December 2008
I have a Peugeot 306 2.0 Hdi (W reg) and I must say I am quite attached to my car, (probably a girl thing). Since September it has been to the Peugeot dealers 6 times because of the Engine Diagnostic light coming on, also the 'symptoms' have been minor, varied and intermittent, including, a reluctance to pull away on first drive after light comes on and running away without foot on accelerator, other times there's nothing to indicate a problem except that it doesn't 'feel' quite right. First time they said it was the throttle sensor, and they 'fixed' it. Then it went back, apparently it was a different fault and apparently they fixed it. Then the 3rd time they said they'd repaired it under warranty because the part was at fault, same again the 4th time. The 5th time they said it was a wiring problem, and the 6th time they said the wiring that was fixed last time had been done wrong and apologised. Then I got a phonecall to say that if it came on again (which it has) then it would need a new wiring loom at a cost of £1200. I really would like to know if this is a) an accurate analysis of the problem b) a reasonable price for it to be rectified c) worth getting fixed considering the value of the car. Any ideas? Read more
I've just recently discovered my brake lights arn't working on my leon. The brake light of the tailgate works, but the other two don't work. I've changed the fuse no luck, and it can't be the bulbs as the light part of the bulb works. Any ideas???.
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hi i have the same problem, what was the cure?
Hello
My Suzuki Swift cranks very slowly first thing in the morning in the recent cold weather - not helped by a diet of short trips morning and evening with lights, blower etc always on meaning the battery rarely rarely gets a good charge. Although the manual recommends 5w-30 oil, I know the dealer who services it uses 10w-40 (no idea why, he's also a Ford dealer so you'd think he'd have supplies of the thinner oil!). Do other BR's think that I'd improve things if I changed to the thinner oil or would the difference be negligible?
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It might get a longer run at weekends but not often (yes I know it's not good for
the car but that's how it is!).
I think that bearing in mind the car's day to day use you ought to make sure it gets a good run at weekend rather than it being a maybe.
In 5.2 miles journeys the engine isn't even getting properly warm - it's remarkable to drive a car with an oil temp gauge. It takes about 30 miles for the oil to get to temp.
If you can't do that then using the Optimate would help (assuming everything else is OK).
I have a 52 Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 Automatic.
Recently I have experienced the strangest fault. When driving along, the car will seem normal, and then the enging light and the spanner symbol appear. When you put it over to manual the 5 will appear, however when you try and kick down a gear with either the pedal or the manual lever, it stays in 5th gear. When you stop, you have 2 choices, 5th and 2nd. When changing between these gears it is very aggressive and jirky.
When you stop the car, switch it off and wait for while, you can then start it and the spanner disappears, however the engine light stays on. If the gearbox goes up through the gears with no issues the enging light goes out, however at times it jumps to 5th and will continue to stay in 5th until you intervene with the manual lever.
Everytime I get it booked in, it has cleared itself, however when I try to drive it within a couple of days it will have done it again.
Anyone have any idea what is happening? The Garage said the spanner is related to a broken exhaust, which is about to be replace, however could this have caused the "limp mode" Read more
Thought I would give you an update -
The coolant has been leaking into the gear box, so this has been a small bill of £2,700.
I was shocked at the amount of people that have reported problem with this, so I contacted vauxhall to make my point. They did not get my point, however confirmed that cars had a life expectancy, and due to the age of my car, it was not even worth a gesture of good will???
So from Vauxhalls own mouth, their cars are not expected to last 6 years covering 45,000 miles???
Help please. My Clio dCI 80 suddenly lost power the other day. No power at low revs unless the revs got to 3,200 rpm then the turbo came back into play and everything seemed normal. Fifth gear at motorway speeds was a waste of time.
Local (non Renault) garage diagnosed the problem as the ERG (intermittent notice on the diagnostics) although the car is now working ok (Typical).
No warning lights at all!
Any ideas???
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Scott Read more
Just like to say thank you to O2skn for is advice on cleaning the EGR valve.
My Nieces Clio 1.5 DCI 54 reg had suffered a loss of power. Cleaning the valve appears to have fixed the problem.
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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Timbo Read more
It's under the main battery/air intake, on top of the gearbox. 22mm spanner needed. It costs £9.05 inc VAT (trade price). Awkward job I think unless you have a 22mm crows foot.
Common fail on this car. Removing and lubing the things may work for you.
hello all, newbie to the site,
I have had the above mentioned car, petrol model for around 9 months, So far it has been in and out of the dealers many times, anti pollution faults, catalytic converter fault the most freqent, when the dealers inspected, nothing was wrong, the car ran as normal, and drove well.
The car had some things i thought was wrong when i purchased it, On start up from cold, feels like the whole car shakes, and after a minute or so it settled down and stopped, Also on reving the car from idle speed, it sounds very raspy, not smooth, bit of a splutter when decelerating. Also there is a type of loud tappety noise, more like a clanging, comes in when the car is under acceleration. and its very hard to point out where the actual noise is coming from, but with this it runs very smooth.
Today on start up from cold the catalytic converter fault came on the car, Now standing at idle speed the car shakes more violently, and seems to be lot of smoke from exhaust, and the tappety sound is more present. but i drove the car for a short distance, and it ran as it allways does, on stopping the car regained its shakes.
If anyone can shed any light on this problem.
many thanks
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Looking at sevicing the daughters Ka over Xmas. Looking at the schedule the odour filter needs changing. So I have 2 questions you may be able to help me with. Firstly, where is it located and secondly, some advice on how to change this would be a great help - and earn some brownie points over Xmas!
Just for info the car does not have air con but understand this probably is irrelvant and am pretty good with car maintenance
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Thanks Dave - looks like the link you provided was spot on
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.
My kind thanks in advance for any advice or guidance. Read more
The manual off-switch should turn them off.
However, if they are already working when you manually switch off, (other than using the ignition switch to do that) they will continue to work until the wipers reach the parking position. At that point, the wipe-switch opens that otherwise supplies a feed that bypasses the manual off-switch.
So my guess is that your problem has nothing to do with the rain sensor, rather it is the wipe-switch that is not opening properly.
An experienced mechanic ought to know that and also where to find and check it. Or is that expecting too much?
The wipe/park-switch used to be part of the wiper mechanism, worked off the wiper angle, and probably still is, because only the wipers 'know' when they are at park position.
Report back with your repair result.
Mk2 Ford Focus, 2007 model, Petrol.
The clock is built into the radio head unit (6000)and the time loses a minute or two a week.
It's been to the dealer a couple of times now. They've changed the head unit and bizarrely the new one is doing the same! (yes they definately changed it as the old one had a scratch on it).
I can only assume the electronics for the clock is not contained within the radio unit? i.e. that the radio is only the display.
There's no option to sync the time with RDS (unlike the older versions of the same radio).
Any ideas?
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I am having exactly the same issue. Did anyone find a solution?? Have messaged Ford, but not holding my breath.
I have no 'RDS time' option and no date displayed when powered off....
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Hi Gerbil,
I have a peugeot 306HDI and I have been having the same problem, did you fix it?