Most recently answered breakdown questions
I had broken down on the hard shoulder of the A3 yesterday, and I put out the warning red triangle carried in my Mercedes-Benz.
I was told to remove it by breakdown assistance as the triangles are now...
I purchased a Fiat 500 1.3 Multijet 2 years ago. During that time the car has been in and out of the garage for diagnostics, reputedly due to engine management lights. It has regular servicing but no one...
I have used Volvos exclusively for the past 25 years. On 19 October 2012 I bought my brand new V40 and took it on the road for the first time. Within five minutes I had to return it because "Software Malfunction"...
My 57-Plate Jeep Cherokee loses power periodically - and the result is that I pull up, with the engine shuddering, and then switch off. After standing for a few minutes, I turn the key - and it fires up...
Last evening while waiting for roadside breakdown assistance, during an hour and forty minutes wait, I had no less than eleven people stop to ask if there was anything they could do to help. Such kindness...
A month a go I bought a used car from a dealer. The dealer gave a written warranty for 'major mechanical failures.' The next morning I noticed the car was vibrating violently and was spewing out a lot...
I have an April 05 C220 CDI with sports pack and it stalled on me about 5 miles after filling up at Morrisons, with no discernible damage noise. All electrics appeared fine. Tried to restart immediately...
My Golf TSI DSG will be three-years-old in May, with 19,000 miles. I am 73 and like my first automatic, but I am concerned it may fail. Each summer we drive to Greece - if the gearbox failed away from...
Purchased a Volvo V40 1.8i 4 months ago - it was running beautifully but on the motorway it made a horrible noise, the temp gauge shot up and it lost all power (within 2 minutes). No prior warnings.
The...
We had the misfortune to break down on the way north on holiday, we had travelled for about two hours and as usual we stopped for a break at Wetherby Services and on entering the services I heard strange...

