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I've bought a 10-year-old Toyota iQ. Is it worth servicing it at Toyota or my good local garage?
My cousin wants to buy a secondhand Kia Picanto for her 17-year-old daughter. They've decided they want the higher-spec 2 model. Their budget is £6500-7000. I've been looking online and found a 2-year-old,...
My car is due for a service shortly. The last three services have been done via a main dealer. It is a 2016 model with less than 19,000 miles on the clock and does less than 1000 miles a year. Is it worth...
My car is 18 months old and still under warranty. Its service is due and I'm booked in to my local mechanic (not the Volkswagen franchise) because he's £83 cheaper. He will use genuine Volkswagen parts,...
If a car bought from a major franchised dealership develops a serious problem within six months would it make more sense to insist the original dealer fix it for free rather than make a warranty claim...
My 2016 Vauxhall Astra has been at the dealership now for nearly a month. It apparently needs a completely new engine and it's under warranty. The Vauxhall dealership say they cannot give me any timescale...
I am about to get my Kia Soul serviced. If I do not use a main dealer will this cancel my seven-year warranty? What would a main dealer charge?
I have been quoted £300 for a first service (10,000 miles) on my 2017 Audi A1 1.0 TFSI by my Audi dealer. I can't go to another garage as it is still under warranty. Do you think this is about right?
I purchased a new Jaguar XF Portfolio in September. Within the last ten weeks, the vehicle has been off road for just over four weeks due to a major software or hardware issue with no end date of fixing...
I am having problems getting a towbar fitted to my Nissan Qashqai. They never told me that the car was fitted with an Adblue tank and because of that I cannot fit a tow bar. I would have never have bought...
 

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