Can I claim back the cost of a diagnostic test for a fault on my Jaguar S-Type?

You gave me sound advice recently about a problem with my second hand S-Type Jaguar. Having purchased the vehicle from a Jaguar dealer some 130 miles away (as they had the model I wanted) I have paid £298...

Problem with car bought 2 months ago

Hi HJ, let me know your favourite charity and I'll bung a few quid if you can advise me. Bought a Volvo S40 1.6D, Dec 07 model, 38k miles from an Evans Halshaw (Pendragon) site in Cheltenham 31-8-11. Have...

Could an electrical fault be causing power loss in my son's Volkswagen Polo?

My son’s Volkswagen Polo gave us some trouble on the return journey form holiday last week. After running for about 80 miles the engine suddenly lost all power (just as if the engine was suffering from...

Peugeot 307 sensor fault

Depollution system faulty indicator on most of the time, occassionally goes off for a few days. Tried bottle of forte, went off for a while then back on. Computer diagnostics: permanent fault. Upstream...

Peugeot 206 fault

I own a 2002 Peugeot 206 1.6i GLX and a anti pollution fault has come up on the dash, i have change the lambda sensor as indicated on the diagnostic test but after 3 weeks it has come on again. What do...

Why is my Citroen Xsara's engine cutting out?

A couple of weeks ago, as my wife drove to work in our 2000 Citroen Xsara 1.9 diesel estate, the car simply stopped and turned itself off with the engine warning light illuminating on the dash. With our...

Why does my local Honda dealer want £86 an hour to read a diagnostic fault code on my wife's Jazz?

Last week the engine warning light would not go out on my wife's 2003 Jazz 1.4. I rang the local Honda dealer and was quoted £86 an hour to read the fault codes to find out what was wrong ("or a bit less...

Why are modern cars, like my wife's Volkswagen Touran, so complicated?

Surely there is something fundamentally stupid about the way we are building cars today? I drive a ten-year-old Toyota Yaris, a wonderful little car. My wife has a larger car, a Volkswagen Touran, for...

Skoda has updated the software in my DSG automatic and the car has been transformed.

Further to previous correspondence with you regarding DSG gearbox hesitation on exiting junctions and joining roundabouts, today, on Skoda's request, I took my car to the local dealer for a 'new software'...

Ford Focus warning lights

Five weeks ago the Glow Plug warning light came on when driving my Ford Focus. I stopped the car, turned off the engine, waited a few seconds, then re-started the engine and all was OK until yesterday. Driving...