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I read with some concern in The Stamford Mercury that Lincolnshire Highways Department proposes to install, at an estimated cost of £60,000, 21 speed bumps in Stamford town centre as part of a scheme to...
Our 2001 Mercedes-Benz C180 Estate recently failed its MoT spectacularly due to a cracked coil spring and steering arm. The MoT inspector and our local dealer both say that they have never seen such a...
Is there a way for me to check I’m getting the improved suspension on a 2010 FIAT 500?
I have a 2000 W-reg Peugeot 306 diesel estate which produces a knocking from what seems to be the back of the car, although one witness believes the noise is from the front. Any suggestions please? The...
I was involved in an accident, not my fault, and the side of my car was damaged by a motorbike sliding along the ground. The insurer authorised the replacement of just one strut and one shock absorber....
My wife hit the kerb skidding on ice in our X-reg Ford Escort. It creased the wishbone and it also needed a new track rod end. Within three months it was all over the place again and I had the wishbone...
I have a 52-plate 1.8 petrol Ford Mondeo and have had the front and back wheels balanced due to a wheel wobble. It's recently done 70,000 miles. This has not sorted the wheel wobble, and now under heavy...
My seven-year-old Vauxhall Zafira has been faultless, but lately it seems to make heavy weather of speed bumps. Can the suspension fail gradually or is it always sudden?
I was driving my 56 plate face lift Mercedes-Benz E280 CDI Avantgarde estate today when the back wheels started to bounce. I pulled over and found the body had almost dropped onto the back wheels, with...
The hydrolastic suspension on my 1998 MGF needs doing but don't want to be ripped off. Anyone know a good, reputable garage that has the equipment?
 

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