June 2008
Hello,
Our Ford Direct C-Max 2.0TDCi will be out of warranty shortly and I have just enquired to the cost of extending it to a 4th year (no price yet though!).
Does anyone have any knowledge of the Ford 4th year scheme? Is it the same level cover as the Ford Direct? Is it worth the paper it's written on?
Reason behind move is it's a common rail diesel, so I'd like to be covered if anything along the lines of turbo, dual-mass flywheel etc etc. gives up!
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According to yesterday's press, used car values (aka insured values) have slumped by 25% due to the oil and taxation crises. Can we expect 25% off our next premiums? Read more
Vehicle values are only part of the story. Claims from 3rd parties, especially for injuries are independent of vehicle values, and won't get any smaller.
JS
I am in the market for one of these focus zetec's and have read all the reccomendations as to which one to go for and the like - But how can you tell which is which by looking under the bonnet ?
answers on a postcard please !!
many thanks
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As a further check the vehicle id can be computer checked by the dealer/saleman for any car you are interested in. Also the registration document will show whether it's a 115 ps or 100 ps.
I recently had a driver side front brake caliper seize whilst driving home (Mk1 TD 1.8 Mondeo, N reg). I thought the car seemed sluggish and was pulling to one side whilst braking. When I got out the front wheel was red hot, I at this point realized what must have happened. The next day I took the wheel off and sure enough the caliper was gripping the disc hard I had to hammer it off the disc! The piston seems seized. It pumps out but won't retract. I looked on the internet for a breakers who could supply a replacement. Through 1st choice I got a quote from a breakers for a caliper (and postage) for £28. I bought it but when it arrived yesterday I realized that from my model year info they'd presumed I had a Mk2!
I was wondering if this will fit a Mk1. Has anyone done this? and is it dangerous to mix caliper types? The only real difference I noticed was an electrical cable that my calipers don't have. I presume this must be some kind of wear indicator?
Any help / advice would be great.
Thanks.
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Cheer's for that. I'll have a look at them both together at the weekend. You're probably right, there shouldn't be much difference between them. Like I said the only difference I could see was that the mark 2 replacement has an electrical connector on it. Presumably some kind of wear indicator that the Mk2's must use.
Thanks.
The speed humps where you have 3 individual humps across the road seem to be getting more popular.
These work fine when when the road is clear and you can drive over the hump on your side of the road, often without having to dip below the speed limit.
The problem comes when there are parked cars on either side of he road and to make smooth progress you need to drive over the centre hump in the road.
When 2 cars are driving towards each other towards the humps, an increasing number of people seem to think that the first car to get to the humps has right of way over the centre hump.
I've lost count of the amount of times when I' ve been approaching some humps only to have some plum coming the other way start veering towards me to take his position in the centre of the road.
I'd been suprised if there haven't been accidents caused by this stupidity.
Is this a nationwide problem or just London attitude.
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I know a wide, more or less residential street, a regular rat run for many, where the gap in the middle of the road is wide enough to miss the cushions altogether. I always take this route unless there is something coming the other way at the wrong moment, in which case of course both cars have to go over the bumps.
It is surprising how many drivers are hypnotised into waddling over all of them even when there's no reason to. As for people driving down the middle of the street until they meet something coming the other way, and then generally reacting so slowly and clumsily that both cars have to slow down, people round here do it all the time in streets with no bumps in them. They do it because they are incompetent drivers and very dim and selfish.
I'm convinced that a lot of drivers put very little real thought into their driving. For example ...........
Our health centre is on a newish development at the end of a cul-de-sac, with the gateway facing the flow of traffic. Just before the end of the road there is a mini-roundabout painted on the road to allow for a possible new road in the future going off to the right as you approach the health centre. The land on both sides is completely open, and it's obvious there's no road to the right, but most drivers (when visiting and leaving the health centre) still slavishly drive around the mini-roundabout instead of driving straight over it. If they don't think about that, what else don't they think about? Read more
Yes.
It also has switches that turn OFF the front and rear fog lights in clear visibility.
And a proximity radar which allows you to travel through fog at 80mph.
Check your expiry date of your test cert.
On 30th June the cost is goinf up.
Get in early.....
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Scary personal example. My Father in law is retired and has a very nice little Fiesta zetec which will be three years old in August. Polished to within an inch of its life. Standing chatting outside his house at the weekend I noticed that his front tyres were looking worn. Nipped to my car for a tread guage and found them to be right on the minimum limit. His response was along the lines of "Oh, its due its MOT in August, I'll get them done then. "Um....no" says I...."best get them done now". "Oh I'll get round to it" he mutters and changes the subject. In fact I have a good mind to just order some and if need be pay for them myself. Makes you wonder how many more cars are out there with owners of like mind.
while driving my astra last weekend i came up a slip road and at the top it stopped and now will not start at all. i had a fault read 2yrs ago and it`s code came up as PO400 critical system malfunction2. could this be anything to do with it. also what does this code mean Read more
Before Vauxhall corrupted what was supposed to be an industry-standard code; P0400 referred to an EGR failure of some type.
As an EGR fault cannot cause a non-start; then it's unlikely to be that and you should get the codes re-read - it may be a pump, or pump ECU, fault.
I thought it was about time I re-appraised myself of this tome. I thought a new edition had been issued this year, but all I can find is:
Fifteenth edition 2007.
Is this the latest version? I've done a few searches to no avail. Read more
Thanks for that, henry. I'd tried a few internet searches, but lost the will to live before I got to that site.
Renault Master van
Can anyone help with this please. Van accelerates ok up to 2500 rpm, then goes flat and struggles to rev any higher. You can coax it up to 3000 rpm, which can take a while, and then it accelerates ok.
Checked air filter and wastegate, and fuel filter was replaced a few hundred miles ago. It was ok after the filter change.
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Update on this problem.
Fuel pump replaced to no avail, turned out to be the pressure regulator. £1500 later!!
Lucky it was under a third party warranty.
Hope this helps somebody
TN
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My last car was C-Max 2.0 TDCi. At 3 years 7 months and 37,000 miles the DMF needed repacing as a cost of around £950.