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My Nissan Almera (52 plate), has developed a noise, sort of like a whistly, woo-woo noise. It sounds like it is coming from the front of the car but I'm not sure where, as I can only hear it while driving....
The starter motor failed in September 10, the new (brand new, genuine Vauxhall) replacement failed the next day. This was replaced by the main dealer at no cost. The Starter motor has now failed again,...
I have had a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 from new, it is a 59 plate and had done just under 9,500miles when I started to get an intermittent failure of the electric power steering (EPS). Short cut-outs of 1 or...
Just done over 100,500 miles in my Mondeo. Two very small pipes keep blowing off when I accelerate. I dont know what the pipes are. Got to the point that when I was trying to accelerate but I was actually...
Regarding your report about a driver being stuck in France with a Skoda Octavia that had a clutch release hose fail, apart from the follow up with the UK dealer, as reported it is the experience that damns...
Are you picking up any adverse comment on the gearbox of the Toyota Yaris 1.33 TR? My son bought a new one in May 2009 and from the word go it seemed difficult to engage gears. He wanted to reject the...
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