December 2007
hi i have 4 warning lights flashing where the rear wash wipe,wiper,rear demister and ac on off switches are.
i have seen this before but cannot remember whos car it was it was the same model
grand voyager.
does anyone know the cause and how to reset them
cheers all
{Another request to include year and engine details in the sticky message ignored!. Year of manufacturer picked up from the selection you made from drop down menu. In case newer models are any different. DD} Read more
Travelling on the A2 towards the M25, I saw a big sign today displaying that the new slip-road overpass will be open to traffic this Tuesday (18th Dec).
It didn't mention what time it will open.
This should ease the queues on the A2.
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How do you recognize a failing clutch or gearbox, my car is jumping in any gearing almost as though it is changing down or up at any time, difficult to describe unless you are in car.
found buried deep in an elderly thread - moved to its own for a bit more attention and drop down menu thingy implemented. Guess taken a model year. Read more
Full engine type and year would help the techs.
Just got a 406, my first diesel ever. Idle speed is showing 1000 on the rev counter but I think this is a bit high, am I correct.
Also normal running temperature is around 70, this seems a bit low too. Any suggestions? Read more
If it is a 1.9 TD, then by that age it will almost certainly be ECU controlled for idle spede. This is done via a vacuum solenoid that is well known for failing. There are usually 2 - one for idle speed and one for EGR - it may be possible to swap the vacuum pipes from idle to EGR, to get the idle speed to work.
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RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
The key inserts but will not turn, intermittant. Have tried second key but same problem, nearly got stuck miles away yesterday.
I can see how to take the steering wheel off and covers to get to the sensor and keylock but does anyone know which part is faulty?
If the sensor does not detect either key does the circuit/is it able to stop the key turning.
If this just disables the electrics then it must be a mechanical probelm which means strip down.
Thanks to anyone who can help on this.
Peter
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Bad news, managed to get the barrel working but when replacing a small cast actuator on the outside broke. Now have ordered a new barrel but loacl dealer will supply one to match my keys which is some consolation, under £50 so not too bad considering I was looking at new keys as well which would have been over £120.
Thanks to all who replied, just hope I don't break the casting again when fitting the next time.
I want to buy my daughter a handsfree, bluetooth kit for Christmas. Not a plug in your ear job. Can any one reccomend one?
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Parrot do a large range of kits from plug in cigar lighter fittings to full blown integrated into car stereo/speaker systems .Always found them to work well and reliable.hth
Following Pete Mansell's topic, what tyres have readers' found quiet or particularly noisy?
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I have a Peugeot 206 2001/Y. Car used to have aftermarket Goodmans stereo but I have purchased a second hand Clarion which was the standard fit for this model. Unfortunately after fitting the Clarion unit, the steering column stalk for controlling the unit does not work. Otherwise the stereo works apart from maybe the power connectors (12v switched and 12v permanent being the wrong way round and no illumination wire for the stereo)
Looking at the connectors that go onto the rear of the stereo: The top connector (steering column control) is complete with all wiring unbodged. Middle connector (speakers) is complete with all wiring unbodged. Lower connector (Power) has been hacked off and replaced with another connector of the same type but only three wires attached, the earth, permanent 12v and switched 12v. There are then 3 small guage wires coming out of the car wiring loom that have been cut and do not go anywhere, one has +5 volts on it. My question is does anyone have the wiring diagram for this car. The Haynes manual only shows a "typical" wiring layout and is more or less useless - how many times have I said that..... Failing that can anyone tell me the colour and order of the wires that should be on the bottom connector? Read more
I notice that some of the BR contributors live in other European countries. I was wondering if I could pick your brains please ?
While I believe it is fairly much accepted that there is no longer any real financial advantage in buying a new car in Europe as opposed to the UK, I wanted to ask if the same is true of the used market ?
To explain, my needs are slightly unusual for a number of reasons.
Although I live in the UK, I regularly need to travel by car in continental Europe. My most common trips are to Italy and Germany. Therefore the advantage of RHD over LHD is sort of irrelevant as I do almost as many miles "over there" as I do here.
As for depreciation. I am not too worried about that either as I tend to run my cars to very high mileages and resultantly they are never worth a lot anyway when they have completed their "tour of duty".
My preference is to buy cars which are approx three years old and with up to around 50k mls on with a good service history. I take the view that this is the point at which they represent the best deal. I then would look to get them up to 200k or more over 3-4 years by keeping them properly maintained.
So far this has worked for me and my car of preference is the Mondeo diesel estate. I know there are those who say that there are reliability issues with these but I have not had that experience and I am more than happy to buy another one. ( Maybe it's the way you drive them Chaps ?! ....he says and ducks ! ) At any rate I didn't post this to get into that old chestnut, please just bear with me and take it that for all sorts of comfort / loadspace / economy reasons that this is the car I will probably buy again.
I was browsing on the usual UK sites to see what current prices are being charged for these cars and given my reasonably open-ended brief ie. three years old-ish, 50k-ish,
mid to upper spec-ish it was throwing back suitable cars at anywhere between £6.5k and £8.5k.
So, finally, to my questions ( for those of you still awake ! ) Is there any significant price advantage in sourcing my next car in LHD local spec in a northern european country ? If I did what "hidden" costs would be incurred ( EG taxes etc ). Does anyone have any experience of the sort of %age effect on UK insurance costs for LHD ?
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What I gathered from my friends in other European countries (Norway/Sweden/Germany/Cyprus etc.) - used car are usually cheapest in UK :)
I have recently moved into a new estate where everyone parks on the road and not in their respective driveways.
The main reasons for this is that access to their driveways requires enough roadspace and unblocked dropkerbs, however, you know as soon as you start using your driveway, someone else starts parking in the visitor space in front of your house. Thus making parking in your driveway harder, a bit like parking in a supermarket car space. In addition, they make new houses so close to the road and drop kerbs small, you need people to give you enough space to swing in, which you know they will not do. People also like the flexibility of parking on the road.
Hence, there is now a culture of parking on the road and not the driveways. The council do not want to know as it is 'residential' and the police could only enforce if 'obstruction' became an issue.
Has anyone experienced these problems and what is the solution to get rid of this lazy parking culture?
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We are fortunate to have a drive capable of holding 2 large cars and a garage capable of taking a pushbike, but other houses on the estate have only a pint-sized garage and a drive capable of taking a medium sized car.
Hence the recent letter from the developers (we have lived on the estate for just over a year) informing us to stop obstructing the roads, as the delivery lorries have trouble getting past the parked cars at 6.30am...
It is ridiculous - but government planning legislation has sadly led us into this situation. At least the houses at the end of the site will have two parking spaces (and no garages!),
And did anyone see the news about the estate in Coventry where people want to park their cars in the front gardens, but the lunatic council won't let them on the basis they want the gardens to look pretty, so instead they are happy to have cars obstructing streets and causing a health & safety problem (fire engines etc.. struggling to get through)
As Dave points out, don't let it agitate you - if you can't get out of your drive talk to your neighbour. I did, and now he thinks about where to park so I can get out of my drive. The alternative for him is that I park on the street and make it difficult for him to get out (And before anyone says anything about insurance - I drive a group 16 car for 30,000mls a year and have a learner driver insured on it - my premium can't go any higher....!)
Browse
have you set the flaps following my first post? and did they all start flashing and the flaps changing direction on there own?