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We purchased an SL55 6 years ago & paid £67,000. Since then the car has had numerous problems and we have only driven it 20,000 miles as the engine cuts out locking the car and nearly causing a fatal...
We recently purchased a 2004/54 Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 diesel estate car from a dealer at a cost of £4,200. A nice car and suitable for what we wanted, reliable for all the family to drive. An intermittent...
I am sure that I have read in your column that if a fault which was present when the car was purchased, despite being just out of warranty, and the fault has not been rectified by the selling dealer, then...
Hi all. I have purchased a Vauxhall Astra from Vauxhall. I only noticed today that something seemed funny with the reverse light. The year of the car is 2009 and the reverse light is on the right and...
I bought a 2002 MkIV Volkswagen Golf 1.6 16v from a garage in Clacton for £1990 in June. When I bought the car, there were a few things I requested the dealer to sort out before I collected the car. The...
I bought a Vectra 1.9 CDTi Estate in April 2009. Recently, while on holiday in Cornwall, the gearbox lost 5th & 6th gears and there is a whining noise in 1st gear. On return from holiday I rang the Vauxhall...
Bought a brand new Jag XF in March 2010, since April 2011 the car has been back to dealer three times for an intermittent electrical fault which causes absolutely everything to stop working. The first...
I purchased a VW California brand new from main dealer in Sept 2009 for £37,000. So far I have had 12 visits excluding regular services for fairly serious failures - from pop up roof seizures to electrical...
The clockspring in Crossfire 2005 with 25k miles failed setting off horn. Next day I took it into dealer and airbags deployed on mechanic`s face as he drove it into workshop prior to any intervention....
I agreed to buy a Fabia 2 from a main dealer in September 2008. The agreement said that the vehicle was first registered on 2nd August 2008. In fact the car was registered in February 2008 and is now out...
 

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