June 2011
Hi all, ive had this noisy problem for a couple of months now.
With the blower turned off, If i turn the heater tempreture dial from any position to the furthest cold point, it makes several loud clicks, for about 5 seconds then stops, and now it has started to clicking from ignition start-up, even when the temp dial is set to any other position, with the blower set to off.... Read more
Can anyone advise please. A week after getting it through the MOT my car has started to drive horrid. I first noticed this when it was very windy and i thought it maybe the wind but as the problem got worse i realised it was the car. At very low revs the engine sounds like its missing? if that's the right term. When driving slow in either first gear, second, or third the car will sort of jolt / judder back and forth during low accelaration.This is very annoying as it feels like your a new learner driver - KANGAROO KID. Also you can hear the engine dipping or missing - the engine is very loud anyway so its quite clear. Its almost like you are hitting the revs on and off like a boy racer stuck at the traffic lights! but not to high extent. I've noticed that if you put the foot down and get it moving past 50 you can't notice this but during normal traffic conditions at 20 / 30 / 40 or even and slower it happens quite bad.This morning I placed the car in neutral and slowly reved the engine up to about 1000R and kept the position still, you could hear the engine reving up and down and my foot was very stirdy.
Noticed a slight change with the needle but nothing big. Hope i made that pretty clear and my only question is ..... WHAT IS GOING ON GUYS .. thanks for any help Read more
Any idea why the above lights keep coming on every now and again and go out when I pull off? My local indie MB man just wants to change the brake switch all the time. I have noticed also that when this occurs in traffic that the brake travel seems to go further under my foot and every now and again there is a graunching noise when I pull off.
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Hi - did you ever find out what the problem was? My ML270 has just started doing this. Most of the time its fine. Randomly I get the BAS ETC EPC etc lights on an the grunching noise when pulling away - almost as though the brakes are still applied. Pads are fine and the servo is 6 months old after the last one developed a hiss.
Any info appreciated. Thanks
Bought this marvellous car with Honret John's advice from the Telegraph pages.Not a thing wrong with it until now and even so it is not the car itself. My granddaughter posted a cd in to the player, with one already there! It does not function now and the Honda dealer is saying a replacement may be up to £1000.We live in Nottingham, Honest John or anyone any ideas for a reasonable replacement service, in this area, please? Read more
I own a beautiful honda jazz 2003 from new. I have had a problem(only in summer) that the cd would get stuck and the buttons would not be functional. All I do is
take a white sheet of paper and fold it half the size of cd and insert inside the cd player....
Good People... Read more
Splendid news! Thanks for the update-very frustrating when it's forgotten because no one learns anything.
Should I buy this car?
Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me with this.
I have just bid for and won a car on ebay - £705 for a great condition Saab 9-3 2.0T 2002.
I went with the cash last night to see the car and it looked and sounded good, but I had a query with the V5C and wanted to check it out before making an expensive mistake.
The guy selling the car is not the registered keeper on the V5C and section 9 is missing.
He claims that he bought the car 2 months ago from a friend for £1,000 but was unable to keep up with the insurance payments, was very sick and got made redundant and so has decided to sell it!
He says he is not a motor dealer and that his friend isn't either. He does not know the registered keeper listed and is not sure how his friend came about owning the vehicle.
He does not have any bill of sale from his friend to prove how the car came into his possession.
I understand section 9 is for sales to a motor trader, which leads me to conclude that the original registered keeper sold it to a motor trader - and the V5C has then been passed from owner to owner without anyone re-registering the car.
He offered to sign section 8 as if he was the registered keeper - but this sounds potentially fraudulent. He also offered to write me a bill of sale/letter to DVLA....but that's no good unless he does actually own the car.
Everything else seems fine - we did a quick check on the car (via Cartextcheck.co.uk) and it has no stolen record and has not been scrapped or been subject to a total loss claim. The VIN numbers also match the V5C.
Is there any way of proving who actually owns the car and whether he can legitimately sell it to me?
Am I right in thinking it all sounds a little dodgy? He has no history as a seller on eBay either - this was his first sale.... Read more
It has obviously passed through the trade at some point and subsequent owners have not registered it in their name. Quite common when people don't intend to keep a car long or are doing a bit of "private" trading on the side. You shouldn't have any trouble taxing it or regsitering it.
Some cars stay "in the trade" for years. If you buy from a trader you never get to see Section 9 (come to think of it, neither does the trader)....
Now look here you chaps.
Why is it so expensive to bring in a new car from the USA? Their prices are on the floor, and you don't pay their tax. Yes yes I know you have to pay shipping, VAT and the work to get it approved for our roads, but importing firms seem to do the sums and add an extra zero. Is it worth going over and sorting it myself? I want a Ford Crown Victoria. In black please.... Read more
Have you seen this?
Hello,
Is the interval between sevices on this engine 10k? Cam belt/ timing belt and water pump approx 60k? Read more
My 2000 Ibiza had 60k interval it was a 1.9 sdi
Hi all,
My wife and I ordered a Skoda yeti in January and as part of that, we read the brochure, compared it to the owners manual which was online and ordered it with an Off Road button. This was because the brochure says "it will...hold the car still on a hill start" under the paragraph describing the "Off Road Button". On the page setting out the specific functions of the button, it describes the first as "Uphill Start Assist" which in the owners manual, explains this is where the brakes are actuated on an incline. Couldn't be clearer.... Read more
OK, so this post is over 2 years out of date.
This years brochure quotes brakes hold for approx 2 seconds, and then car rolls back. That ain't very long and could be as little as 1 second depending on the angle of slope....
I am thinking of buying a secondhand car from Trade Sales of Slough. Prices and cars look good. Anyone had any experiences, good or bad, here. I understand the guarentee is 28 days. Is that so, and under UK law should it not be more? Read more
Bought a few cars over the years for myself and friends, as someone else said, just buy the car, you are covered under sale of goods act for 6 months, but if there is service history and balance of manufacturers warranty don't worry. Once i took their finance as they beat what i would pay via personal loan. Yes overall, would recommend them, but surprised to hear how much they've shrunk. Alternative cargiant white city, but no experience of them, but again car + admin fee, not valeted, not sevriced and plenty of high milers. Good luck!
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Don't know your particular car I'm afraid but usually it does. If its still working I would be inclined to leave it until it doesn't - unless you've got time on your hands!
Peter