Mondeo 2.0TDCI 6 speed

Both reversing lights and sensors not working apart from the on the odd occaision.

I think it is the reversing switch on the gearbox.

Can anyone tell exactley where it is and what the procedure is for replacement?

Anyone know the cost of this item

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I have a 2007 Suzuki Swift that has done about 6000 miles and has developed an occasional clutch judder.
It happens when the vehicle has not been used for some hours, or overnight, but the fault disappears quickly. My suspicion is that the rear engine oil seal is letting-by, and the use of the clutch burns off the small amount of oil.
The car has a 3 year warranty. The main dealer wants a £91 'inspection fee' which would be refunded if any fault is found that is covered by the guarantee.

As the fault is intermittent, should I risk paying the fee, or leave it until it gets worse and there is no question of a fault?

Also, say the car was left on the Dealer's forecourt overnight and was vandalised, would the Dealer be liable to pay for the repair?

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Is there anyway to disable the rain sensor on my 03 Micra?

Everytime the windscreen gets even the slightest drop of water, the wipers start working at full pelt and continue to do so when the water has gone. This continues for days after and is incredibly infuriating. It can mean I have the wipers working on gloriously sunny days and people must think I'm mad!

I asked at my local dealership and they wanted to book the car in for a full electrical diagnostic test to locate the fault which I can imagine would be rather expensive so I decided to see if anyone else has experienced this problem and could help me.

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The law of physics says friction force depends only on coefficient of friction and weight and not on surface area.

But it is often said tyre width has a contributing factors in traction.

Do wider tyres provide better traction? How does it tally with physics?

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'High-profile plans announced by Gordon Brown to ease the burden on motorists by making MOT tests less frequent have been quietly shelved, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.The about turn was performed two years after the then-Chancellor said that MOTs would move to every other year as part of a Government crack-down on bureaucracy and red-tape, and in order to reduce the cost on drivers.
In an embarrassing move, the proposals have been scrapped after officials calculated that making MOTs compulsory only every two years - rather than annually at present - would lead to a "significant increase" in deaths and injuries on the road."

www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/3724567/Two-year...l

Now isn't the bit about '"significant increase" in deaths and injuries on the road."' interesting. We are constantly told that speeding and drink driving are the biggest cause of deaths and injuries on our roads but suddenly the notion that dangerous vehicles will increase those figures is thrown in to the pot.
'Two years later, in a written ministerial statement slipped out this week by the Department for Transport, Jim Fitzpatrick, the Transport Minister, said that an analysis of the proposal had found a significant cost in human terms.
He said: "Our analysis suggests that a significant number of additional road traffic accidents would be likely if MOT test frequency was reduced.
"This is primarily because the annual MOT failure rate is already high (around 35 per cent) and if we were to reduce frequency, there is a very real risk that the number of unroadworthy cars would increase significantly. In turn, the number of road casualties would inevitably increase.'

Of course, no breakdown of the 35% failure rate is offered. Now judging by my own experiences of MOT failures, I wonder how many of those failures are down to incorrect number plates and their letter spacing, chips in the windscreen or emission readings, non of which would make a vehicle more likely to crash and kill people in my view.

The yearly MOT fee is like the TV licence fee, a tax in all but name. Who would want to throw away the opportunity to collect it every year ?
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