December 2007
Has anyone noticed that a lot (or nearly all that I come across) MB's have only one front fog light that works? The second one occasionally turns itself on but there really does seem a disproportionate number with dodgy fogs. Read more
Has anyone else had a problem with the ignition key breaking apart ? I have tended to use just one key for the two years that I have had the car from new. The plastic body has split where the metal shaft enters it. My local dealer has contacted Honda UK for a warranty claim and this has been rejected, they reckon I have damaged the key by turning it too hard in the ignition. I think this is rubbish. A new key costs £202 !
My view is that the key is not fit for purpose, what can I do ? Can anyone advise ?
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That's a great result! Having worked in main dealers myself I always told irrate customers to contact customer services directly (but told them not to say that I told them to!). Nearly always got a result.
My Aunt has been tasked with disposing of her Step fathers 96 polo 1.0 poverty spec no PAS In metalic green no rust but a few bad dents, Gen mileage of 39K with some service history (oil changed every year for last 6 years) She wants me to sell it for her when i get home. it has 12Month MOT. I thought i would ask 450 & go down to 350 if needs must.... Does that sound ok? Read more
start at 695. good market for easy to mend small cars still.
My girlfriend's VW polo has been misbehaving in the cold recently. It took ages to start one morning and when it eventually did, it cut out (although it did restart after that, only to cut out again half-way down the road). Prior to the starting behaviour it would occasioanlly hesistate on acceleration while cold.
It had a new set of HT leads, dizzy cap and rotor arm last year.
I've read as many of the relevant posts on the forum and am planning to change the coil pack and check the spark plugs as a matter of course (the coil pack looks quite old). I took the air filter housing off and checked all the hose connections around the throttle body and everything seemed in order.
I tried to take it to the local VW garage to get the fault codes read but they were fully booked and said all they could do would be to give it a full diagnostic test taking an hour and a half (surely reading the codes is a 5 minute job like any other car I've owned?)
The only interesting piece of information is that on the way to the garage the rev counter seemed to be reading twice the correct result (idling at 2000rpm, even though the engine was definately idling at around 1000 from the sound of it!).
The rev-counter issue made me think that maybe the hall-sender is duff - can any of you experts tell me if this sounds feasible? If so, does the whole dizzy need replacing?
Sorry for the long-winded post but I wanted to give as much info as possible.
Cheers,
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G
Oh well; worth a look - I was trying to work out the cause of that "double revs" symptom.
The coolant temp sensor is the usual root of most starting/cold-running issues on these; but not the weird false revs.
I've not seen a failing Hall sensor do that; they are usually replacable; but, as you have to strip the whole dizzy to fit them, if you can get a cheapish new unit it's worth changing the lot.
Dose anyone know what could possibly be the cause of oil running down on to my clutch peddal. Its quite a pain as you can imagine it get quite slippy when driving. It dosnt look or smell like engine oli Its more of a clear oil. Read more
I had the same problem.It was a leaking clutch master cylinder which cost £69 plus £35 to fit at my local independant garage
hi, my seat ibiza was working perfectly, but now wont start. had a diagnostics done which says all is well, the engine is turning over, but is'nt starting. hope someone can help. Read more
Very common for these VAG 1.2 engines to either snap timing chains or to jump a few teeth. That'd be my next port of call.
Currently driving: 2007 SEAT Ibiza TDi
I cannot find the exact blue colour of my 2002 (52) Corsa 1.0 Club. Any ideas? Read more
Richard,
How do you mean?
You want to find where the paint code is?
It should be listed on the same sticker as the chassis number - probably on one of the door jambs
or
You know the paint code, and want to obtain the correct paint?
If you only need a small amount, I would get it from the dealer - I've always had good esults from touch ups and cans of spray. Obviously, if you're paining a larger area, you'll go somewhere else!
Number_Cruncher
hi, has anyone ever changed a clutch on the above vehicle? it's the 2wd version looks like there's one coming up to be done over christmas break in our family, any advice etc. would be gladly received. ive set aside 2 days for it which i would think to be plenty provided there's no other problems lurking
cheers
chris Read more
hope it is not as bad as a MR2 import!
After over a year of dangling the carrot of exemptions to the Con Charge if you drive a car in VED bands A & B, encouraging nearly all mainstream manufacturers to spend considerable sums of money in making cars that would comply, Ken has changed his mind.
The proposed exemption is, reportedly, no more. But funnily enough the £25 penalty charge for Band G vehicles (and no residents discount) remains! No word yet on hybrid exemptions.
Why should some cars that are smaller and pollute less than hybrids be charged whilst hybrids are free (VW Polo Bluemotion vs Toyota Pious? Sorry, Prius. Read more
You can't call Livingstone 'government'. He is that tiny, joky thing 'local government'. Trouble is it's London, so it's tiny and joky but writ incredibly large.
He's a screaming carphound. So are those who support him in government and in little small borough councils. Carphounds and monkeys. But we knew that already, didn't we?
Cooking oil in common rail diesels, state your view for posterity.
The reason,
Certainly I have stopped responding to all the new threads that pop up on this topic, perhaps many others also? but that could give a distorted view of the forums opinions, when only one or two members (with topic endurance;) continue to address a warning response to the issue.
In other words the need for a show of hands for AND against to get a true picture.
Myself?
Against, Very much so..............
Regards
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There exist two camps in this debate.
Wise men think alike.
Fools seldom differ.
You either get it or you don't so that corssmovement between the camps is rare.
I certainly won't be using my TDCi as a testbed.
Browse
In your example Paulb it sounds like the driver should have had his headlights on.
I have got extra white Philips sidelight bulbs in mine, which are much better than the yellow glow type IMO but they do not throw any usable light down onto the road. IMO sidelights are to make the car visible but not give illumination.
I saw an Audi A5 the other day with just the LEDs on under the headlights, and they were too bright IMO, almost bright enough to dazzle at close range it seemed, although it was a fleeting encounter.
No doubt these 'bling lights' are going to become widespread as they spread across the Audi range and more manufacturers copy them.
Just looked on the Saab website for a pic of those 'eyebrow' lights and noticed that "Bi-Xenon cornering lights" are an option on the new 9-3 as part of a performance package.