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Your recommendation is to use air con regularly to avoid dry seals but my car manual recommends leaving air con on to enable the climate control system to function but later on the quick start manual it...

Just got told my whilst driving, my reverse lights are stuck on. It's a renault clio grande 98-01 manual.
Any ideas what can be causing it? Where we should look to try and fix it, and how?
My dad's going...

What transmission problems could I eventually find with a Honda Jazz 1.4 i-DSi Sport?

My 2007 Audi A5 3.0 TDI Quattro has started running cool. I have owned the car from new and up to last autumn (2013), the temperature gauge used to get up to 90c and stay there, now it registers between...

I own a 2005 Skoda Octavia Estate 1.9TDI 4X4. I bought the car eight months ago when it had done 44,000 miles. It has now done 62,000 miles and I have gone through three sets of rear tyres in that time....

What is aluminium grease used for? Would it better for alloy wheels than copper grease?

I drive a Ford S-Max EcoBoost (2012). I noticed there are plastic valves, about four-inches wide, hinged in a vertical bracket in the motor compartment; in front of the engine itself. From time to time...

My father bought a 2011 Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI a few months ago with 22,500 miles on the clock. It now has 31400 miles and he does 25,000 miles a year but they are mostly in the urban environment and...

I'm buying a used Nissan Qashqai and I tend to only make short journeys. Will I get DPF problems with a diesel?

Since purchasing my Hyundai i30 I have kept its full service history. The car was serviced in October 2013. The car showed no issues - although a fuel filter wasn't changed during this time.
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