Most recently answered maintenance and servicing questions
My local Volkswagen dealer emailed to advise that my 2012 Golf 2.0 TDI requires a replacement cambelt at a cost of £399.00. Having a mileage of just 31,000 is this necessary right now?
My local Volkswagen garage told me that my 2011 Volkswagen Golf needed its 7-speed DSG gearbox oil changing at 40,000 miles (at a cost of £184). When I presented the car, another staff member told me that...
I have now had three failures of tyre valves on my Ford Focus due to corrosion between the rim and valve. The first two were reluctantly fixed under warranty but Ford are refusing to reimburse for the...
I've got Ford Mondeo 2.0 petrol and it stopped dead. I got it going again and managed to get it to a carpark, but could hear a tapping sound and it was misfiring. What could this be?
I've been driving our recently purchased 2007 Vauxhall Vivaro and, after doing approximately 800 miles, the gears now have to be "forced" into place. Even at standstill. It had 80,000 miles on the clock...
I bought a used Volkswagen Passat Estate in Oct 2016 (124,000 miles on the clock) with a 12 month warranty. On the first motorway drive the glow plug warning light came on. I returned it to the dealer...
My 2012 Toyota RAV4 is losing a small amount of coolant. The dealer checked it and topped it up but its already losing coolant again.
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,...
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 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...

