help - got carnew in jul 2008 -all fine until 2 months ago - started with very occasional squeal like noise from rear of car - however since then has worsened dramatically - still intermiten but when there very loud and sounds like metal on metal - sometimes goes away with braking , sometimes dissapears when driving - when there it is unbearable - had brakes checked and cleaned last week and all ok - took car into toyota today for accelorator repair and asked them to check out noise - told me was not the brakes/pads - only way to get rid of this would be to maybe !!! replace discs etc at a cost of 275 quid - and that this of course was not covered under warranty - i asked her if discs were definitely causing problem and she could not answer me - but she agreed that with only 16500 miles on clock seems low mileage to be having to replace these ( if problem at all )

im really worried as it is a lot of money to pay out without knowing if this is problem - am a student nurse and widowed and money tight - to think i traded in my jag for this car tosave money - she gave me cust servs tel no but wanted some back up info before i write to them - can anyone help - whats the normal changeover time of these discs - bearings - could they have been faulty from the start. any help/info gratefully required Read more

a friend of mine has a Ford Fiesta. he recently had the discs exchanged as his car was juddering when coming to a halt.

Despite this, the car still judders when braking. what might be causing this?... Read more

Daughter's boyfriend had his rear wiper arm ripped off. i've had a go at removing what's left, but because it's fitted through glass i'm reluctant to apply too much force or impact load.

the new one looks like it's a plain brass taper.... Read more

a relative of mine mistakenly took his daughter's car to get it cleaned without realising that he was only a named driver on his wife's insurance for their car. it never occured to him that he was not insured. He got stopped for not wearing a seat belt and the insurance issue became evident when he took his documents to the police station. He will now be prosecuted for having no insurance and for not wearing a seat belt. He currently has three points for a speeding offence. other than that he has had no driving offences in over 40 years. He never drives his daughter's car and this was a one off. He just made a mistake thinking he was insured when he wasn't. The whole scenario may now have the potential for his points tally to reach driving ban level. What advice would you give him on how to proceed? Should he contact a solicitor, appear in court or submit a written plea of mitigation or what? Read more

Hi,

The family are off to France first week of June, La Rochelle, and to break up the long drive each way we plan to take an extra day getting there and and another extra day getting back.... Read more