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I would like some assistance with how to approach Volkswagen as my 5-year-old Golf Plus (2005 with 44,000 miles) has now become the latest in a long line of failures of the Teves Mk 60 ESP. I noticed that...
Thank you for your advice re the Volkswagen Jetta ABS/ESP Unit. Armed with your reply to the query, I confronted Volkswagen Customer Care. The outcome was that the charge was reduced from £1,228.98 to...
Thanks to your advice, after a recent crash, I have had a quote from an independent garage which was quite a lot cheaper than the quote from the insurer's recommended repairers, and the insurance company...
After your recommendations, my wife bought a Hyundai 1.4 Comfort just a year ago. It goes well. It's not as economical as the 1.2, of course, but we have had no problems. I have just received a letter...
We were very interested in your reply to JS on the problem of ESP failures. My 2002 Golf Estate TDI PD 130 recently shone a warning light indicating a fault in the ESP. Having checked at the nearby Volkswagen...
Reading the letter and your reply in Motoring Lifestyle, I thought you may be interested in my current problem, which hopefully will be resolved on Friday. I have 2006 SEAT Leon that has covered just 26,000...
Some time back you reported a legal precedent where a dealer was held liable for repairs to a car that developed faults in the first six months from the date of sale. I have searched your website but cannot...
I have a 2005 Range Rover Vogue auto, bought second hand from Stratstones, Woburn Green, High Wycombe, just over two years ago. A week ago I stopped at a set of traffic lights, then, when they turned to...
I promised I would let you know the outcome of a warranty issue I had with Auto Protect after being mis-sold the wrong level of warranty by the supplying car dealer. I wrote to Auto Protect to get the...
I have a KIA Carens diesel that has shown the same engine management fault on five occasions. So far this has been rectified four times at no cost under warranty, but now both the dealer and Kia are claiming...
 

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