February 2009
A curious thing.
My Jazz went in for it's first MOT on Tuesday, prior to the end of lease in March.
On the way home I noticed that the small display panel in the centre of the dash had been wiped clean. The display is for radio/time/cd information normally.
My housekeeping is not all it could be, I know, but why clean it?
Were they so offended by my lack of dusting or can they access some sort of extra diagnostic info by way of a hidden menu?
Any ideas?
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Can anyone please tell me where the ECU is 'hidden' on my daughters Corsa.
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Aaaaah got it, many thanks, Eddie
i have several issues which have happened at different times.
first of all my central locking opens itsself quite frequently and i come back to find car unlocked (always been like this since i bought car last year)
secondly i have recently lost my cruise contol and horn at the same time,
thirdly my air bag light is on but i didnt notice if this was at the same time i lost my horn etc.
fourthly the little red light which i assume is something to do with alarm is on all the time.
fifhtly my radiator fan came on permanantly which drained the battery so i had to remove the fuse when i stopped but now the fan doesnt come on.
i have checked all the fuses and checked the wires from the column ... helppppp.. Read more
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No problem I see you have also posted on another forum and got (almost the same info) from another Chrysler tec. Let me know how you get on. (I am also merlin on the other forum)
Just as I thought would happen, recent fuel price rises have ceased to become a topic of conversation. What will be the next thing for motorists to grumble about? In fact, what's the current thing ~ apart from the despicable morals of franchised dealers? Read more
I have a similarly rock 'n roll sort of Saturday planned. Have to go to Crewe for some new wiper blades......
i have a 260 dual fuel ford transit van with a leaky sump. I have been told that I will have to replace the enitre sump and not just the leaking sump tray due to the fact that the model is a little odd/old. But as 260 transit van does not seem either to me, and I wonder if I am being taken for a ride here... Read more
my 2002 tdci mondeo auto recently split a turbo hose, lost some power, but main clue was a loud whooshing noise under acceleration, when replaced it just blows the new one off, clips are really tight, any idea why there is what seems to be excess pressure in the system? Car has done appr 85000 miles. Read more
Car is now with my local garage and they are investigating! Have spoken to a few people and none have seen this problem before, thanks for your ideas, hopefully it will get resolved this week.
Please can anyone help?
I am trying to register an L200 in the UK that was originally registered and used in Southern Ireland.
It?s described on the registration certificate as an L200 CREW CAB 4DR. It?s a 2.5 diesel and was first registered in February 2002.
The chassis number, I am told, shows that it is not a ?grey import?.
DVLA want evidence of ?Type Approval?.
Mitsubishi in Ireland can supply me with Type Approval numbers for Emissions, Brakes and Noise, but not one number for the whole vehicle.
After a lot of back and forth the local DVLA office are now saying I need to take it for an SVA test and, because it was not me who lived and used it in Ireland, some curt woman at VOSA says it has to have an SVA [enhanced] at the cost of £190.
Am I the only person who thinks that?s ridiculous?? It has just passed an MOT test which shows it is road legal for here.
Does anyone have any experience of this? Does anyone have that magic ?Type Approval? number? Do I have to just give in to bureaucracy gone mad?
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Sorry - in my moment of 'Oh hell - wish I'd never started' I forgot to say thank you for the replies. Thank you.
This has certainly been a learning curve for me and I think I will have to keep going now as I have already spent money on it. Hopefully it will be worth it in the end and I wasn't intending to rally in it although I very much doubt the previous owner kept to 56mph!
Any other hints, tips or gems of wisdom will be gratefully received.
As the title says i have noticed the rear brake lights (all 3) are not working, all other light are ok. According to the manual they appears to be no fuses for the rear brake lights
I have had a look at the bulbs on the nearside they look fine- surely not all 3 would not go at the same time would they
Can anyone point me in the right direction
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It turned out to be the brake light switch, for some reason the plunger at the end of the switch was jammed in and would not move out therefore the light was always in the off position.
I would like to hire a Ford Kuga for a week in May this year.
2 reasons - firstly I need a larger vehicle for my UK holiday and secondly I am considering a Ford Kuga as a company car and I thought hiring 1 for a week woud be a good way of finding out if it really is the right choice for me.
Question - does anyone know a company in the UK where I can hire a Kuga from? Most car hire firms I've looked at seem to offer a type of vehicle (e.g. compact, luxury etc) rather than a specific make and model.
Anyone know? I though Ford used to have a car hire business but it seems I was mistaken or it no longer does. Read more
A lot of companies will allow you to hire a specific car rather than a category, check out their websites or give them a bell and ask them, it may cost slightly more that way though.
i was in my local petrol station today for a fill up and decided to get some silicone spray (as you do this time of year) and next to the product was this item........ any thoughts?
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I love the fact it's Australian. I can picture the marketing team sitting round a table discussing what they're going to call their new product.............
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Does it display the mileage, which they will have recorded?