Should Volkswagen sort out our windscreen wiper fault?

Recently my sister was driving her nearly-new Volkswagen Passat on a motorway and was terrified when the wipers failed. It has automatic wipers. It was repaired for £300 but has now failed again and, when...

How can I stop my Toyota Prius discharging its battery when not used for a few weeks?

I have a three-year old Prius and, on several occasions, the small auxiliary battery has gone flat when the car has been left unattended for two to three weeks. The Toyota service centre has suggested...

ABS diagnostic fault on my Volkswagen Golf GT - what could be causing it?

My car is a Golf GT Sport TDI and it is three and a half years old. The ABS light came on and I took it to my garage which did the diagnostics tests. £170 later I was told it was the ABS controller unit....

Why do my sister's Volkswagen Golf's windows open themselves?

My sister has a 2005 Volkswagen Golf TDI 1.9 which has done 80,300 miles. On three occasions over the last two years she has returned to the locked car to find all four windows have opened fully. Can you...

Why is our Mercedes-Benz E320 difficult to start?

I have a quick query about our second car, a 2006 Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI saloon. After a fault-free three years we have now had an alternator fail and, more recently, it is very slow to start, but only...

Why does my Toyota's alarm keep going off?

My factory-fitted alarm recently started going off randomly. Toyota Cardiff checked the battery and it all seems ok. It tends to happen in the evening or during the night, perhaps with cooler temperatures....

Why did our Peugeot 406's airbag deploy for no reason?

I was driving my wife’s 1999 Peugeot 406 110 HDI estate earlier today when the airbag warning light came on. The car has been prone to a few electrical faults in the past, so I thought I would take the...

Why is my Citroen DS4's speed limit detection not working on all roads?

My Citroen DS4 is equipped with a navigation system that displays the speed limit of the road on which I'm driving, but only on about 5 per cent of roads. Surely it should be possible to achieve this on...

Should I buy a Meriva B or Mercedes-Benz B-Class with a push-button handbrake?

I have driven a Vauxhall Meriva since 2005 and have been contemplating a change, perhaps to a Meriva B or possibly a Mercedes B-Class. These both have push button parking brakes. Am I being foolishly old...

How can I upgrade my TomTom Navigator to accept seven digit postcodes?

I use TomTom Navigator 7 on a Windows smartphone which came with four digit postcodes only, so I decided to see if any upgrade was available. There was nothing on the TomTom website so I tried a wider...