 20 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  2 weeks ago my partner was driving to my house from bath to brighton her car broke down in southampton and she said that the oil light came on and smoke was coming out fromt under the bonnet, She didnt have breakdown so the highways agency arranged for a tow truck to take her car