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• Am i paranoid about oil changes 30 May 2004 (Forum)
  This is the important part, I start my car up from cold three times a week we are very rarely out long enough for the engine to get cold so it does not get a second cold start. In a year I start my car from cold 52x3 = 156 times My total mileage is about 3500 per year Mr Average Working Guy Starts his car up from cold to go to work finishes work starts his car up from cold again to go home.
• Toyota RAV4 - Advice on Part-Exchanging My 2008 Honda CR-V for a 24 Aug 2024 (Forum)
  Hi all!  We're in the process of buying our first second-hand car and could really use some advice. We've put down a refundable deposit on a 2017 Toyota RAV4 2.5 VVT-i Excel AWD with 48,000 miles on the clock (in grey). The car is priced at £17,500. We visited the dealer to inspect the car and found a few issues: - There are some chips and paintwork problems, plus a bit of rust on the metal step to get into the car.
• Honda Jazz 2016 - Starting problem - Battery / charging system 30 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  Problem: I attempted to start the car after work and it took about 7-8 seconds of cranking to start. The car in question is a Honda Jazz 1.3 petrol. Background: The car was driven to work over 50miles on the motorway and was parked for 9 hours and seems struggling to start.
• Hyundai - Hyundai "Happy Returns" upgrade your scrappage buy 23 May 2010 (Forum)
  10? registration. The swap can be made any time up until the car?s first anniversary, saving the customer the cost of the first service and tax disc renewal. The new car will of course also have a new five year warranty. The customer?s contribution to the deal will be £499 for an i10, £599 for an i20 or £749 for an i30.
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  Is my car incompatible with bio diesel? 18 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Since purchasing my Hyundai i30 I have kept its full service history. The car was serviced in October 2013. The car showed no issues - although a fuel...
• Ford Focus - how to sell faulty car 24 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, my car Turbo is damaged and costs £1000 to fix it. it is a second hand car and I have spent a lot on it already for repairs. my car warranty company inspected the turbo and said it is damaged due to oil flow interruption to the turbo and since it is not a mechanical failure, they won't pay for it.
• Audi TT (51 Plate Reg 2002) - Second Hand Car Purc 7 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Here is a timeline of events (apologies for length!):  - Car purchased Feb 9th, day of purchase front wiper motor fails rendering the car unsafe to use.  Contact dealer immediately who offers (lengthy conversation) to let me take the car to a garage (on a dry day) and get it repaired.
• Audi TT (51 Plate Reg 2002) - Second Hand Car Purchase From Trader 6 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Dealer refused, has said he will re-repair but refuses to rectify issues present at the point of sale, and keeps telling me to go through warranty. Warranty have said they will not do work as the liability is with the dealer! As a comprimise before court action I suggested the following: Repair car against issues mentioned above to bring the car up to a roadworthy and safe standard, and MOT to prove roadworthyness.
• Rot In Peace, Peykan 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Conventional wisdom was that every Peykan owner had to fix all the faults himself, after which the car ran fine. Which proved to be the case. With the Shah gone and my position at some risk as the Revolution gained momentum, I was hauled out to Bahrain. No US auditor wanted to come to Iran at that time to check all the assets, so I gave the car away to Youssef.
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  Brand new car broken down and no fault found 10 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Brand new car delivered in October, chosen because of unsurpassed reliability record on warranty direct and JD Power data. Driven towards the Alps,...
• Ford Focus ST - Stalling Issue 6 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  I looked at Honest John car reviews that said there was a problem with this model stalling. I did a search on internet and found pages of complaining owners with the same problem. So I booked my car in with a dealership under warranty.
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  The clutch on my 2015 Ford Focus broke after 9000 miles - should Ford pay the £1227 repair bill? 19 Aug 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2015 Ford C-Max 1.0-litre EcoBoost. The clutch burnt out on the M25 in horrendous traffic, I was lucky I found a stretch of the hard shoulder without...
• SEAT Toledo - My new car 17 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  A family member has just taken ownership of a 2015 Fabia and I was frustrated to see how easy it was to update both the maps, and system firmware, using the online Skoda portal. This free service is attached to the car for 3 years and is available for SEAT in Europe! Warranty – The SEAT warranty is equivalent to the Skoda new car warranty (3 years / 60K miles), but I was disappointed to see the breakdown cover only applies for 2 years, whereas it is 3 years for a Skoda.
• Best SUV/4x4? 20 May 2016 (Forum)
   However it's also out of warranty next year and it's always been on my mind to move it on then as I'm wary (without any justification I may add) of big repair/servicing bills when it's out of warranty.  I have had a couple of niggles with it, nothing major, with the biggest pain being to get the dealer to have a look at it within 3 weeks!
• Passat Turbo Exploded 30 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Reason should be apparant in one or more of the posts subsequently made by chasman below. DD} Dear John, I have a VW Passatt TDI 130 bhp (or used to!) At just over 100,000 miles there was loss of power which was caused by turbo failure. This was rectified by the local VW dealer (turbo boost valve) who was not prepared to offer a sympathetic warranty despite it being only 4000 miles over the warranty.
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  Are all CVT gearboxes unreliable? 16 Sep 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a new Nissan Qashqai in 2013. After 30,000 miles and three years, the CVT gearbox needed replacing. Do all CVT auto 'boxes suffer with such ...
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  Crunchy on the inside 19 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has just purchased a FIAT 500. It was registered October 2010 but has only done 40 miles having been an unused, ex BSM car (no dual controls, etc....
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  Should Mercedes-Benz pay for my Mercedes-Benz E28CDI's alloy wheels to be refurbished? 4 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Mercedes-Benz E280CDI, which I bought new in November 2005 and which has patches of corrosion on all four of the alloy wheels. My local dealer...
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  Do you have a lot of complaints about faults on the KIA Venga? 20 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I wrote to you some time ago about my KIA Venga diesel smelling of fuel in the cab. I've done 4500 miles in it now and it is still happening, though not...
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  Catch twingo too 21 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Our Renault Twingo has just had its first birthday. Then 36 hours after going in for its birthday service, my wife and son were doing 70 on the motorway...