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I was charged £52.80 for four litres of oil by a Suzuki dealer as part of the first year service of my Vitara. This seems excessive to me, bearing in mind that I can buy the same grade oil for £3 per...
My five year old Mercedes-Benz E550 has done 17,000 miles and has had the brake pads replaced and now the rotors. Apparently the reason for the rotor failure was that I drove too little. My wife had a...
My Renault Scenic is ten years old and has covered 17,000 miles. Five years ago, at 12,000 miles, I had a new cam belt fitted. It's now been another five years, do I need another cam belt? The car has...
I've been doing some research on Audi remaps. Is this going to degrade the engine in any way and why do you think superchips are probably the best option?
I had an MoT one month, and about 300 miles, ago. The only advisory was a rubber mounting. I took it to Honda for their spring checkover and the rear brake is down to the metal with a seized caliper which...
The timing belt snapped on my 2004 Renault Trafic, it's only done 56,000 miles. How much might it cost to fix?
My 2005 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi has done 147,000 miles. It had a previous issue where the glow plug light would flash and it would go into limp mode. I read various posts on here and it seemed that the arm...
Last night my Volkswagen Caddy lost power on the M5 (with 3 children in the back) and I had to be towed off. It had the emissions update a week ago and the RAC diagnosed an injector fault. Volkswagen are...
I have a 2015 Nissan Qashqai 1.2 with only 11,000 miles on the clock, but have had three oil top ups in six months and four software updates. Is there a known problem with excessive oil consumption with...
I purchased a 2012 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI Bluemotion that had done 44,000 miles from a Volkswagen used car dealer. Within the first month, I noticed that the interior light and windscreen washer weren't...
 

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