Noise from climate control audi a6

Terrible thumping noise when either heating or cooling used.noise stops immediately when climate control switched off.car has covered 130000 miles,65000 by myself.i have very rarely used the air conditioning...

Cam belt replacement

My 03 (built in 02) WRX has done only100,000 km. The manual calls for cam belt replacement at 160,000 km. In view of the age of the car, should I replace it soon? Does anything else need replacing at the...

Mazda 6 oil consumption

Hi, I own a Mazda 5, 55 registration, about 82,000 miles run. It consumes 4ltrs engine oil almost every 1000 miles now. I checked for leak or smoke in exhaust but can't spot either of these symptoms. I...

What maybe the fault when connecting the battery terminals wrong way round

We have a 2002 Peugeot 307 Rapier. It had been running fine but finally a day came when it started showing up anti-pollution fault. We got it checked but the local garage couldn't resolve it. We kept running...

New Audi A6 gasket problem

Bought a new Audi A6 in June 2012 (in Finance). On 29 December 2012, we drove the car and after a mile we noticed a lot of white smoke getting out of the exhaust. The white smoke was so much that we decided...

Vauxhall Corsa Won't start

My son's Vauxhall Corsa turns over but won't start from the ignition but works fine from a bump start. We have changed the battery. Any ideas?

Coolant loss through expansion tank

I bought a Nissan X-Trail 2.2 diesel yesterday. I noticed the in-car heater was fine at first and then wasn't getting warm. I Checked engine coolant which was low so topped up with approximately two litres...

Hyundai ix35 Satnav road speed indication missing - can you help?

Last May the media unit on my Premium ix35 was 'upgraded', after which the the road speed indication disappeared, a feature I found very useful. It now appears intermittently, mainly on motorways (very...

Is the DPF in a Volkswagen Golf covered under warranty?

Is the DPF in a VW Golf covered under warranty? Car now in limp mode after the DPF did not regenerate. After doing what was recommended in manual, I took the car on a long drive at high revs. The dealership...

Snow chains not allowed - what now?

The hand book for my C250 Estate Sport 2011 tells me I can't fit snowchains as the wheels are 255/35/18's. I spoke with a chain distributor who says that as long as there is enough clearance to allow...