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Can anyone help. My Peugeot 307 appears to be unlocking itself over night. I always press the lock button on my key twice so that it dead locks, and sometimes when I come to use the car in the morning...
Three out of the four wheels on my wife's 05 Zetec 1.6 Focus are consistently losing pressure by 5-8 PSI per week. The tyres have been replaced and so have the valves. They are alloy wheels and look...
I own a 1999 Mazda 323F 1.5 Lxi with 65,000 miles on the clock. It runs well with the exception of an occasional flat spot/hesitation when accelerating up through the gears. This can happen on a hot or...
I have a Renult Megane 1.6e. The engine suddenly started to misfire and make a knocking noise (loud rattle) and it lost power. If I tried to accelerate it was rattling and banging with a major loss of...
I have another problem with my Ford Galaxy 55 plate. I have a slight smell of diesel when the car is running or has run. The smell is most noticeable nearside front around the front wheel. This does not...
All of a sudden the boot on my Mondeo has stopped staying open on its own and nearly chopped my arm off today. What's happened?
I have fitted a Keihin KS2 carb to an old 1600 VW. After standing for a long time when I started the car it was leaking petrol from the accerlerator pump. When I removed the carb I found the second stage...
Our new Jazz (March 2011) starts the warning on low fuel at about 35 miles left, I have run on zero miles left for 20 or 30 miles with no problems. Our local Honda dealer says it is a known problem but...
I own a VOLVO 340GL Automatic (CVT) and after around ten minutes driving, the idling speed becomes too high when the car is put in neutral causing the gears to crunch. Restarting the engine cures the problem...
I purchased an 05 Citroen C4 from a local small dealer on Wednesday of this week, and is very clean inside and out. I noticed on my way home a slight fumey smell coming from the a/c but thought it was...