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I've got a misfire on my 2001 Vauxhall Vectra 1.7. Sometimes it's fine, others, it's struggling to go. Any ideas?
My 2003 Vauxhall Zafira diesel won't start. It hasn't suffered from this problem before and was only standing for a day. Any ideas?
I have a four year old BMW X5 which has had the original wheels replaced under warranty due to corrosion/blistering around the hubs. The replacements are suffering the same damage and my local dealer has...
My 2001 Citroen Xsara 1,4 petrol is making a knocking noise. The noise only happens when the car is moving and appears to to be coming from the front when I slow down or brake. The local garage don't...
I'm thinking of buying a 2005 BMW 3 Series 2.0 diesel for £3000. The car is an automatic and has 3000 miles on the clock. Is there anything I should look out for?
My BMW was misfiring recently, so I took it to my local BMW dealer. After diagnosis, they said one of the injectors failed and therefore all the four injectors needed to be changed, along with the spark...
The timing chain has snapped on my 2007 BMW 318d, with 127,000 miles on the clock. I'm not in the position to change the car and have been happy with it to date, is there anything you recommend to change...
I recently purchased a 2013 Honda Jazz with 1850 miles recorded from a main Honda dealer. The cooling fan runs for a few seconds every minute or so whether the car is hot or cold. At night the headlamps...
I bought my dream car recently from a BMW dealer - a 2008 MINI One. It was a good price with only 24,000 miles on the clock. However, since then,it has been back twice with a window problem and again today...
My Peugeot 206 automatic has started jumping out of gear on cold mornings, with a frost light flashing on the dashboard. However, after stopping and restarting it seems to warm up and drive ok. Any idea...