August 2012
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I have a diesel AWD Kuga (2010). After driving for several miles a high-pitched noise can be heard coming from the rear / driver's side. It stops when the brakes are applied, even slightly, so I assume that it is associated with the brakes. The local Ford dealership has been unable to identify the cause, possibly because their test drive was too short. Has anyone else experienced this problem, or can suggest a cause and solution? Read more
The battery in my wife's Zafira is playing up.
Once the car is stopped and left alone, with nothing on, there seems to be no problem, car starts fine every time. But if (as I have done twice now) put the radio on for 30 mins max whilst washing / cleaning etc, when you come to start the car again, the battery seems more or less dead. The central locking, ignition lights, indicators etc may or may light, starter motor clicks and will not turn. Jump start works every time and give it a 10-15 minute drive, battery is as good as new (providing you do not do any of the above!).... Read more
I presume its a Sealed Battery rather than one you can top up with De-ironised water?
Vauxhall have fitted fully sealed batteries as OE since the '80s. They're normally long-lived, I've had them up to 15 years old - but the odd one does fail early.
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Just bought an 07 Reg Ford KA Studio with an 8v 1.3 Duratec engine, 55k miles, full dealer service history and one company owner. We bought it to replace our 52 Reg KA (Endura) which had got to an age and milage where we saw it as a liability so decided to quit while we were winning!... Read more
Hello, did you solve this problem as i have exactly the same problem! I have removed the belt and run the car and the noise is the same so i concluded it was something camshaft related?
As HMG promised Commencement Order has been published:
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012... Read more
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I have an intermittent problem with indicators which fail to cancel sometimes, start flashing after driving over a bump, or switch on parking lights after car has been parked.
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Thanks for this. We have tried disconnecting and reconnecting battery, but problem persists. - Any other suggestions please?
Yes, I'm yet another victim of the dreaded APCOA parking bandits, who put a dampener on our Olympic day trip by slapping my car with £80.00 parking fine (reduced to a mere £50 if paid within 14 days)!
The story is...my partner paid for parking using details saved in his phone but he accidentally gave the number plate of his car and not mine! Could I ask whether we should pay the fine and suck it up, or contact APCOA and contest the ticket?... Read more
Rather as I suggested in reply to the first post on this thread, you've nothing to lose by writting a polite letter or E-mail to APCOA explaining that you couldn't see the bay lines because of snow which had melted by the time Jobsworth (though you won't call him that!) came along; alsop that you parked a normal distance from the other cars in the row.
Not sure about your last sentence - hopefully someone with more knowledge of that branch of the law will be along soon.
Hi. I have a W reg mk1 2000, 2.3 ford galaxy that cut out while driving and now it won't start. It will turn over but won't fire up. Any ideas ? Read more
hi i have had same ploblem with my ford galaxy2.3 but it turned out to be a fulty ignition lead as i could start it then i had days where it would not even give a simmer of life just dash lights on hope this helps it cost me $35 for new leads and problem fixed . i ment to say i have replaced spark plugs as well just to be safe and had the remout key re sunk as my remout key would not work at all but have spairs so they saved me the price of new plugs was $40 and $15 for the key to be done .
Good afternoon folks.
A colleague of mine decided to place an order for a new car and decided to go for an Estate SE plus 1.6 diesel 105 with a few extras. What swayed her was the VAT off deal and the lower tax - she currently owns a 53 plate Fiat JTD 115 and makes occasional trips to the south coast each year.... Read more
Based on the mileage petrol is probably the right way to go, but a VAG TFSi may not be the right petrol to choose. As unthrottled says FSI engines have hardly been trouble free.
When I went back to petrol last year all VAG cars with the new small capacity TFSi engines were off the list. For pootling round town 99% of the time I didn't need a turbo.
I can also easily get the urban mpg from the non turbo petrol in my B class.
Just a shame that European manufacturers now seem to think small cc and turbo is the way forward.
in the market for 4-5k and 7 seats
Zafira looks best imho 1.6 petrol manual...... Read more
The 1.6 is a bit pants in the Astra. It's terribly under-powered in the Zafira. You're flat out all the time to make any real progress, with the obvious fuel economy issues.
Go for the 1.8 petrol (140hp, 40 up from the 1.6), it's a more modern engine with VVT so has decent torque. Or if diesel is your thing, the 1.9CDTI-120hp is the pick of the bunch, it's the 8v engine and doesn't suffer any of the issues of the 150hp engine....
I bought this car in march 2007 and at the time was not knowledgable enough to realise there was a more serious fault than was notified to me by the vendor.Whilst road testing the car he informed that the a.b.s. warning came on occasionally and that if i turned the ign off this would clear. The car had also been fitted with a new a.b.s. ecu 4mths previously.The problem was ok for about 6mths, then it got worse.As well as the a.b.s. warning staying on longer the airbag warning and anti-pollution warning came on.After a while the a.b.s. & airbag warnings went out but the anti-pollution stayed on. Iv'e had the car in 1 garage and he whipped the diag pc on it and cleared the faults that were present.The car was fine for about 2 weeks then the faults started appearing again.Took it back & the previous faults had not been recorded despite being on for more than 30secs, the required time for the faults to be recorded.Instead the following fault codes were present:- PO500-car communication vehicle speed invalid. UO121-car communication.No communication with the esp ecu.PI351-preheating relay circuit stuck in open position.PO483-cooling intergrated into ecu open circuit or temp too high.Then took it to another garage, again no faults had been recorded, rec I take it to peugeot which I did only to be told it needed a new a.b.s. ecu which I obviously didn't believe as the faults were still there soon after a new ecu had been fitted.Started asking around and I seem to be getting the message that it is a faulty wheel sensor or a fault in one of these circuits.Any pointers woul be greatly appreciated and suggestions on how to check wheel sensors and circuits.I do know it has something to do with checking the resistance but exactly how I am not sure.Got the tackle to do it but need the knowledge.
This sounds exactly the same as is happening to my 2008 Citroen C3, which is pretty much the same car as a 307.
Over time, we have replaced an ABS sensor, both lambda sensors and now I have been advised to replace the ABS 'valve block' / ecu which is likely to cost over £1,000....
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Many thanks - that's very helpful and we'll be speaking to the garage. It's always easier if you can tell them what the solutionis, rather than the problem!