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The economy light has gone out in the dash of my Toyota Carina E. Does this mean I new bulb? If yes, can I get to it from the back of the dash?
My MINI's wipers only operate at 'fast' speed. Do we have a motor component failure?
How do you turn off the front and rear right side parking lights, which are staying on 24/7? My manual tells how to turn them on but not off. All controls in the correct positions, all lights off, indicators...
Over the past 6 months my 2003 Golf has been sporadically cutting out while I am driving it. I have had it in the garage for a total of 3 weeks and their response is "sorry, as it's not running any codes...
The turbo isn't functioning. Can the car be driven (200 miles home)?
Trading in a Vauxhall Agila with 66K in good condition FSH, owned by me from new. How much can I expect to get? Buying a new Nissan Micra Acenta CVT for my next 10 years motoring. Has there been any...
I bought this car new and since then learnt that the engine has a design fault around burning oil. It has a TPI completed on it but still is burning a large amount of oil. The car has 8k miles on it...
My car keeps cutting out when I come to slow down but will start straight after. This happens more when engine is hot. I have changed the plugs and reset idle with no effect
I have a 2006 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI, just recently the air con has stopped working. I took it to a garage to have it regassed and was told gas levels were ok. Since then I have checked fuses - all ok. The...
The electric fan of my car does not switch off after having been driven even very short distances, and sometimes when I have just switched on the ignition and then off without even starting the engine...
 

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