July 2020
Search the registration here: https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history
It's the official UK Govt website which will list all advisories / failures / expiry dates. Read more
Hi All,
Im a complete newbie in buying cars. I have just come out of my company car scheme after about 20 years, of crappy motoring..... Read more
I have a 65 plate 520d touring luxury model all the toys. Great car love it. Be very careful with the “new” 5 series 17 plate onwards as most fall into the new ridiculous tax band so it’s £465 a year to tax!!!
Pulled from UK after just 3 years. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/renault-koleos-axed-uk-%E2%80%98commercial-reasons%E2%80%99 Read more
The MK1 certainly has it's afcianados who appreciate it's qualities. The fact it's unloved will I imagine mean they depreciate a lot, perfect for those who love them.
Hi all,
First time for me writing in this forum but also first time buying a car as I have always had company cars until now. ... Read more
Thanks everyone!! Will see 2 Yaris today including this one so fingers crossed one of them works out!
When I lived in Geneva, We always got free tickets for the show from our Boss.
For many years when visiting youngroverbelles and friends I continued to go. (two birds with one stone stuff)... Read more
This is very sad news. The Geneva Motor Show was an iconic event which featured so many notable debuts over the decades.
Always used to go to the NEC and Earls Court shows but the continental shows always seemed far more exotic....
Hello all,
I'm new to the forum and I know next to nothing about cars. I need some advice if possible. Also if I'm posting this in the wrong place let me know :) ... Read more
Find a good newer Focus for the same money. If you really want a Merc badge you can probably get one off e-bay or even off a young local crook.
Hello,
Would anyone be able to help me with the radio code for my Fiesta please?... Read more
I presume one of them worked?
Revealed at last.
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/ineos-grenadier-2021 Read more
Hi Everyone.
Im in the UK. I'll get straight to it.
I have a 2008 ford mondeo titanium estate 1.8 TDI. I have taken it to several garages over the last 18 months and non of them have been able to diagnose (or even find the fault) on the car, which is as follows.
The problem:
At seeminly random points during travel (usually during motorway travel or at high speeds but not exclusivley) the car goes into limp home mode. Meaning when travelling at 70mph, the engine cuts out and will only allow me to do 15mph. When this happens, the engine malfunction warning comes on the dashboard display, and the traction control warning light comes on the dashboard.
Heres a picture of the fault
Once i pull over and let the car rest for around 15 minutes, the fault goes away and im able to resume driving. However, once the fault happens once, it keeps happening for the remainder of the journey at speeds over roughly 30-40mph. Usually forcing me to have to drive no faster than 30mph either on the motorway or dual carriage way until i can find a by-road route. which is incredibley dangerous and stressful.
Recently, i took the car to halfords (a nationwide garage chain in the UK) after getting tired of independant garages shrugging their shoulders at me, after the car faulted on a smart motorway (which for my american friends is a 4 lane freeway with nowhere to pull over at the side of the road if theres a problem apart from 100ft bays every 3 or 4 miles).
its important to note that it can go long periods of time without the car doing this, and its usually after ive been assured that it is fixed.
The "Fix's" from most recent to oldest
5 - i was told there was a fuel injector which was open circuit. The fix which was a new injector cost me £450 and i was told that it should fix the problem. However, this morning i was driving my son to school and the car went into engine malfunction, limp home mode doing 20mph around residential areas.
4 - DPF clean - After extensive googling and speak to people, it sounded like the DPF filter needed to be cleaned. All of the symptoms matched up, and my handbook said my car had a DPF filter fitted but when i got it to halfords, they said i did not have a DPF filter.
3 - Suspension check at local garage
2 - Took to same local garage for diagnostics check. No faults found.
1 - 50 point check at different garage when car was purchased to make sure it was in good working order after purchase, no faults found. Car has full service history with no faults that match on record.
Im completley at a loss. Pulling my hair out.
If anybody has any ideas on how to even begin to diagnose the fault or force the fault to happen so i can demonstrate it to a garage i would love to hear from you.
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I suggest you get yourself an ELM OBD Scanner and a copy of FORSCAN. You need a laptop, might even work with mobile these days. Around £20 on auction sites.
So I’m having an issue with what I believe to be the transmission on my 2011 Ford Focus Zetec (auto).
I understand there have been known issues with the transmission on these models and I had it changed when I bought the car in 2015.
Basically when driving home this evening, I found on a couple of occasions the car really struggled to pull away, and at one point I thought it wasn’t going to make it. Eventually it seemed to sort itself, luckily it being the middle of the night I didn’t have to stop, however when I went to reverse into our drive at home, I found I could not reverse at all. The car just revved up as if it was in neutral.
After turning the car off and waiting a few minutes it reversed ok, and I’ve just had a few goes driving into and out of the drive and it’s been ok. About 30 mins later I took it around the block a couple of times. The first time I went to reverse on our road it again played up, but as soon as I went into neutral and back to reverse it was fine, and it’s reversed fine 3 or 4 times since.
I’m confused as it’s so intermittent - has anyone else had similar? Cheers Read more
I guess this is a powershift twin clutch gearbox . You’re right , notoriously troublesome. It’s possible you have trouble with the clutch release mechanisms . This would prevent the box shifting into gear correctly . Only way to find out is to remove the gearbox for inspection.
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