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I recently purchased a Ford Ranger pick-up truck from a dealer for £7k + VAT. It is a 2006 model with 44,000 miles on the clock and I am pleased with the condition, etc. However, the bill of sale states...
I note that one of your correspondents recently described his/her Honda Jazz as “a heap of unreliable junk”. Can I add my name to the list of dissatisfied owners? My 1.4 Jazz, first registered in May 2005,...
I was interested in your response to a reader suffering a Turbo trouble with a Nissan X-Trail. The turbo and intercooler on my 2005 X-Trail were replaced by our local main dealer in December 2007 at 42,000...
Who can I trust to change the oil in my car? One place I called didn't want to know the make or model of car, as if they keep every filter for every car on the shelf. Another candidly told me they'd suspended...
I bought 2 year old a Nissan Micra from Nissan last April. It had just had its M2 service. Within a month or so I took it back as the brake warning light kept coming on. The head of service said it’s just...
I would like to share my recent experience if Alfa Romeo. I had a three-and-a-half year old Alfa 147 1.9 MJET 16V diesel that had done 53,000 miles and was 6-months outside the standard warranty. On a...
Your recent correspondent from Uckfield who discovered that the VW dealer who performed an oil change charged him for 4.5 litres of oil when the sump capacity was 3.5 litres is not alone. My Golf was recently...
My son and I are desperately in need of some advice and I wondered if you could please help. Two weeks ago, my son bought a used Rover 75 from a local dealer. The car is an '02' plate 75 Classic CDT SE...
Our Lexus GS 300 with 175,000 miles needs an exchange air-con pump at a cost of £1,300. The Lexus dealer considers that the car once repaired is capable of 250,000 miles. So for £1,300 we could probably...
The treatment I am receiving from my local Audi dealer is unbelievable. I noticed that my 2002 Audi A4 TDi sport saloon car was not driving smoothly, and I took it to the dealership. Tests and assessments...
 

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