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My wife owns a Honda Jazz 1.4 2002 and there are pools of water leaking from somewhere into the well which houses the spare wheel. There does not appear to be any wetness from above. I was wondering if...
I was driving car last night, an OFF light came on on the dashboard then the car and all lights shutdown? Any idea what it could be?
I'm looking to fit winter tyres on my BMW 3 Series Touring. It's had 225/45R17s run flats from new. Kwik-Fit do a Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip GW3 runflat in that size. My local BMW garage, however, are suggesting...
Are VAG/Teves doing anything about the braking controller problem? I am contemplating a VAG group car and this will be a decider.
The car runs cold, I can only get warm air on the windscreen and to my feet, not to the central vents. Could it be the heater matrix/control valve or thermostat?
What could be the possible cause of water ingress into the spare wheel well of a Jaguar X-Type estate?
I have topped up oil twice in 5 months on my Peugeot 207 1.6gt. There is no visible leak or anything so is it normal to top up so often?
My car is showing a P0172 error code - Fuel System Too Rich. I have taken it to a independent garage and dealership, but none seem to be able to fix and speculatively say we can do this for £x. No one...
I purchased a 2007 Corsa 1.2 Club in the UK, which I subsequently exported to South Africa two years later. Here the base model is a 1.4. As we (I won't say who in the family!) ran the engine with a dry...
Our four year old Honda Jazz, bought 12 months ago as approved used, passed its MOT and on the same day Honda carried out a short service and safety check. They gave a red alert on the corroded brake...