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  Injection moulded 4 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I need some advice on my 2004 Mondeo TDCI auto. It’s done 74,000 miles. From cold, it starts, but blue smoke fills the road and it runs roughly. When driving...
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - 01 1.2 Coil light appearing and cutting out. 8 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I was wondering if you could advice me before I call to book in my car I have only owned for 10 days. I?ve just brought a Y reg 1.2 16v Clio.. only 47?000 miles on clock. So the car?s been fine until the other day and a little orange/yellow coil light came on and engine cut out and poor idling
• Mini Cooper S Vs Mondeo Ghia X TDCi!!! 12 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  I know - you couldn't make it up but my auntie is torn between these two cars. The Mini is 02 plate with twenty something miles on the clock and the Chilli...
• Have you renewed your Road tax 13 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Walked past the wife?s car and stopped?shock horror the road tax disc read 31.5.06. Having never missed renewing in almost 50 years how could it happen. Well I have a system of when receiving the renewal reminder of placing it in a prominent position ( top of my monitor) and get new tax disc at our
• Tyres (all makes) 24 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  then for 2 months the car started to tramline from the back end on motorways, making for very scary driving. I went to make sure balancing was fine, and it was, so i went back to Merityre where the bloke took one look, tuttuted and scolded me for not putting P6000's on the car. He told me that the Perillies
• Which? Reliability survey - Vol 2. 19 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  and if the alarm has gone then it\'s a false alarm\" After 3 sets of steering wheel stalks, 2 replacement Control Units, 3 brake light switches etc etc etc I was handed the car and asked to \"see how I get on\" \"Have you fixed it?\" I ask. \"No\" is the answer. I kept their courtesy car and told the dealership
• Breakdown Mechanic killed my car 21 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  are confirmed. The starter\'s fine - but the flywheel has 6 of it\'s teeth stripped - and I can only find 4 of them. Immediatley I\'m thinking of shouting at the his employer and getting them to pay for the repair.. but what chance have I got of that happening?? At this point *any* advice
• Those WOW! moments remembered 20 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  way!) Now i'm a proper supercar admirer so most of my moments are supercar related: Seeing a red Lamborghini Countach Anniversary model in the late 80's - 2 weeks after it was introduced, park on Southampton High St, brand new on its own with no other cars round it, and aged 12 running across
• The adventure begins... 16 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  ! :-) Just a quick thanks to HJ , Andy S and everyone else who gave me advice on choosing. I've taken HJ's advice and not opted for the super hard sports suspension+ with 17" wheels and I think that's a wise move. His recommendation that it's "the most fun car there is" (C by C) I'd find hard
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  Best small family car for £4500? 18 Nov 2022 (Ask HJ)
  My sister is looking for a small five-door car. She's expecting a baby in the summer. They have a limited budget of £4500 and are looking for something...
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  Best car for short journeys? 27 Sep 2022 (Ask HJ)
  Which is the best car for short journeys? My Ford Puma isn’t apparently driven enough to recharge so twice the battery has drained in the eight months...
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  Why do so few manufacturers specify heated windscreens? 11 Feb 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I want to replace my Freelander but I want a heated front screen on my next car. Why do so few manufacturers specify this? They are brilliant on frosty...
• Peugeot 206 Sport - Auto Gearbox Problem 18 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  Hi I bought a 55 plate 206 sport auto from a Ford dealer local.  After buying I noticed that the gear changing wasn't smooth, it hunted between gears and held onto the gears too long.  There was also an odd problem of the car banging into second gear the first time it was driven
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  I just bought a 2012 car. Should I get a major or interim service? 7 Jul 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a 2012 Ford Fiesta 1.25 with 45,000 miles on the clock. It has always been serviced by a Ford dealer. The next service will be its eighth....
• Ford Fiesta 1L 99bhp Titanium, petrol - 2013 Fiesta w partial service history risky? 3 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  at 46k. All seemed fine until I looked at the paperwork. The service history is not full and stops in March 2017. All previous services done at Ford dealership. Obviously the dealership will do a service but it will have missed 2 (unless it was done by the owner himself or book wasn't stamped). It passed
• Ford Fiesta / Hyundai - Buying used: Is 20k less miles worth £1k more? 22 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  warranty and under 30k miles - so on paper seems more for our money. My fear with the fiesta is around the age were looking at, the cambelt etc are going to need doing - Haynes apparently recommend 65k but ford 150k or 10 years.      
• Warranty woes of my 2nd hand car 15 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  I bought my car at the end of Jan this year. Today I have put it in for its first service (ford garage) and been given a long list of defaults. When I bought the car I was sold it on the basis that it had a 2 year guarantee - Not a waranty. I was told that everything was covered
• Ford focus - Dealer antics re price reduction 25 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  Some may remember I recently scrapped my old Mondeo. I was looking for a reasonably priced fairly new car.  We spotted a possible Ford focus 1.0 ecoboost. I know people here don't rate them but my wife has one and it's been great. She paid £8.8k for it there years ago
• Ford Kuga - No turbo boost at high RPM 8 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  Hi everyone. I have an 2.0 diesel ford kuga 2008. Car was running perfect till one day when driving one motorway i felt there is no power like before, i was like I have no turbo and the car was accelerating very slowly after 2000 rpm. Also a engine malfunction error came but it dessapeard
• Ford Focus 2001 - Leak on Power Steering Hose 4 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, Further to my previous post I've determined that I've got a leak on the pressure sensor attached to the power steering hose that runs from the pump to the rack. Here's a photo of the part (Ford Focus part number 1098977