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Nissan Navara is in Main Dealer for Official Alloy Wheel recall. Garage says bolt has sheared off one wheel 'because nut was over-tightened' and wants to charge us £48 to fix new bolt. Car is 2007 and...
My wife's car is due to have some paintwork repairs done under warranty. Honda Chester have referred it to an outside bodywork shop, who will provide a courtesy car but with a £1,000 excess. That on our...
I have factory ordered a 2011 Seat Exeo 2.0 TDI Sport Tech. When the car arrived the dealer rang to state that the Sat Nav unit as ordered had not been fitted to the car and an "upgrade" would be fitted...
I'm waiting to take delivery of a new F25 BMW X3 M Sport. Initaly I was told it would be ready for collection on 1st September, thus giving me a 61 number plate. The dealer now tells me it could be ready...
I bought a Chevrolet Cruze, my first ever new car after 15 years, in June, pre registered on a 11 reg with 25 miles on the clock from Pentagon Chevrolet Rochdale. I was assured by the salesman that the...
Last week my July 2006 Skoda Octavia vRS had to go into the Skoda dealer for a recall to replace the ignition coils. On getting into the car after the work had been done I was immediately annoyed to find...
I agreed a good deal for a well - specced Volvo XC90 with a main dealer. We agreed the spec and the price by email. They took a large deposit over the phone. The next day they phoned to say that they had...
The new requirement for continuous registration seems to be very a very unjust regulation biased in favour of extracting even more money from the hard-pressed motorist. This prompts me to enquire how the...
Last week the engine warning light would not go out on my wife's 2003 Jazz 1.4. I rang the local Honda dealer and was quoted £86 an hour to read the fault codes to find out what was wrong ("or a bit less...
I bought a Saab 93, 06 Reg from a dealer in January with 12-months warranty and 49K on the clock. On Saturday it broke down and I had to flatbed it back to the dealer. Diagnosis is that it needs a new...