As a Mazda owner new to this Diesel problem since I bought my Mazda 6 in January 2010, I seem to have fallen in at the deep end. I haven't had the oil level problem (yet) maybe bacause of the amount of motorway driving I do. But I have had almost all of the other problems I have read about on this site, to do with DPF.
I have written to Mazda UK and am not confident - given what I have read in this forum - it will get me anywhere.

I have written to the BBC Watchdog programme.... Read more

My windscreen wipers stop in the vertical position. They work fine apart from they stop in the wrong place. I know you can move them to the 'service' position when the engine is off but the key still in and have used this to reset them down but the minute I use them again they end up stopping in the vertical position when I switch them off-any ideas? Read more

is there an issue with the fuel system?, my56 reg car has what seems like fuel pump failure with only 79,000 miles first signs were longer turnover on startup but not in mornings and only spasmodicly, then ihad some start failures which rac thought was sticky fuel pump in tank, later found there is no fuel pump in tank, now has no apparent fuel through system,so fuel pump? but my mechanic has a nagging doubt about replacing the whole thing at a replacement price of £700 pounds + can anybody advise my hopeful thanks in advance Read more

A friend of mine has an old Toyota Previa (the original model) which has finally become uneconomic to repair (for MOT) and with honours can hang up its boots.....

He asked me what to get, I'm not sure of the budget but assume it's not high. My thoughts are:... Read more

Took my Vectra C (2002/62k) to have the brake pads checked and replaced as necessary following the advice given after the last annual service in October. Brakes were fine, just the rear pads needed replacement but the garage reported both front springs had broken. Needless to say they were replaced and at moderate cost but what concerns me is that I have no idea when this failure took place as the car has continued to handle just as well as it always does and if I hadn't been warned to have the brakes checked after 6-7k, my wife and I could have driven the car another 6k until the annual service in October completely oblivious of the problem. Or could we? Would there have come a time when two broken front springs involved us in some sort of accident? We do a long motorway journey at least once a month and two trips from West Wales to Scotland would also have been undertaken in the time scale mentioned above. I think what I am getting round to saying is that services based on high mileages or every 12 months if those mileages are not achieved can lead to major problems going unnoticed. Certainly, from now on, my car is going into the Vauxhall dealers every six months for a check over, even though they continue to tell me that this is completely unneccessary. What are the thoughts of other Back Roomers on this subject? Read more