February 2016
On 2007 Honda CRV as I accelerate through the gears the car revs as if the clutch is slipping. The mechanic thought the hand brake is sticking. Has anyone else had issues with Crv handbrake? I've had the rear brakes completey replaced, fails MOT every year, either not tight enough but then sticks when tightened Read more
Car cut out whilst driving and now will not start. Turn the key - nothing. Dash lights come on as they should, no change in the fuel guage. Fuel pump doesnt make any noise. Can here a click from the relay in the boot fuse box and clicking from the front end, not sure if it the fuse box or ecu i can hear. Other than that I get absolutely nothing.
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I have found the culprit now! I removed the ignition barrel and reinserted it, it wasnt locking in properly, I had now sorted it
Hi, My drive opens onto a busy main road, over the years a tree which is more or less on the verge 50yds away has grown bigger and my line of sight down the road has deminished, in my opinion to a dangerous degree. Can I have the tree cut down, at whose expense & as it is on the verge is the tree the Highway's responsilbilty? Thank you, PMQ Read more
Heed what Skidpan has posted^^^^^^^^ If the tree is within a conservation area hell of a job to get it removed. Took me a year to get neighbour to lop one over mine. Have a file bokksize on dealing with Council.
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Ford Focus had dead battery and need code for Ford 6000CD, serial no: V065540. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance for any response Read more
mick ndt hall,
Sorry, can't do Keycodes for "V" serial numbers....
My garage says my transmission oil is 'cloudy ', what does this mean, and should I have it changed? Is there a drain plug to drain the old oil? It's an automatic. Read more
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Can anyone help me with the radio code for my car? Serial: V070552... Read more
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Any suggestion ? I know both are different but given a choice what should be prefered ? Read more
G.M. is an American company with factories all over the place. It was German marques that are recognised as such, i.e. V.A.G.,BMW and Mercedes Benz that I was refering to. I maybe a bit behind the times as I'm still on a 2.2 Vectra C which has served me well for 12 years. No trouble and no rust.
Can anyone please help me with a radio code for a ford ka. Serial no. M031484?
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"Sorry boss but I can't see it anywhere?"
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right i've asked this before but have some new updates.
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i thought it might be the tires as he said but i switched them all about... and the pull is always to the left apart from the one time i switched left to right and the car pulled to the right.... but it was short lived as within a few days the car was pulling to the left more and more....
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Hi all,
First post here so firstly...hi! I am wondering if you can help with a slight issue that i faced today with merging lanes - its happened once previously, so figure it would be best to iron it out once and for all!
On driving in rush hour traffic this morning, the situation was:
- a residential street, flats on either side with rows of local shops beneath the flats.
- before the rows of shops begin, the street is 2 lanes at each side and the markings dividing the lanes (NOT the central divide between oncoming traffic - that remains) disappear during the rows of shops. Basically, to the untrained eye, the shopping area section looks to have two very wide lanes seperated by the central painted line. After the shopping area, the markings appear again, showing two lanes going forward and two lanes which are oncoming.
- during this shopping area, there are single yellow lines and parking bays which basically use up the outside lane on each side. Crucially, these bays do not allow parking during rush hour to ease traffic flow (i've seen vehicles get ticketed)....i assume this is why the lane markings change.
So, what happened this morning is there is a big line of cars on the inside lane, with none attempting to drive next to the yellow line. To me, that completely defeats the purpose of having these traffic restrictions in place, and they were acting as if the inside 'lane' was a no go area. Now granted, sometimes people have partially merged into this lane, sitting in the middle (yeah, why not!) or there are illegally parked cars, so it's not always completely clear. But, today it was clear for the full length so I drive up this lane, probably much to the annoyance of those waiting like sheep in the inside lane, so much so that as traffic progresses forward and approaches the two lane markings again, someone merges from my right, nearly causing an accident...i get out the car, all manner of profanity ensues. On their part, merging without indicating and to nearly deliberatly cause an accident because they are annoyed was possibly one of the worst pieces of driving I have ever seen (thereby why i had to get out the car).
So, my question is - how is this section of road to be treated? If i am wrong, i will put my hands up and say, absolutely. What i will say is i drive efficently, i do not hesitate, i value safety, and i always pay attention - my driving record should ahow this i.e. 15 years, no accidents, no speeding tickets, nothing.
The option is its two lanes, which makes total sense during rush hour and supports why these traffic restrictions are in place for parking, or its one lane with totally pointless traffic restrictions.
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Also, with cars parked on each side it looks as though two buses could not pass easily. If this were the reason, a temporary bus lane would have the same effect but might be more complicated to introduce.
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I kid you not even when I went thru MOT - here in NI they put you through a test centre the guy seen the were sticking and wiggled the cable to see that it would release the hand brake. Even more reason why I think I have a handbrake problem than a clutch problem.
Maybe a new brake cable is needed and a good man who knows how to set it up