October 2009
M5 Northbound in Worcestershire/Staffordshire, 19:00 yesterday eveing, Dry road, 15 degrees C light traffic, good visibility, no holdups . .
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My 53 plate peugeot 406 LX Estate recently started suffering battery charge fault warning on the dash, then ABS and Airbag warning respectively then the car gives up and conks oot !
had the alternator reconned and also new battery but its still doing it???
recently fitted new com2000 unit (indicator/wiper unit), which is the wrong one but works all the same, cud this be the problem? Read more
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I have never owned a car with an alarm. But the next car we buy will probably come with an alarm, as most seem to now.
The problem is that car alarms are one of my pet hates. What I want to know is whether factory-fitted alarm systems are normally able to be switched off. I really don't want a car with one of these anti-social devices going off every time one of my cats jumps on the bonnet. (or tries unsuccessfully to jump on the bonnet if I end up buying the Mercedes A-Class we've set our hearts on!)
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I think there is a law requiring alarms to go silent after 20 minutes or something similar. I find they only sound for about that time before going silent but with the lights continuing to flash.
I actually find car alarms worse than house alarms, because house alarms IMO go silent after 20 mins or so, but some car alarms go quiet and then start again immediately - like they are resetting themselves and then detecting the same reason to start up again.
All in all, I do wonder whether the noise from both car and house alarms is justified based on the number of thefts they prevent versus the amount of disturbance caused by false alarms.
will a split (in half) inner cv boot fail an mot? also does anyone know if the engine undertray is part of the mot? Read more
Hi,
Re:- the split CV boot. If it's a quick fix that you're after. clean the boot up well with meths and superglue it. This should get you by long enough until you have time to replace it.
( only the outer boots are covered by the MOT )
All the best
Steve
Hi
I am considering buying a Nissan X-trail and thanks to this place I think I have asked the right questions. It has revealed that the car I am thinking of buying had the turbo replaced at around 20k but not the ECU, which has been checked regularly since. More recently the intercooler has been replaced. It has bone around 55k miles
Now from what I have read these are the common faults with an X-Trail. So my questions are;
Now they have been replaced does that resolve the issue or will the car always be prone to these faults?
Should I get the ECU changed if I bought it or can it be regulated in some way? ( I read that it could somewhere)
Is there anything else I should look for as tell tale signs or issues with a 2.2dci 2004 -Trail?
Thanks in anticipation for your help.
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Great cars - better than I expected, downside 2.5 petrol auto fuel consumption poor if one uses and enjoys it to the full, off road ability good, not up to R Rover standards but better than most, I have found the dealers and maker back up to be poor. would I buy one again? - its a hard choice, when it comes to it, they all have the goods & bads + or -.
I went a few years ago when the CSMA magazine were giving away £5 discount vouchers.
An enjoyable day on the whole. As with all SantaPod events, you can openly walk around the pit area and see the mechanics stripping down the engines and working on the cars & bikes. If you want a real buzz, then stand right next to a Top fuel dragster as they start it up in the pits and then wait for them to squirt in a bit of nitromethane and blip the throttle. You literally get blown off your feet, not to mention your eyes will start streaming with the smell of the fuel. Oh, and remember to either wear ear defenders / plugs or put your fingers in your ears. WHAT!
I wonder if they still set of the large firework right at the end that sets 99% of the car alarms off in the parking area?
Finally, take something warm to wrap up in. It was fine while the sun was out, but as soon as it started going down, so did the temperature. Brrrrr.
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I took my two girls (11 and 9) on Saturday and unlike Focus I couldn?t drag them away at the end of the evening! There were so many things for each of us to see and do and there was certainly no interminable waiting about as can so often happen at motorsport events.
It was the first time I?d been to Santa Pod in about 15 years, and the facilities are much improved from how I remembered them. I was amazed at the speed and noise of the very fastest cars and bikes, and how so many car alarms went off in unison after a good one went up the strip!
The highlights for the girls were the funfair, all the stalls, shops and displays, the novelty cars such as ?Wind Up?, the shed and the sofa, meeting Minty from EastEnders and getting his autograph, and seeing the very popular Michael Jackson tribute concert. They also enjoyed the Hallowe?en disco after the fireworks!
It was a terrific day out for the 3 of us and they have already said they want to go again next year. A big thankyou to HJ and the organisers from us all!
I refer to the placement of certain car brands in films and television series.
In US films it seems the car of choice for the expert is Audi...seemingly indestructible.
On our very own Doc Martin and detective/spook type series' it seems to be that the no nonsense expert will drive a Lexus.
There was a time when every hood was chauffered in a blacked out Benz.
Does this placement cause anyone to view the product differently?
ps...i always wanted to be Steed and drive that Bentley..nothing to do with Emma Peel of course you understand...or Tara King...gulp..;) Read more
It's a Ford Consul and believe it or not the actual car - i.e., JT and Dennis actually sat on the hallowed seats - is being restored right now --- a process which has been going on since 1990!
Hi,
I've experienced my Rover 25 seems to overheat every so often which involves the gauge going through the roof and the fans blasting for several minutes afterwards.
A top up of water and it's usually fine again.
I've noticed the overheating issue getting worse, this morning as I approached a round about on the way to work the engine stalled, as I looked at the dash the thermostate gauge was at the very top. I restarted the car and it continued to stall at every round a bout for the remaining 2 miles of my journey.
I got to work let the car cool down. I then checked the oil which although was low was well above the minimum. Checked the water and it was well below minimum. I do seem to be adding several litres of water every month or so which seems quite excessive.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
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Take the oil cap off and check for "mayonnaise" / coffee froth around the inside.
As Rattle says, these engines are notorious for blowing head gaskets. The good news is that a modified gasket is available which is said to be more robust, although the fundamental design faults in the engine which cause the problem will still be there. The engine is on borrowed time running in this state - you need to either take it off the road or get it fixed before it fails completely.
Given the value of the car, and the chance that the same thing could happen again months down the line, I would be considering my options carefully.
Good luck!
Mercedes A210 A class 2003 petrol
Ignition module removed and spark plugs replaced..........but now cant get module back on.
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I would coat the coil extension tubes with silicone spray grease.This should make the coil cassette locate easier over the spark plugs.The plastic clip on damp shield should clip on last (if still fitted to your car)hth
This is an excellent device - while it works. Unfortunately mine has lasted just long enough (now I just get the spanner symbol up, and sometimes a continuous bleep) for all paper work to have evaporated. So the question is, whether I was just very unlucky and should get another one, or are they unreliable? Any experiences, please?
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The signs started well south of the M50 and were still on near Jn 11 of the M6 when I left. A long way for a gritter on one load and also 2-4 local authority areas - Worcestershire, Staffs, West Mids? Glos?.