May 2013
The front nearside tyre on my 2009 520d shows more wear on the outside edge that the offside tyre and on the MOT test last week, Cooper BMW described the nearside tyre as poor and the offside tyre as fair.
The depth of tread varies from 2mm on the outer edge to 4mm on the inner edge. What is the cause of this and is it worth swapping these tyres round? Read more
Indicators will not self cancel.
fair enough-a new switch i thought.... Read more
thanks again for replies .
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Apologies if covered elsewhere-first time on the forum in 4 years
my wife has just had a temp punture repair by AA (who were good ).... Read more
Apologies if covered elsewhere-first time on the forum in 4 years
my wife has just had a temp punture repair by AA (who were good ).... Read more
i don't suppose anyone has experience of a national company who will repair this-or an independent in the gloucester/bristol area ?
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Hi all. I hope someone can help me. Could anyone tell me please how to/or if I can disable the alarm and immobiliser on my car as my fob wont do it. I can open the car door with the key but the alarm keeps going off (driving my neighbours mad) and it wont let me start the engine.
Ive been told by a toyota garage that my particular fob is discontinued. I find this really odd because I would have thought it would have been a simple case of copying it/transferring information to a more modern fob??? Please someone tell me that its not possible for a car manuafacturer to discontinue a fob?... Read more
No problems with clutc h in normal usage but in heavy, slow moving traffic it has a "creak" best described as a cross between a rusty hinge and a bed spring. The assembly has been greased up to the cylinder and there are no leaks from it. Read more
Flat battery so tried jump starting following handbook precisely. Green key symbol lit up which RAC later told me meant key scrambled as was in ignition. Honda don't mention this anywhere so can I get them to repair under "fit for purpose" or similar?
If I replace battery myself, how do I stop alarm going off? Read more
Hi. Wondered if anyone else has had experience of this. Bought low mileage Mazda 2 Sport, April 08 reg., from local branch of Bristol Street Motors, in August 2011. Nice car, no probs at all. Had it serviced last year by my local friendly garage. This year I was persuaded to try a 'fixed price' servicing deal at BS Motors. They told me that car had a 'faulty ABS Unit' and needed new one - total price £887 over and above the service!
They ended up keeping the car for nearly three weeks while they ordered in a new one, which also proved to be faulty, then another one, etc. etc. Paid up under protest in order to get the car back.... Read more
Expensive, did no one make enquiries with one of the very competent companies specialising in repairing ECUs and control modules to see if a testing and repair of the faulty unit was feasable.
I have a rover 25 2.0td and the other day I was driving along when all of a sudden I couldn't change down into another gear. I found that when the car was running, I couldn't put it into gear, yet if the ignition was off, I could change gear easily. Tried it again today, week after all this happened, and it changes ok even with the engine running alltho I didn't want to risk pulling off. Could I just be low on gearbox oil? Read more
With the car on level ground (once you get the acoustic pan off, three 10mm bolts at the front and two 8mm bolts behind the leading wheels) and the gearbox plug removed (usually a square socket drive) the oil level should be just at the lower edge of the plug on these models. The gearboxes are usually pretty reliable on these models, same with the gear linkage which you can check for wear and tear whilst you are under there. The symptoms sound very much like the clutch assembly is falling to bits and not allowing the clutch plate to rise on command. Is there also a tinkle tinkle sound with no load on the running engine, if so it sounds like the thrust bearings are at the end of their life, the sound should change as you push the clutch pedal in and out.
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I have an 52 reg Ford Fiesta LX and have recently had the car in for repairs. As the battery has been disconnected I now need a code to reset the radio. My serial number is M006690.
Can anybody help me?... Read more
It worked instantly. Thank you very much!
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Going round islands wears the N/S front more the the O/S and Right hand bends are taken slower. Regards Peter