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My Galaxy lost power and started making Thumping and knocking noises. pulled into services and had AA look at it, the turbo air intake looked as if smashed and had come away from the turbo... loss of...
I have a Citroen C2 (2003) with the Sensodrive gearbox and 60,000 miles on the clock. Recently the car has been sticking in gear and I receive the flashing snowflake on the dash that shows a malfunction....
We love our car but we have had an unresolved engine management issue with it since the middle of 2012. The engine management warning light came on (on Friday 13 July!) and immediately the car lost all...
What diagnostic scanner is fitted in a Vauxhall Zafria A? Is it a EOBD or OBD11?
I have an odd issue with the girlfriend's car, when you don't have any lights on the brake lights work as they should, but when you turn the lights on (low, main or full) the brake lights come on and stay...
I have a problem with the dashboard electrics. The lights flash on and off regardless of whether the car is running or not and the rev counter and speedo have completely failed. I bought the car in September...
I'm reading about quite a few DPF problems on the 2008 onward Honda Accord. Drivers seem to get a blocked DPF warning message and then even if they do a motorway run it wont go off, and that forces them...
About a month ago my 08 Freelander 2 with 66,000 miles on clock developed a steering noise. My LR dealer immediately recognised the noise. They have cleaned out the steering reservoir filter at a cost...
I've just bought another Dec 2012 Jazz 1.4 ES and I am wondering if I can put on my previous car's (2004) three-year-old Nokian winter tyres 185x65x15 on my new Jazz, which has got 175x65x15 Michelin Energy...
I have water in passenger footwell Alfa GT; what is the likely cause?