Hi All, Im new to this so please be patient with me!!
I have an 03 reg Vivaro 1.9 and the glow light and the light above it comes on after its been running for a while. It doesn't make the van drive badly and looks like it has no effect?? Im about to sell it so need to sort it..ANY IDEA'S would be greatfully acepted, on the basis that i cant be the first to have this?? Also in the morning the starter just "Clicks" and if im lucky it will suddenly start!! The starter at the end of its life????
Many Thanks
Dave Read more

Can anyone help me to pursue Citroen over an enormously expensive repair I have had to shell out for, and over which Citroen UK justs shrugs it shoulders in a very Gallic way and says tough. This is despite, as far as I can discover, this being a well recognised fault.

The problem is this. The engine fault light comes on, but none of the suggested faults appear to apply. After a couple of stops and starts, the light will go out again. We had ceased to use the local Citroen dealer because they are about the most expensive garage in the place and hopelessly inefficient. Our usual garage could find nothing wrong. Eventually another light also started to come on, so we took it to a Citroen specialist. He found that a valve had stuck, and that the BEM, the electronic module that controls the engine, needed replacing. Their computer did not, at this stage, show up any other fault. When we took it out on a long drive, the engine fault light came on again, and this time the engine went into economy mode. This is to protect the engine, and this is what should have happened the first time. Diagnostic work, which the garage had done at a Citroen garage, showed that the turbo had to be replaced. All in all, the work has cost nearly £2,000.

If there is a fault with the BEM ? and all the evidence suggests that this is the case - then under the Sale of Goods act, they must put matters right. I believe there should have been a recall as soon as this fault was discovered ? instead Citroen is making money out of it.

If you have had this problem, please can you let me know, as I hope to sue them through the small claims court. I have set up a special e-mail for this xsaraturbofighter@yahoo.co.uk.

I should add that I have had Citroens for over thirty years, and that this is my seventh Citroen. I?ve pointed that out to Citroen, and they really don?t care. Read more

My Toyota has developed a fault.

The above warning light is on all the time, Now I know that the front tyres are due for replacement, and I wonder whether this might be related.

This is leased car, the last time I went to Kwik Fit to have them changed, they refused as there were several microns of tread left on the tyres.

Now I have to drive to Scotland this week, and with the foul weather and cold, I feel slightly nervous about doing this on poor tyres, with the VSC / TRC off.

I am wondering whether the system has detected the tyres are worn, and hence is illuminated, so it could be cured with some new rubber, or whether I should make an expensive visit to Toyota first for a diagnosis ( If they can fit me in this week )

Also anyone seen the New Avensis in the flesh ? I have to choose between this and the New Audi A4 for my next car.

Thanks

Fox

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I've got a 2002 easytronic Corsa (u can drive manual or auto) and I've had the flashing 'F' happen periodically meaning I can't start the car when this happens. First had the fault codes read by a local garage and they couldn't find anything (this was Tuesday) and they said that it was probably a fluke, and Tuesday nite, on attempting to go home from being out - I couldn't start the car again.

Took the car to my local Vauxhall garage who have told me that the ECU is broken and that it will cost £841.98 to fix. Then they said the ECU could have damaged the clutch and that could need replacing at a cost of between £800 - £1100!!! but they won't know about the clutch until they put the new ECU in and road drive the car.

I'm really not sure what to do. To potentially spend just short of £2000 on a car that cost me £4000 May last year seems a bit much. If I cut my losses, would I get much part ex for it to put towards another car?

I'm also concerned that the local garage told me they can't find a problem but the Vauxhall garage told me there are big problems!

Advice please? Read more

hi all hope someone can help my 307 amongst other problems has decided it does not want to unlock i can get in my drivers door and boot the other doors sound like they are unlocking but i cant open them have been told it may be the dead locks any ideas it is really anoying me now Read more