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How long should a gearbox main shaft bearing be expected to last? Our Fiat 500 (with full main dealer service history) has just reached five years old and 27,000 miles. Following some horrendous rattling,...

I had the emissions update on my SEAT Ibiza 1.6 TDI Sportrider. Eight weeks later, the turbo blew. SEAT tried to blame me by saying there was too much engine oil. I got an oil sample done and the oil was...

Our 2012 diesel Volkswagen Caddy had its emissions fix and, a week later, it refused to start. RAC identified it as the ERG valve. Volkswagen said to bring it in for a diagnostic test which would be FOC...

I bought an Audi Q3 around six weeks ago from a garage that's around 50 miles from where I live. The car shook badly on the way home so I called them and they told me to bring it back. I told them it was...

I recently had the 'restricted performance' limitation appear on my 2013 diesel Land Rover Evoque (it has done 35,000 miles). I stopped and switched off, waited a short while, then restarted and it had...

On driving my Skoda Yeti home, after purchasing from an approved dealership in April 2016, I noticed an external squeaking noise emitting from the front of the vehicle and an internal whistling coming...

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...

Any ideas on how water is getting into the boot of a fairly new Citroen C1?

I have a 2003 diesel Renault Clio 1.9. The engine turns over, but there is no ignition. There is a strange whirring noise coming from the engine bay. So far I've discovered that it isn't the battery, there...

My Ford Focus Mk1 dashboard lights keep flashing like a Christmas tree while I'm driving.