October 2007
Upon collecting my 02 Focus from the valet parking at Heathrow, my radio has suddenly stopped holding the FM stations?
MW and LW work fine, but switch to FM and the preset stations will work for about 20 seconds and then lose tune, then if you scan it goes right round the dial until finally returning ?Not Found? in the display
I have unscrewed the aerial and replaced but to no avail.
It?s the Ford 6000 unit
Any ideas?
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I had lunch with my ex business partner today. We did a lot of catching up and the subject turned to cars. He has a Jag S-type which was impounded by his dealer last week because it needed discs and pads. He found out earlier this week that there are no S-type discs to be had nationally, so he continues to drive the Discovery lent to him under the terms of Jaguar Assist. He tells me that there is no delivery date for new discs and may end up in the Discovery for ages. This doesn't please him because it's too tall for his garage. We both found it incredible that service items like discs should be in such short supply that a hire car has to be provided indefinitely until supply resumes. I also can't believe that he couldn't be got going again if someone were to take his old discs to the local machine shop so they could be resurfaced; possibly to be replaced with new discs at a later date. What do you all think? Is there a supply problem with S-type discs? Is the garage doing the right thing or being obstructive? Would you prefer a Disco to your S-type?
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land Read more
I have a problem, my 1.5 diesel S reg, starts most times. But sometimes It just turns over but does not fire, like the fuel cut off soleniod is stuck. Been reading various links on this subject. I have found the relay in front of the alternator, not sure if this is where the prob is. or how to un-plug it to check the condition of the connection. I saw mentioned that it only costs £15 and takes about 30 mins to correct. Could someone please let me know what to do?
The car runs fine once started and never cuts out.
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I think that there may be a very obvious reason why security circuits are always omitted from wiring diagrams; [even frighteningly-expensive professional sets] as the manufacturers would rather not give away how they work and exactly what they immobilize.
EwanMcGregor and Charlie Whatist....BMW R1200GS Adventures, Sun dust and long roads.
Yes Yes oh Yes. BBC2 Sunday 28th 9.00pm. Watch and enjoy...oh yes oh yes. Read more
PU,
if you e-mail me, (via the info you can glean from being a Mod) i'll happily discuss some options...... don't want to be a time waster though and as from this Christmas my life is going to change dramatically, so I need to be sensible with my planning.
I have a Wreg mondeo 1.8 petrol i need a clutch. Do i need to take the whole engine and gear box out or can i do it with them in the car?
Any feed back will be gratefully received thank you
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Gearbox out, but Mk111 mondeo is well known to be a pig of a job - you have to (at least partially) drop the subframe - and then it's difficult to get it lined up and get the car going straight afterwards - may well be one of those jobs best entrusted to someone who knows how.
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RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
Having a bit of a problem at the moment.
When i start the car in the mornings there is smells quite strongly of exhaust fumes.
I've had the car in at the garage for the last couple of days but they can't find evidence of any leks etc. Cleaned out the Breathers? and treated the air con - but still smells. Goes away when moving but returns when sitting in traffic.
With the bonnet up there is a really strong smell in the engine bay - off side close to bottom of windscreen.
Anybody got any ideas what I can check?
It's a 2004 model 62k up
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deadly i think. you'll go light headed and then feint and then hit something i would think.
Having sold my daughter's Fiesta to a nice couple we sent off the documentation with their details on, not keeping a record of it. A long lost second key for the car has now turned up and we'd like them to have it. Any way we can recover the buyers' details? Read more
I've only recently thrown away the Moggie Minor key we found when we bought the house thirty-odd years ago. We had a new kitchen, and it was in THAT drawer.
How do I know it was for a Moggie Minor?
Back in the sixties, the PO had 'one key fits all' for its fleet. I can't remember the number now, but I recognised it. Perhaps someone else may recall the number.
My wife has seen mention of a tax disc sticker with 'I love my Ka' on it and wants one for her Ka. Does anyone have any ideas wger to buy one ?
The Ka BTW is her first vere car and after 4 years she is still over the moon with it. No trouble at all and dirt cheap to run. Read more
Haha...brilliant
I can't find a sticker through Google for you, but I reckon if you got in touch with the Ebay user Stickerbods, they'd be able to suggest something for you.
Husband lost his keys on Friday, someone obviously swiped them & came & took his car early hours of Tuesday. The police rang 11.30am on Tuesday to say they had found the car & it was back at their garage but couldn't tell us anything about the damage etc just that they had to fingerprint it. We informed insurance etc, had the locksmith out cos our door key was on them. They rang back later with the crime no. but stil no information was know about any damage, if the keys were still with the car, when we were likely to get it back and then thats when they informed us we would have to pay £100+ to get the car back when we came & got it. They didn't give us the option of collecting it ourselves, they haven't even said where it was found. We rang back Tuesday night to be told we wouldn't incur any further charges while it was being kept there but they had a long line of cars to fingerprint so would get to ours probably within 2-3 days. We are now on Thursday, still no news.
I want to know if we can dispute this charge they are making as we didn't ask them to recover the vehicle, we could have gone & collected it ourselves had we been given the option as we have vehicle recovery cover. Any know where we stand with this? They said we could claim it back from insurance but as the excess is £100 we are even more out of pocket because of this, it cost £100 in excess to change the locks on the doors.
If anone can give me any ideas on this I would be very grateful cos I think it's out of order for them to just assume they could charge this amount without asking what we want to do.
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a laughable response
im on the side of ordinary bobbies doing their best BUT
we already pay for the police to investigate crime and associated costs
damage caused to car by fingerprint powder is i am afraid down to the police to sort out
and having scum garages screaming at me when all im doing is asking when i can have my car back does the police no favours
Northumbria police on the other hand have been great when ive had cars nicked in their patch
Browse
The garage is telling you porkies more than likely damaged it someway and need the time to repair it.