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I had an MoT one month, and about 300 miles, ago. The only advisory was a rubber mounting. I took it to Honda for their spring checkover and the rear brake is down to the metal with a seized caliper which...
My daughter bought a 10k mile MINI Cooper in March 2015. In December, at £20k miles, the clutch failed. Guildford MINI Centre would not entertain a warranty claim unless a £900 'exploration fee' was paid....
I recently bought a Saab 9-5 SE (1999, 120,000 miles, £1500) from a dealer (three months warranty). On starting it the next day, huge amounts of smoke billowed out the exhaust and has done ever since....
My Wife has owned a Honda Jazz from new since 2004. It has behaved impeccably apart from a CVT transmission judder which occurred after 3 years in service and was cured in warranty by a change of gearbox...
My 11 month old Ford Ranger has a broken CV joint. It was taken in to the nearest ford dealer (not the same one I bought it from). They have told me they cannot get the required parts until 20 February...
I have a 56 plate Vauxhall Zafira 2.2 Direct. Engine warning light came on and the car just stopped and would only do 5mph. Scary as I had just left dual carriageway and had the kids in the car. Diagnosis...
My Dad has been having horrendous trouble with his Volvo XC60. He purchased it from new in June 2011. Since then it has spent many, many weeks back at Volvo. The computer system fails in part - taking...
After having a 2008 58 registered BMW 120d stolen the police recovered the car undamaged within 48 hours (actually it was valeted for sale) but it was recovered without the original tax disc and with two...
I am looking to purchase a Volkswagen Golf Mk7 (GT 1.4 TSI), which I am now informed by my local dealer should be arriving in about a 7-10 days time. I have already looked very closely at the (downloaded...
Three weeks ago, I took my car to a local garage to replace the timing belt. Today as I was driving, the engine stopped running - I called the AA, and when they turned up, they told me that the timing...
 

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