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My 2011 Ford Mondeo boot button isn't working, but will open on the key fob remote. Ford have tried a new micro switch but it isn't that. They say it needs further investigation but that could be an expensive...
My 2011 Jeep Compass heater is blowing cold air all the time. Any ideas on what is wrong?
I have a 2005 model Honda Civic Sports 1.6 VTEC. I am having to frequently replace the headlight and sidelight bulbs. The frequency is random with no apparent pattern. Sometimes I can go several months...
For a few months I have occasionally heard a high pitched alarm (not the usual horn alarm) being set off when I start the car - apparently this is the power sounder which is a back up to the main alarm....
I have a few issues regarding the electrics in my SEAT Leon Cupra 2003. I have had it for a year now. When I purchased it the rear passenger central locking failed to lock. A few months after the electric...
I'm the happy owner of a Volkswagen camper. What would make me even happier is being able to charge my Braun electric toothbrush via the cigarette-lighter type socket that runs off my leisure battery....
I have a 57/07 Renault Megane and the driver's electric window works OK but the other three windows are not working.
I purchased a cigarette socket phone charger for my 2006 Volkswagen Polo. When plugging the charger into the socket in the dashboard console, with the engine switched off, the charger would not work. Once...
I have a 2012 Ford Zetec 1.0 litre 125 EcoBoost with Stop/Start. However, it only occasionally seems to work. I asked my garage to check it at the recent service and they said it was OK. They mentioned...
I've just bought a Peugeot 206, which worked fine on the way home. But now when I start it none of the electrics or dials will work. It will run perfectly fine apart from this. We had to fit a new indicator...
 

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