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My Golf was nearly 5 years old when it suffered the well-known G201/MK60 Teves ABS/ESP fault. Basically I have been told that VW is offering 100% goodwill for Touran owners who have had their cars exclusively...
Eight months after the warranty ran out on my 2006 Skoda Octavia 4x4 1.9 TDI estate, I started it one morning to find that the ESP button light was permanently on, as was the warning light on the dashboard...
I had my timing belt replaced 3 months ago, but it snapped. The garage says that the water pump broke and that caused the belt to break. The garage that recovered my car said that the waterpump should...
The tyres for my car should be 225/55/16 95W. Unfortunately the tyre supplier has fitted 225/55/16 95V. Would this affect my insurance?
I own a 2-year-old SAAB 9-3, 1.9TDI Sportwagon. The car has done 16,000 miles and is still under SAAB warranty. When I took the car for its 2nd year service I pointed out that the rear brake discs were...
I have been watching an increasing number of entries on your Mazda 3 technical forum with problems associated with the Dynamic Stability Control unit. As the repair of this problem, a replacement unit,...
Can you recommend a brand of replacement tyres for my Freelander – 51,000 miles on the clock - most long journeys to and from the Scottish Highlands from our home in Lincolnshire, often towing a fully...
In a recent response I think you said that a new run-flat tyre would be available from October which offered a softer ride than previous run-flats. I need to change all four tyres on my Skoda Octavia Scout...
My 65,000 mile 1999S petrol Mercedes Benz E240 has excessive white creamy sludge on the inside of the oil filler cap, particularly during cold weather, without noticeable loss of coolant. Should I be worried?
Recently I took my 2005 Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia for its 40,000-mile service to my local Ford garage from which I bought it new. They could not remove the sparking plugs to change them because the plugs had...
 

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