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The Sigma model M34 security alarm installed in my Honda Civic (1999) keeps going off and I have had to disconnect the battery to silence it. Can you please let me have the contact details of a Sigma agent...
My Fiat Panda (2004) is making an unexplained when starting from cold. The random 'tick' or 'tut' noise sounds a bit like the fan cutting in or the air con starting. The car is five years old and has 8850...
My 2011 Vauxhall Insignia has developed the known problem of the whine in the gearbox, signifying it's inevitable demise. Vauxhall has agreed to replace, 'as a good will gesture' as the vehicle has done...
My Chrysler Grand Voyager 2.8 CRD with 55,000 miles on the clock has just started making a tingling type noise at the cam end of engine. It's like a high pitched metallic rattle, best described phonetically...
My wife has a Vauxhall Vectra 2002 (Vectra C) and the heater blower doesn't work. I have replaced the resister and the replay, but it still doesn't work. There is a clicking noise coming from the glove...
Our Citroen DS3 has developed a misfire. Any idea why and how we can fix it?
I'm on the lookout for a used Renault Scenic. I do low miles and think one of the TCE engines would be perfect however they almost never come on the market. I'm worried that the 1.6 VVT will be hopeless...
I have bought a 2003 Skoda Fabia saloon which has done 130,000 miles. The car is blowing white smoke when starting from cold and smells when running and is sometimes a little hesitant when accelerating A...
You frequently encourage readers to use Shell Nitro+ diesel, and on a recent trip that went through Edinburgh I brimmed my tank twice with the fuel, and I felt a marked difference. Sadly however, where...
I have recently acquired a Ford Fiesta with the EcoBoost turbo engine to add to our turbo BMW 535i. You have mentioned in the past about running turbos for a few minutes before switch off and I can't remember...