January 2009
Yaris radio will not move off medium wave. Finger toggles on the steering wheel do not work Other functions on the radio as in the fm button / fuel average/fuel distance calculator also do not work.
On switching on the engine the radio bleeps.
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From today's Mail.
Car in front overturned and rolled. Following driver, with others, helped the driver, who seemed to be 'walking wounded' and sat him in his car to keep warm. Services arrived and the Paramedic ordered the fire service to cut the roof off the car to enable them to get him get out.
Good samaritan left at roadside with roofless car and all his possessions getting wet.
Now £500 out of pocket,,,,, must have been a 'banger', but nevertheless, his property.
Probably 3rd party on that value car but would comp pay out anyway. I
Knowing this, I think I would have let him lean on my bonnet to keep warm. Driver taken to hospital by ambulance and released later uninjured.
Ted
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Interesting couple of comments in the paper today.on the car being cut up. Two writer, the first saying it was completely unnecessary in the reported circumstances. The second saying it must be done every time, just in case.
The first writer....A 30yr service Paramedic Instructor. Gave his name
The second........A Red Cross first Aid Volunteer. Anonymous
I have nothing against volunteers, my daughter, a paramedic, loves them because if they are at the scene they always volunteer to carry the stretcher !
Ted
Hi there this morning i went to start my car ( P Reg 2.0 xsi) and it wouldnt start.
It wouldnt turn over and when i turned the key all i got was a click noise.
When i got home tonight i opened the door and the alarm kept going off and the alarm light on the car kept flashing?
If it makes any difference i dont have a key fob only a key.
I tried some jump leads on it but still it wouldnt turn over and just clicked.
The car did have trouble before with starting but it just sounded like it was struggling to start but only for a second.
I noticed aswell lastnight that when i was driving along the road my lights were flickering dim the bright abt every 10 secs.
Anyone got any ideas, i was thinking maybe the alternator is knackered and battery is completely dead?
Any help is much appreciated.
Dez
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hi Dez,
almost definetly a knackered battery, id replace the battery first.
Should the problem continue after a new battery then it could posibly be the alternator but i would say quite unlikely... unless you have been seeing the alternator light coming on while driving (the one that looks like a battery, yes thats the alternator light) then a new battery will probably solve all your problems.
kind regs
Richie
Just driven from Sunderland to Carlisle and back, along with quite a lot of pottering around Carlisle. My route to and from Carlisle involves climbing up and down hills on the road parallel to Hadrian's Wall. I drove at the speed limit virtually all the way as traffic was light.
The dashboard cmputer tells me that my Panda Cross with its 1.3 turbo-diesel engine has averaged 47.7mpg.
Just wanted to tell you all how pleased I am with that. Read more
Prior to running this diesel Panda 4x4 I had the 1.2 petrol Panda 4x4 and would have been lucky to see 40-41mpg on the same run.
However, I changed cars, not for the better fuel economy but because the diesel version is much faster and reqires fewer gearchanges to keep up with traffic.
The car is currently at the dealer who is scratching his head.
When turning right the beep which sounds for low fuel / low temp etc sounds. Sometimes sounds on the straight.
Only thing logged on the computer is an intruder alarm - different beep.
When it beeps there is NO warning light on the dash although these still work (I got low fuel and the right turn beep within seconds on Friday - same beep).
Annoying, especially on those long sweeping bends on the M40 and large roundabouts.
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Maybe low window wash fluid or low front brake pad (with failed warning lamp). Does sound like low somthing or other any real fault should log a code.
My Daewoo Matiz (02) has failed an MOT and needs new rear trailing arms. Are trailing arms and radius arms the same thing? Read more
hy everyone hope someone can shed some light on this prob.
2weeks ago flywheel knackered, had new one done.ouch.
started to have probs with immob system. car when locked going off at night. cant remedy it so in garage not locked. then car refusing to start.
turn key all lights on can work all electrical stuff but wont turn over. 1st thought immob was responsible in some way so id leave car for a while and on return would start 1st time no probs. then started to do this more frequently and could leave for a day and refused to start so figured waiting for immob to reset wasnt what was happening as would start just 5mins
. i would drive somewhere get out come back 10 mins later ...not turn over. spoke to garage who said firstly i may need a new starter motor? i have experienced one going before but have heard the clicking of solanoid? first and this isnt present here. its as if no electrical power is getting passed the turn of the key.
i asked garage if they think a wire may not be connected properly... they kinda said its poss but i feel they are after putting a new starter on it and i would rather explore more cheaper routes first!
desperately need pointing in some direction... have read ERG valve sticking etc? all advice welcomed!
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the spanner light comes on stays on for 5mins then goes off
When started? That sounds like a glowplug fault. You need to get the faults read anyway.
Anyone owned a Hyundai here
On autotrader, they seem to be very reasonably priced. My question is, are the diesels reliable and has anyone had any experiences with them.
They seem to be very good cars.
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As an aside my eyes are always drawn to Hyundai Coupes - and I have
yet to see any rust on one.
Or a young looking person driving one!! ;-)
One of the reasons Mrs V decided aginst one - choosing her Mx5 instead!!
VB
Hi, I bought a 98 R reg 16v zetec Escort a while back. When I first bought it it would rev uncontroably at traffic lights, junctions etc then it would cut out but start up again fine. I took the car to a local garage and they managed to clean something in the engine (which he decribed as being full of gunk) which has stopped the cutting out, since then though the revving has started again. It seems to rev when I dip the clutch or try to change down a gear for a junction, traffic lights etc, once stationairy the revving will last a short time then die down to normal idleing with an occasional judder. Some days it doesnt do it much but other days its every time I press the clutch (i think it does it more often in the cold, however it seems to start fine). I have had it back into the garage and they could not find a problem as it wasn't over revving when they had it.
Really need some help on where to start really, my friend has changed the air flow meter and that did nothing. I'm not particularly good with cars but am trying to learn, so any advice would be extremely welcome!
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Have a look at "Focus Driver" re his Focus with a similar problem. Could be helpful.
On a recent return journey from a skiing holiday, colleague & partner broke down whilst on the autoroute. They had breakdown cover with AA, and BMW (manufacturer's cover) but neither covered them on the autoroute: They had to pay 150 Euros (cash, of course) to be towed off the autoroute to a point where their own breakdown insurers could assist. Having driven through France regularly for the last 20 something years, there's something I didn't know... sounds like I need to carry a breakdown fund of 150 notes!
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If it weren't for Albania, I'd recommend the route down the other side of the Adriatic, through Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro. Stunning. If you could get a ferry from Bar in Montenegro around Albania or maybe via Corfu to the Greek mainland, that would be a great route. It would be worth it just to see the Boka Kotorska in Montenegro, the only fjord in the Med.
Browse
>>Might be worth checking your tail lamps are the correct bulbs fitted or has one blown
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Thanks yokel38.
Still the original bulbs from 4/5 years ago and all OK.
I will however see if I can remove the sidelight bulbs, give them a little TLC and refit.
It might be some sort of funny intermittent resistance causing a non standard earth path. ( does that sound technical enought :-) )
Thinking that it might be a poor earth between radio and chassis, hence my request for how to extract the radio.