April 2021
What I should be aware of if want to purchase Japanese imports?
I am thinking of Toyota Estima/Alphard, Nissan Elgrand or similar vehicle.... Read more
I am a long time owner of an imported MkII V6 3 litre Estima...purchased 5 years ago.
I have no knowledge of hybrids...
First we lost Gordon Bennet then the very sad news about Avant, but we are missing the brilliant and succinct comments from our man in the trade SLO.
Please please return to our screens, to keep us in check SLO ! Read more
Welcome back SLO. Nice to hear of someone being very busy during lockdown. Sure helps the time go by quickly.
Cheers Concrete
Hiya, can anyone advise on my rights and beet approach please
I have Mercedes Bclass 180 1.5 cdi, in march 2019 my turbo charger blew on my car and the RAC recovered to their approved garage. It was faulty turbo due to starvation of oil.
I had to buy a new turbocharger at a cost of £555 and fitted. Total cost £1100.
My invoice for the work dated 27/3/2019
On around the 19/20th april 2021 my turbo has failed again! The car has been serviced properly as per the manufacturers guidelines and done around 16k miles.
I was told i had to take back yo the garage Savoy auto centre and i paid the £100 recovery.
The turbo was taken off checked and sent to bbc car parts who were sending off to SCM turbo for warranty inspection report, the date of purchase of turbo from them 18/3/19
The report has come back as failed due to abrasive particles and rejected warranty. The turbo is a borg warner and the report does not show serial no?
Scm turbo sell new and reman!
Bbc autoparts asked for cost of repair £320 +vat , i told the garage to get me back the charger i will source one from a breaker.
The turbo was sent back to bbc who posted to garage and the turbo is clean and looks newish?!?
So i have asked wheres the serial number plate?
I have spoken with scm who say that they cleaned to get a quote for repair? Why?
The have also said that every turbo is stamped with a job number, the one sent back under warranty and the one i
have do not match? I have asked again for the original borg warner serial number?
Any advice on my legal standpoint and what I can do to get all this investigated? I think my original charger i bought was a reman and not brand new Read more
The car is 2013. I bought private sale in 2018 and turbo failed due to lack of oil.
At the time of failure it was confirmed by the garage that the RAC recovered to as there approved garage.
What bought I was advised it was a new turbo not remanufactured, hence paying £555
The garage told me oil feed pipe replaced also
My paperwork says replacement turbo and charged me for new borg warner.
The brand new charger has failed just within the 2 year warranty, the same whining noise as though starvation of oil. Garage who did original work said we will inspect the failure and send back to supplier that they bought charger from under warranty.
The inspection report states abrasive particles in the lubrication system. Warranty rejected.. no serial numbers and just says ‘new’ on serial number.
The charger which I have been advised that I bought new in 2019 has been sent back but is different to the picture on the report. All cleaned up ?!?
The report shows it in bits all dirty and they have returned all cleaned up again no serial numbers.
Speaking to turbo company they are saying all turbos have job number stamped on the housing, my job number on report is different to job number on returned faulty turbo
Nobody is accepting that something is wrong?
Paperwork does not match up and the original turbo supplied I think was a reman and not new but they all saying ‘No’ it was new, the garage, the car part company and turbo company!
My car has been serviced properly and done 16k miles on what I believe to be a new charger
Long story short: car broke down after having timing belt replaced. Replacement was needed because of manufacturer's recall. Peugeot registered dealer did the work.
As I understand it so far, to repair they have stripped the engine entirely and replaced the cylinder head, plus a couple of other components to correct a misfire with the new cylinder head. I am not a mechanic and have only spoken to a customer service person so far, so information is sketchy until I speak to the technician tomorrow.... Read more
Nice one, hopefully some of the puretech gremlins have been sorted by Peugeot.
I've just been offered a Volkswagen Fox for a hopefully soon to be full licence holding daughter, not a car I'd previously considered.
It's group 1 insurance, a clean MOT history, four good tyres and it's going to be somewhere in the region of £800-£1000, so not the gamble of a lifetime.... Read more
PS: Neither the Lacetti or the Megane would be cars I would ever have considered. Shows how wrong you can be.
I was going to renew my policy with Autoaid this morning. I’ve had their cover for a few years as it covers me in both cars (Logan and MX5) for a reasonable amount. I’ve only had to call them out once after I replaced the battery in the Mazda and couldn’t get it going (turned out to be my fault but that’s another story).
I was quite happy to renew when on the payment page I noticed a cross next to the ‘cover for cars over 15 years old’. I clicked on this and it added cover for cars over 15 years old (the MX5 is 21) and suddenly the annual price changed from £59 to £75. ... Read more
Being a Boundless member I really should take advantage of their deals with Brittania but after being left at Nottingham Airport once and seeing their rating fall year after year, I moved to Start who were always rated highly in Which.
But this year their crown has slipped and being overtaken by GEM so that’s where I have moved to . Ideal for me as I need personal cover .
I have been looking for a front and rear dashcam and am confused.
The review as so mixed, even on premium brands like Nextbase or Garmin seem to have recurring problems (SD card incompatibles and annoying bugs like forgetting language choices).... Read more
see post 2 above yours - my Thinkware is still going strong.
Hello all,
Was toying around with the idea of an SUV however want to probably save that for when I don't have a purchase limit as I'm moving house!... Read more
To be honest mate, i'm not entirely sure I would need the four wheel drive.
I do live out in the sticks however no off-roading normally not that you really would in a VRS estate, I tow from time to time however my last 3 vehicles have all been four wheel drive so I don't know how I'd feel handling/performance wise moving back to front wheel drive....
Hi the factory fitted car radio in my car has an intermittent fault where the radio sound just goes off and on. The power to the radio is always there, the fault doesn't happen if listening to a cd. The sound can go off for a hour then come back on or it can be just 5 minutes. Anyone have any ideas what's causing this? Do i need a whole new unit or could it be just a loose wire at the back of the unit?
Could i fit a single din stereo in the double din hole?
If you can find a single din mounting kit...
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