June 2010
I sent the following query to Honest John and he said I should send it to legal matters and Lucy Bonham Carter might be able to offer me advice. I wonder if you can help? Obviously I was supposed to do something when I sold the car to the garage but I am at a loss as to what I should have done as I completed all the correct formalities with the garage and they sent all the forms to the DVLA two days after completion of the transaction.
Anyway, here is what I wrote to Honest John and your help would be much appreciated.... Read more
In February, I bought my son an 06 registered Astra 1.9CDTi 16v SRi from a local garage. Earlier today, he went on holiday in it to France, and on the way broke down on the French motorway system. He called out a local breakdown garage and was towed to their premises where a faulty alternator was diagnosed. It will take until Thursday for them to obtain and fit a new one. My son has therefore hired a car from the garage to enable him to continue to his holiday destination and will pick up his repaired car on the way back next Friday.
I seem to remember reading recently - it was probably in your excellent column in the Telegraph - that the selling garage is responsible for any faults developing in the first six months after purchase. If this is so, please could you let me know the appropriate leglation that should be quoted to the selling garage. I would also be interested to know the extent of any claim that can be made against the garage - just the cost of the repair, or will the cost of breakdown recovery and car hire also be able to be claimed?
Any advice you can give would be very much appreciated. Many thanks Read more
Depending on the price he paid for the car (in relation to market value) & the mileage, he could have a strong case for obtaining the cost of repair from the seller - let's face it, he could not realistically be expected to bring the car back to Blighty to ask the seller to fix it.
However, what sort of person drives around Europe WITHOUT breakdown cover - clearly someone who gives more consideration to the money he has to spend on his San Miguel that to the likelyhood of breakdown & the consequenses thereof. ...
Hi I have a low mileage Peugeot expert van. The milometer first started only showing the top or bottom half of the led reading. However it has now stopped working all-together. I have taken the instrument panel out to check for any loose fitting but nothing. My question is, if I fit a second hand instrument panel will it still show my low mileage or will it show the mileage of the last vehicle it was in? Read more
Some of these modules have to be programmed into the ecu I had this problem with a Mercedes there are plenty of people advertising in Autotrader who deal with dashboards perhaps its worth asking one of these people.
Has anyone on here had a bad experiance on being ripped off by a shoddy ecu repair
i would like to hear from them. Best Regards Mickeybo Read more
hi my xantia lost all but the battery dash lights rev counter and mileage display and both interior and engine fans plus it wont start.
there is no power on the glow plugs,... Read more
My cars are XMs but I think the fuse box is the same. There are two long bolts that go right through it, not very easy to get at but once you have removed them you can lift the box up but not far because of all the wires connected to it.
Interested in the latest HJ response regarding plastic and/or paper driving licenses for hiring cars abroad. I have hired cars many times abroad on business using the paper license only: in fact I don't even have a plastic one. The paper one plus passport seems to work well enough .... Read more
The old ones are still legal so to speak so they should not pose a problem in legal terms but in practical terms you may have increasing problems as time progresses.
Hi,
My understanding was that most modern cars have a thatcham 2 immobiiser transponder and are near impossible to steal (Unless they nick your keys)... Read more
What is really strange is that the Panda gets an extra star. The Panda will have the same engine (and immobiliser), and probably the same locks. So I'm not sure how they come up with their ratings.
Went out for short trip this evening, stopped car and left lights on max 5 mins, went to start car and it would not start so called out breakdown services.
Tried car 30 mins latter and it restarted, would could of caused this?... Read more
It is, I've been working with alternators ever since they replaced dyanamo's and 14 volts is the norm, sometimes even a little over, much below that and the battery will not fully charge. I don't know how that relates to your original fault though.
tried to change the fuel filter on my 1997 vw passat tdi 90. Removed the pipes from the top and the two small screws from another. The new filter which doesnt come with the connections and it appears as though the top of the old filter seperates and is screwed into the new filter.However there is no screw/bolt allowing for its removal? Help please?? Read more
tried to change the fuel filter on my 1997 vw passat tdi 90. Removed the pipes from the top and the two small screws from another. The new filter which doesnt come with the connections and it appears as though the top of the old filter seperates and is screwed into the new filter.However there is no screw/bolt allowing for its removal? Help please?? Read more
Not sure but sounds like you need to unscrew the filter from the filter head, hold the part with the pipe connections in a vice if possible or in hand and unscrew the filter.
Fill the new filter with diesel and screw back onto the filter head and refit the pipes. start and run engine to clear any air in the system....
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The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002
Change of keeper: registration document issued in Great Britain on or after 24th March 1997 and the new keeper not a vehicle trader...