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I bought a Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian in March 2016. At the time the mileage showed just over 31,000, the car came with full Mitsubishi service history that backs up the mileage throughout. I have now decided...
I purchased an approved 2012 BMW X5 from main dealer in May 2015 with a two year warranty. In February 2016, the main dealer supplied and fitted new alloys under warranty. Last month, my car went to the...
My 2013 Range Rover Evoque was in for a service a month ago. During the service they reported that there was a coolant leak. This was confirmed to be coming from the EGR cooler and this will require both...
I bought a car in October 2012 from a dealer. At the time, a HPI check showed to us by the trader was clear as was a text we did to carcheck.com. It was an Audi A3 quattro and I paid £15,500. We've come...
A car was travelling towards me, the driver kept looking up and down into his lap and his vehicle wasn't travelling in a straight line. I took evasive action and moved slightly left as it was clear we’d...
I've been refused compensation for pot hole damage to two offside tyres by my local council. What can I do?
We recently bought a 2008 Volvo V50 SE Lux as a replacement for my wife’s 1997 Volvo S70 CD. The new car has a 2.4i petrol engine, whereas the old one had a 2.5 turbo petrol engine. I spent many hours...
My son bought a 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class from Mercedes-Benz last year, which came with a one year approved warranty. The warranty is just about to run out and it failed its MoT because of a nearside...
After four months of ownership, I've just discovered that my Porsche Boxster 987 S has a permanently sodden carpet behind the front passenger seat (which would explain the heavy condensation since I've...
My daughter received an email from her insurance company, but addressed to a different person. She deleted this thinking it was spam. She then received a letter saying she needed to reply to them urgently...
 

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