Can anyone tell me what the timing belt change is on a 2.0 HDI 2005 model of this car please. I have looked on the net and keep coming across different answers.

Thanks


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My Matiz cuts out after about 2 miles on every trip; it usually restarts after a few minutes, though lately it has been taking much longer, and sometimes has been very difficult to start first thing. I bought the car off a friend 2 months ago. 4 garage visits have led to replacing the distributor, the fuel injector and the valve-pulse module. The last two were by the local Chevrolet dealer after a computer check.
Now the local Chevrolet dealer says the computer wants me to replace the immobiliser ECU, cost £330. It seems likely that the parts they replaced are in working order (£95 to replace).
My question is, am I being ripped off? What if replacing the ECU does not solve the problem?
If a friend asked me to look at their computer because the screen wasn't working, I would not simply replace the monitor, signal lead and graphics card. I'd swap out each part.
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Hi, my sister has just called me to say her voyager has failed it's mot due to the horn not working. after a little internet research and some more questioning her cruise control doesn't work and the airbag light is permanently lit, from what i can gather these symptoms point to a fault with the clock spring behind the steering wheel, i also gather this was fixed under a recall in the usa and wondered if the same applied over here? there is no mention of the recall in the car by car breakdown but i wondered if someone such as merlin tech who posts here frequently about voyagers may know? i would ring the local dealer but in the past ive found them to be fairly unhelpful.

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Ordered a Sat Nav and case from Amazon - from one of their `Market place` sellers . It arrived a couple of days later in a heat sealed plastic envelope - signed for it, but no case inside. Just the Sat Nav and the invoice for both items.

Contacted Amazon by telephone, they sent me an email form to contact the seller (also sent an email direct to seller) No response to emails and its now around a week.

However, got through to seller on the phone (delivery day) said they would "send another"

Its nearly a week later still no case.

Rang Amazon - have to give a few more days then a claim form could be filled. Now I questioned the Amazon person but could not discover whether we were still waiting for the original case or whether it was a package sent since I first rang..

1) I`m wary now of buying two items from one seller - as once signed for surely you are in a weak position?

2) re this missing case - it`s `only` £10 and fortunately not the Sat Nav itself. IF it doesn`t arrive on the latest specified date what would you do next.
In particular with reference to Amazon `claims` it seems you are limited to five lifetime claims from them.
Given that I`m making much bigger purchases from them such as a recent £1,000 TV - it seems a shame to use one of your five `lifes` up for a £10 case.

Contact Visa instead then and let them take it off my bill and sort it with Amazon themselves? (I`m tempted to do this to be honest)

Of course the issue is with the `market place seller` but being relatively new to all of this I would welcome your advice.

In particular (for my future purchases) is the two items from one seller a risk it`s better not to take. Leaving Amazon out of it - are scams run along those lines with private sellers and what can you do about it.

Thanks

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I wonder if there are any legal eagles out there that could possibly help me please.

I have had damage to my coil springs,(three in all) which I feel is as a result of speed cushions installed in the area where I live. These are the only cushions I encounter on any of my journeys. I have contacted my local council, who have said the cushions comply with the Regulations (road humps) 1996. and they have been maintained. I dispute this, but need some help proving it.

The cushions involved are rubberised ones, bolted down to the road surface. In the Regulations 1996 it says that "it has no vertical face of any material forming pat of that road hump exceeding 6mm measured vertically from top to bottom of that face". The cushion edges are indeed 6mm, however, the "on/off" ramps are off the road, and I have measured it, and photographed it as 25mm from road surface to top of cushion. The edges will not stay flat to the road, as debris has got underneath. Also, there are several bolts protruding above the cushions as well.

My question for any legal eagles out there is: Do the speed cushions have to be attached to the road surface?. I cannot find anything on the Regulations which states this, and having contacted the Dept. of Transport, they can only refer me to the Regulations. This appears to be a grey area, and I wonder whether anyone reading this has any experience of this, or have they come across it during their course of legal work.

I would have thought, as a layman, that the speed cushions SHOULD be attached to the road surface all way around, (as the tarmac ones are), however, I cannot find anything in which I can throw at the local council. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks all.

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