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  Crash decision 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am in quite a bit of bother and would appreciate any help you can give. Only a week ago, my pride and joy was written off. The insurance company is now...
• Vauxhall Astra - Brake pad problem 7 Sep 2013 (Forum)
    At the time of the service, the mileage was 13962.   On 1st August, the car passed it's MOT but I was advised to get the rear brake pads replaced.  I took it to Kwik Fit on 6th September for a brake inspection (I had only used my car on rare occasions since it's MOT) and they called me to say that the offside rear brake pad had worn away completely, as well as the brake disc.
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  What should I replace my Audi 100 with? 19 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  My father and I have owned a 1988 Audi 100 2.0e Avant that's been in the family since new. We've put over 210,000 miles on it. It's a lovely comfortable,...
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  Need a used car for £4500 - what do you recommend? 23 Jul 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I have a budget of £4500 and I am looking for a secondhand car that would be reliable and not cost too much to run. I do a lot of long journeys on motorways...
• All makes and models - All cars are unreliable according to this site 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  What surprises me even more is that BMW, Audi and VW are always way down the list of most unreliable cars. Could it be that most of these sites cut/paste details off the Warranty Direct or Warranty Wise sites so the source of these so-called best/worst cars are all coming from one place and that WD and WW use all sorts of algorithms such as ‘cost to repair’ (which is why Bentley comes up as most unreliable car according to their site)?
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 04 Tourer diesel at 100k miles 18 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  It has 10hp less than the Passat it replaced but I would consider it to be as fast (if not faster) and the performance is far more usable. It is also a useful car for single carriageway overtaking. Lights - headlights are great, never seen anything with such a well defined beam edge on dip! The fog lamp is actually on the wrong side of the car (LHS) but I belive they have corrected this on the later versions.
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  My friend says the engines in Honda scooters are made in Thailand, is this true? 7 May 2021 (Ask HJ)
  My friend tells me that the engine in the Honda SH300i scooter is the same as in many other scooters and is made in Taiwan or Korea. It's a general product...
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  Fresh fried turbo 17 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I am currently having my TDI serviced today at the Audi dealers. I had previously reverted to the fixed 10,000 ml service routine at 24,000 at last service...
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  We only do trips of 10 miles at a time - should we avoid buying a diesel car? 10 Apr 2018 (Ask HJ)
  Our 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee is tired and we fancy a Mercedes-Benz ML-Class 3.0. We're wary of diesels because we only do trips of about 10 miles. Should...
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  My 2010 Polo, bought under the Volkswagen Options scheme, keeps going wrong. What consumer protection do I have? 19 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Polo on the Volkswagen Options scheme (which means that every 30,000 miles or three years, whichever comes first, I can put down a deposit of...
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  Polo chain cam failure 27 Aug 2015 (Ask HJ)
  The Polo V (2009-) uses a cam chain which is now seeing more and more failures, and Volkswagen refuses to accept this is a quality problem, despite growing...
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  Focus 1.8 TDCi injector problem 3 Nov 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I just bought a used 57 plate Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi. I had it serviced and the guy said that the injector has a bit of a leak and the seals need to be replaced...
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  False alarmist 12 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I am concerned about the previous ownership of my car after reading a recent newspaper report (Daily Telegraph article by Jon Swaine 15th September 2009)....
• Skoda Yeti - EA189 Emissions Update - my experience 2 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  I'd assumed the worsening fuel economy was a direct consequence of the increased fuel injected to facilitate frequent active regeneration?  As the car is approaching the end of the manunfacturers warranty I was pondering options - keep the car long-term, sell it (it was advertised on here for several months, with no interest, despite being the cheapest 140 TDi 4x4 currently onsale) or possibly part-ex.
• New Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI Estate - Clutch Pedal Problems 3 Jan 2016 (Forum)
    After multiple visits to a dealer they traced the issue to a faulty clutch pedal return spring which once they found a part (which took 3-weeks) they replaced it under warranty and all was ok for a couple of months. However now when the car hasn't been used for a few days or if on a motorway for a long period (i.e the clutch hasn't been depressed for a while) when i depress the clutch pedal the gear engages but the pedal only comes 1/2 way back up; I again have to flick it all the way up with my foot.
• Passat TDi Sport - Suspension too soft? 6 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  I\'m not too happy with the way my Passat behaves on rough roads - at the NSL it tends to be fairly bouncy/wallowy with too much tilt/lean on sharp bends, and has even scraped the ground, which is obviously not something I want to happen again. New shocks all round (fitted FOC under used warranty) helped to reduce but not eliminate the yo-yo problem - dealership has since checked again but found no problems (so they say). Anyway, I reckon that if I want to keep the car I\'ll need to sort this out myself, but I don\'t feel I have enough basic knowledge about the way shocks, springs, bushes etc work - I\'ve come across various brand names (eg Koni, Bilstein) and ratings but have no real understanding of their meaning.
• Mondeo corrosion problem 31 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Quite simply, my brother is amazed that Ford can claim that seven Mondeo's can all have corrosion in an identical area, and nowhere else and that a stone could squeeze under the door, right up into a tiny corner and chip the paint, and on both sides too! Now the question is, is this a known problem on Mondeos, certainly there is nothing in the Car-by-Car Breakdown, and have any of you out there experienced the same. Any feedback would be useful as brother is not going to let it lie and I get the feeling he feels a campaign coming on, not for the first time!
• Diesel - Engine tuning the truth 7 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  Hi people I did think this was an honest website but things I have read about remapping/ engine tuning are all wrong . If you have used a good Remapper then the file will not brake your car , so do a little digging into the company you would like to use , find out WHO they get their files from (50% buy good quoilty files) if they won't tell you avoid them as it will be a cheap knocked up crap that will damage your car pritty quick .
• Mazda 6 TS TD 143 - Major problems with my used car, my rights? 14 May 2012 (Forum)
  I bought a 2006 Mazda 6 diesel in January of this year.  The car had done 85000 miles and was sold to me with a 12 month warranty by a local independent...
• Insurance? Unfair? 30 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  With the car being so new I thought I'd take it to the Honda garage I bought it from. Obtained estimate, contacted Ins co with it. "book the car in sir and our engineer will come out and look at it and authorise repairs" Problem 1.