Most recently answered technical issues questions
We recently bought a 2005 Hyundai Getz as a first car for my daughter. However, the car has started to develop a fault and shakes violently under light acceleration. The only way to overcome this is to...
On 15th May I bought a 2002 Vauxhall Vectra from a car dealer. On 3rd July the vehicle broke down - the engine went into limp home mode - and I needed to be rescued. The recovery firm said the issue was...
My 2003 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 is showing a P1607 fault code, any idea what’s wrong?
I bought an Audi A8 with a fresh MoT recently, but the bakes seized up on the way home. I called the guy I bought the car from and he fobbed me off with “sold as seen”. I contacted the MoT station and...
The engine on my 2003 Rover 75 suffers misfires when I accelerate. The engine management light also flashes and the revs drop. What’s wrong with my car?
I ran out of diesel recently in my Ford Mondeo. I added more fuel, but the car keeps spluttering to a halt. I’ve put injection cleaner in and changed the fuel filter, but I am still getting problems.
The...
My mother has a 1st March 2007 Peugoet 307 SW with Pirelli P7 tyes on 16" alloys. it has now done 26,500 miles - I can see very minor cracks on the side walls of the tyres.
I would like to know if I should...
I'm trying to solve a conundrum which I doubt that there is a solution to. The front passenger door of my partner's Lantra (1998) cannot be opened from either inside or outside.
The lock itself seems...
My neighbour's son recently bought, at reduced cost, an Audi A5 3.0 TDI with faulty EGR and DPF.
He claims he can have the DPF removed after the EGR is replaced, and having had the engine remapped it...
After the injector seal replacement work on my 50K Fiesta 1.4 TDci, the car lacks power.
When idle everything seems OK, no problem with starting either but when I hit the throttle hard to overtake almost...

