July 2012
In September 2012, I will get the above new car. I understand that the running-in process can affect the life and oil consumption of the engine. Naturally, I am keen to look after it as carefully as possible.
1. How should I drive it for the first 200 miles, then the next 500, and so on.... Read more
I have owned this 55 plate car for a year and it has 40k on the clock.
Was running fine, til Fri when power steering was jumpy. Got it towed to Citroen dealer for diagnostics and they called thar evening to say ECU and steering rack need replacing at a cost of 2800, which is only slightly less than car is worth.
Is it worth asking Citroen to contribute?
Could I get it done elsewhere with cheaper parts.
Any advice welcome
Thanks Read more
Can anyoe recommend a satnav that comes with free lifetime map updates. I'm fedup with my old Garmin Street Pilot getting confused with new road layouts. Read more
I've recently bought, from Amazon for £169.95, a Garmin 2595 LMT with lifetime maps and traffic and a 5" screen. It is now £154.90. Speed camera updates are £16 a year on top. Seems OK. Traffic broadcast works most of the time (depends on reception a bit). Camera warnings work OK. Tells you the speed limit and your own speed and warns if you go over. Easy to use. Has bluetooth which works fine with my very old Nokia. Plus there is a £30 cashback on it too. Worth looking at ?
Hi.
I've just driven to the South of France. Since getting off the motorway i noticed a vibration when cornering to the left and accelerating. It seemed to be worst in 4th gear though can now feel it in 5th too and slightly in 4th on the straight. I took it to a garage and after a thorough look he said the engine block was loose and this was the reason. He said it should be fine be will need changing when we got back (in 3000km time!) I'm sure it is getting worse though still seems to be absolutely fine in the lower gears.... Read more
I don't think he means the engine block as that is the bulk of the engine, I think he may mean an engine mounting which will allow the engine 'block' to move with centrifugal forge when cornering. Just try not to accelerate hard or corner fast and it should be OK until you get home.
No problems at all at lower speeds, but after about 15 minutes on the motorway at high speeds, the engine jolts suddenly. If you reduce speed it improves, if you accelerate it's not long before it does it again. I rarely drive on motorways, but first noticed it 6 months ago, and it has been getting increasingly worse. Last weekend, on a long journey it jolted frequently, especially if you went a smidge over 70mph.
Had a diagnostic done today, nothing obvious wrong.... Read more
I had this problem on my Pug. It was the diesel temperature sensor. A diagnostic brought up fault code on the part, but reading the live data it was reading the diesel at being -50'c.
Changed it and not a problem since.
i have a mondeo 2005 zetec, the front passenger side is about an inch lower than drivers side, i have replaced the spring but its exacly the same, garage cant find any other problems that could cause this, looking at car from the front its lob sided to the pasenger side, any ideas what can be causing car to be lower on one side. Read more
Needn't even be an uprated one. Springs settle with age and if the driver's side one was replaced on it's own at some point, a 1" height difference could well be the result.
Just one of the many reasons why springs should always be replaced in pairs.
Could this be arelay problem if so wear is it Read more
Check under the drivers seat for a plug and socket, could be loose.
any one know how to reset nats or switch it off Read more
The wiring to the sensor was hanging beneath the car, is their a clip or bracket that should hold the wiring loom connector in place on the chassis, if mine had one it is now lost and I can’t see how it was secured.... Read more
Hi All,
Just wondered if anyone had any ideas of the below problem. I have it booked in to Ford next Friday.... Read more
Ford Garage took a look. I gave them the above info. They also said it lost efficiency the longer it was run.
Service guy said they did not know how they fixed it! They did a vacuum and re gas and can only assume it shifted the blockage. All seems well with it so far so watch this space.....
Thanks for your help.
James
Browse
Rental cars have a very hard life from day one. No-one babys them, but they seem to cope with different drivers each day or week quite well and people who have bought ex-rental cars seem to think that they drive very well.
The moral is......Don't baby the car!...