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After 15 days of car ownership the car developed a fault. It is an automatic, the gearbox would not engage any gears, whether it be first or reserve. The dealership told us to find a garage to repair which...
My sister bought a 2012 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi with an automatic gearbox for £5150, Less than two months later and 2000 miles covered, the gearbox has failed. It lost drive and the diagnosis was the gearbox...
I bought a 2013 Ford Focus from a main dealer in 2018. The car only had only 56,000 miles on it. It now has 67,000. The garage has told me that the wet clutch gearbox needs replacing. It is a sealed unit...
I have a 2015 Hyundai Tucson with 50,000 miles on the clock. A few weeks ago I started having problems getting into fourth gear; it makes a horrible sounding crunching noise every time I shift into it....
I had a new clutch and flywheel fitted, then had the gearbox rebuilt. Four weeks later the clutch is going straight to the floor and the gears won't engage. What's the issue?
I have a problem with my gearbox popping out of first gear. The rest of the gears are fine. What could this be?
I bought a new Volkswagen Golf auto in 2015. It's had its yearly service at Volkswagen authorised dealers just last week. The car has only done 9300 miles since new but I noticed after the service a sort...
My wife has a 2013 Nissan Qashqai auto with just under 20,000 miles on the clock. When pulling away and accelerating, there is no problem - but when moving slowly and accelerating, the car judders, hesitates...
We have a 2014 Suzuki Swift 1.2 Dualjet with 40k miles on the clock. The car has recently developed a clutch judder when pulling away in first gear after the car has stood all night. After the initial...
Would a 2012 Ford Galaxy 2.0 TDCi with a Powershift transmission be prone to suffer expensive transmission repair bills in the future? I have read adverse reports on the Powershift transmission, but not...
 

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