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The offside front suspension of my Seat Altea makes a soft knocking noise when going over rough road surfaces, manhole covers, sleeping policemen etc. I reported this to the dealer last year, but was told...
The auxiliary belt on my Ford Focus shredded whilst I was in the fast lane of the M60. My local Ford dealer diagnosed damage to all 16 valves and the head due to the cambelt being fouled with pieces of...
I have recently taken delivery of a new Ford Kuga Titanium. It is fitted as standard with a DAB radio, but I am finding I have no signal a large proportion of the time (say 15%) in the area where I live...
I bought a second hand Audi TT in February 2012 for £4750. I bought the car on the condition that the cam belt and water pump pulley were replaced, with us paying half the £180 costs. Three weeks after...
My daughter has owned a 2007 Mini One 1400cc for the past four years. The car was regularly serviced at our local BMW dealership. Last week the car stopped suddenly at 30mph, engine oil and water everywhere,...
I have just had the turbo reconditioned on my 2008 Volkswagen Passat TDI to solve a fault code and associated limp mode. In the two weeks since the work was carried out the car has developed an intermittent...
Last year the blower resistor went on my Vauxhall Vectra C. I bought another one, but two weeks ago it went again. I've since replaced it, but there's now a burning smell and the glovebox is extremely...
My 2008 Citroen C5 has developed an intermittent engine fault; it will cut out without warning, but can usually be restarted straight away. The main dealer has looked at the car, but hasn't been able...
I have owned my 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 from new and it has done 21,000 miles. The batteries were changed for the first time eight weeks ago, as it was not holding the charge. The new batteries are now...
We bought a new Seat Ibiza SC for our daughter from the local Seat dealer last August. Now eight months on - and just 3000 miles – we've encountered problems in the form of warped brake discs. The dealer...
 

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