May 2008
Hi Guys,
I have a 55 plate 407 1.6 HDI with a stereo that has no sound! Basically all the functions work, the volume is turned up and the mute is off but still no sound. I have tried both Radio and CD player to no avail.
Perhaps someone can suggest a fix?
Thanks,
Simon
P.s its got 83k in the clock so is out of warranty I believe. Read more
Does anyone have any experience of both electric windows suddenly refusing to work in a Renault Kangoo (1999, 1.9d) or any car in general? The fuses are fine. The toggle switches that operate them however, dont seem to be receiving any power. It could be a long hot summer in this particular Kangoo!!
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Hello
The Highway Code states:
DO NOT PARK in front of an entrance to a property? - Highway Code point 217
However, I'm not clear re having your droppedkerb partially blocked, ie, you want to turn left, but can't because a vehicle is artially blocking your drive & have to go right. Same scarion when reverse parking, you have to turn around & reerse park.
What about a high, big van parked right on the edge of your drive & making it dagerous to pull outas you are unable to see traffic?
All help appriciated.
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Cheers all
I've laised with the 'Community Safety Uint' officers.
I willsee how things go & ay request they pay this fool a visit but fearful of bcklash as this fool does not regularly partially blocks drive.
After having negotiated a newly laid car park, with very fine stone, I seem to have picked up a stone (or two) between the disc and the protective backplate, on my front off-side wheel's disc brake assembly.
Most of the time I don't notice it, but then suddenly it seems to get picked up and then makes some temporary grinding noises and then suddenly stops. Will it eventually fall out as I don't want to just take off the wheel, which in any case might not enable its removal.
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Happen twice to me in an Audi A3. Must be the geometry of the caliper. The Audi assist took apart the assembly to remove. Can to remember the stone, if limestone it wont do much damage, if flint it could ruin your disc
Hi guys.... Which is the cheapest way of replacing the windscreen with no insurance? is it possible to DIY? thanks
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hi, it can be done diy but its not too expensive to have it done by independent mobile windscreen fitters. i was quoted between £75-£95 all in about three years ago. look in the back of an auto trader for local fitters.
My uncle has a camper van based on a 2000 Peugeot Boxer 1.9TD. When he starts the engine, sparks are visible from the earth strap between the chassis rail and the gearbox housing.
I suspect it would make better sense, rather than just clean up all the contacts, to replace the strap.
Does anyone know a good source for earth straps, and how to test them. I suspect a reasonable test would be the electrical resistance of the strap but don't know what sort of figure would be normal.
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dr chris
Anything is better than white rust; so overall, it's definitely going to be a benefit.
Copper grease comes in many different forms. The most common one years ago was Copaslip; which is a mix of zinc and copper particles in a bentone clay base for high temp performance. Some of the later products can be based on anything, including hydrocarbon oils.
One of the best ways to ensure a good electrical contact is the use of toothed [shake-proof] washers. The better ones are vicious things that, when tightened, bite into the surfaces and provide multiple metal-to-metal pathways - not something easy to achieve with two flat surfaces, particularly if previously corroded.
Contact grease [often sold as battery terminal grease] is probably the optimum for joints that are not too exposed to salt-spray.
I don't know if this site has the facility to do it but carrying out polls would be most interesting.
Now, I don't see this as polling on political issues, more on those issues relating to car reliability that cause so much concern.
I can immediately think of polling owners of cars with dual mass flywheels or common rail diesels to see what proportion had needed significant repairs. This would help put a lot of controversy into perspective.
On www.fiatforum.com/ they have this facility and it has revealed that nearly a quarter of Panda owners on the site have needed a replacement boot lid lock assembly due to a simple microswitch failure within the lock.
OK, it's not very scientific research but interesting all the same. Read more
Fair enough.
The polls did Gordon Brown no good either so we'll let it rest there.
I'm just about to order a new 6 Estate and was goin to order the diesel, but am having second thoughts on account of:
1) The increasing differential between petrol and diesesl at the pumps
2) There seem to be a lot of reports of the diesel only returning ~38mpg.
I'm after some feedback on consumption figures for the diesel and 2.0l petrol to help me decide.
My driving is mixed motorway (~80mph) and urban and I live in a hilly area, so I'm not expecting the best consumption in the world, but any mpg figures you've got would be useful as a reference point.
I'm also interested for anybody's feeling about whether the differentail between petrol and diesesl is likely to increase as fuel surges towards the predicted £1.50 per litre for unleaded.
Thanks for your help.
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Just done two long trips from Leeds to London and Cambridge - 850 miles.
Worked out I was getting 44.1 mpg on average; never went above 70mph.
Steady dual carriageway driving with 3 people in car and a small amount of luggage.
This works out at 9p per mile based on petrol at 86.9p a litre.
Notice how bus and train operators are a bit slow to pass on their savings in fuel costs? My advice:
If you are travelling on your own take the coach; if more than one of you take a car.
Happy New Year !!
Davefingers.
I am having a problem with the climate control circular switch on the dashboard. When I press it in onto the on position the a/c comes on and works fine but sometimes it won't switch off and I also can't change the temperature setting. This has now started happening more regularly and jams on the coldest setting and the hottest setting. If I adjust the temperature by a degree it starts to work again(the control switch that is).
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Think i had similar problem , are you sure you are not going into auto climate mode !
because just pressing the switch does not cancel , from memory think you have to adjust blower setting to activate , but , check hand book.
I've found that it's almost impossible to stall a modern petrol engine. I've tried to do it deliberately (with the car stationary) by slowly letting up the clutch pedal with the car in 1st and the handbrake on and not touching the accelerator. All that happens is the engine management system compensates by putting in more petrol. When I eventually had to depress the clutch pedal the engine speed rose momentarily and than settled back to a normal idle speed. Somewhat different from what cars were like when I learned to drive in the late 1950s. Read more
My 2004 1.0 Yaris is incredibly easy to stall in reverse once the engine's warm, but is always fine in 1st gear. My 1994 1.0 Micra was much better for trundling along in traffic jams in 1st or 2nd without any throttle, the Yaris just keeps slowing down.
I can't remember if I've ever stalled my other car, a kit using a 2.0 Sierra Pinto with standard carb, but it is about 1/2 the weight of a Sierra.
Several years ago my brother drove a friend's Mondeo TDCI to Le Mans as a support car for a Marcos owner's club, and complained about how easy it was to stall. His daily driver at the time was a 1993 1.0 Fiat Uno which didn't run right when cold, so the Modeo must have been really bad.
I cannot help you with this but Peugeot now give 3 years unlimited mileage warranty and it is transfered to new owner check this with a dealer. Mine is.