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• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - My Fiesta - now more confused. 4 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I paid £350 for it, spent £200 on it including drive shaft gaitor, two new decent tyres, new brake fluid float switch, oil change and tow bar removal. Underneath is a little rusty but solid, I cannot see anything bad enough to even warrant an advisory on the MOT and the new sills are still completly solid and showing no signs of rust.
• Had my first breakdown not nice - Clutch has gone 15 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I can get this fixed for £150, but I am drawing the line now, I am going to rob swap the ICV, MAF and other sensors which are working fine put them on my dads (which is not running right), then sell my car on ebay. I have already spent £200 repairing as they were safety things:- Tow bar removed general check over and oil change - £50 New door latch, reverse switch and cv boot £80 Two new Pirerri tyres at £39 each, £78 New air filter - did this myself £5 New brake fluid cap - did myself £7.00 I am now kicking and screaming at myslef for letting my dad test drive the car (he knows nothing about mechanics) I didn't have insurance so could not test drive it myself.
• 2 perplexing problems 1996 Range Rover 20 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Plus, I have just this minute discovered there is a third problem that has raised it?s ugly head ? heater core O rings ? when I moved the car (by towing) on the sloping driveway I noticed about a small cup of coolant pour out of the RHS footwell and sure enough there are tell-tale green drips from the bottom HEVAC vent (right on to the Nokia hands-free speaker!)
• HGF 150 miles from home. Fantastic! 21 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  clock, and we all needed to be home in time to go to work/uni on the Monday morning. After being towed home, we (dad, me and my uncle) began a tour of every open garage, dealership and accessory shop that was still open, but the answer was all the same ?nah, don?t have one of those. I can get one on Monday if that?
• need Legal avivce citroen c8 12 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Fault Fx3 Fuse Box R Head unit cpu Rx3 Cpu re prog Rx6 Heater elec Burnout Rx3 Head unit cover R Arial R Nav Re prog Fx3 Oil sensor F Engine tap noise R Buttons head control R Windscreen R Seat elect rewire F Cig lighters Fx3 Auto mirrors LOST Auto windows LOST Nav disk poor condition Alarm Fx3 Door trims R Scratches to paint Fx3 Interior cleaned Fx2 Mats R Dip stick Fx1 R R = REPLACED F = FIXED x No NUMBER OF TIMES RAC have attended road side twice, towed car once. Cars electrics have totally shut down at speed over 50 mph and approaching junctions twice more. Recently power steering shuts down at low revs this has happened four times over last two months.
• Thoughts from America 30 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hello All, I have generally been anti SUV on the basis that unless you tow a horse box or run a farm there is little justification for driving such large inefficient and dynamically poor (on the road) vehicles that offer the every day motorist very few advantages and so many disadvantages over normal cars.
• Can I reject this paint job? 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  The end result made my heart sink, the paint finish was actually quite bad, I could see where they hadn't really blended in the new paint to the existing paint, the bonnet blending was really bad that I could see where the new paint and old paint ended and the bumper is a different colour, also no attempt was made to even blend in the wings. Then I noticed the blank for the towing eye in the bumper, it was the original blank and the colour difference was quite pronounced, they hadn't bothered to respray it. So I rang the insurance company, they've offshored their call centre, wonderful.
• Old F*rts Thread 25 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  At this point two things happened, firstly I noticed that the truck was a plain unmarked white Mack, towing a bulk tanker semi-trailer, and secondly that it was still catching me quite quickly by straight lining all the bends which he could see over. By now, all I can think about, sad I know, is the Spielberg film Duel where Dennis Weaver is chased by an unmarked black Mack tanker.
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  Refund or repair? 13 Jun 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased a 2008 BMW 520d from an independent dealer for the sum of £5425. The recorded mileage at the time of the sale was 129,420 miles. On...
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  Why were Skoda Assist so unhelpful when our Octavia broke down in France? 10 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Please could you inform your readers of an experience we had in May of this year when travelling in France with our 2-year-old Skoda Octavia 1.4TSI. About...
• Renault kadjar - Turbo failure on low mileage car Consumer rights? 16 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  My question is: I purchased my 2016 Renault Kadjar signature 1.6 TDI from a Renault dealer in July 2019 with 15535 miles on the clock for £13789. 3 weeks ago I broke down on the motorway. £144 to tow me to Renault garage. The Turbo had failed (dealer thinks its the bearing). The engine has approximately 28689 miles on clock. Car has been. driven correctly and maintained to manufacturers service recommendations.
• Ford Mondeo MK3 2.0 TDCI 2005 - What is wrong with my car? 6 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  I have very little money and cannot afford the extortionate fees diesel specialists charge and every mechanic i have spoken to has told me to get it towed to a diesel specialist but this would very much exhaust all money i have to fix it before knowing what is even wrong. My question is what do you think the fault is? Is it an easy fix?
• 2011 Peugeot 207 1.4 8v - Possible failed cambelt? 18 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  The AA then eventually turned up and tried starting it a few times and said the same thing - cambelt gone. They towed the car back to her house. The next day she had a family friend mechanic come out and try and start the car again, and again saying it SOUNDS like the cambelt has gone. So 3 people so far have said it's the cambelt.
• Vectra cdti - 150 Need help egr ecu troubles. Pulling hair out 22 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  All started a cuple of weeks ago when the crank pulley broke sending the alternator belt behind pulley and bang. Car stops going. After getting towed home looked and seen pully wheel has totaly came off jammed the belt. Replaced pully and belt and car would not start. No surprise  After a lot of digging I found 16 broken rockers.
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  Should we keep or trade in our old Ford Galaxy? 24 Mar 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My son is wanting to change his Ford Galaxy 2.0 diesel. The car is a 2007 model and has great bodywork, with 96,000 miles from new and dealer maintained....
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  Timing chain failure on Skoda Octavia 1.2 TSI - what are my options? 15 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a used (2011) Skoda Octavia 1.2 TSI from a dealer in 2012. Two weeks ago, parked normally on (flat) drive in evening. Following morning, engine...
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  Small problem made worse by garage - should they pay for repairs? 2 Jun 2014 (Ask HJ)
  The steering belt on my eight year old Volvo XC90 went recently whilst I was driving. I pulled over and had the car towed to a local garage. I asked the...
• Renault Laguna - AA Breakdown Repair Cover - Dont Waste your money 24 May 2014 (Forum)
    My car has since then broke down again. The day before the bank holiday (17 th April) we left our home towing a caravan for a six day holiday to the forest of dean.  We didn’t get very far.  Just 45min down the road before the clutch went, or so we thought.  When the service man came, he diagnosed the fault as a turbo issue.
• Used estate/MPV - holy grail sought. 16 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  I suppose things could change but our annual mileage is under 5k pa and it's mainly easy town miles and the odd motorway trip. Very little stop/start driving in heavy traffic and no towing. When I bought the car there was no choice but to have the diesel and I quite like it but I realise my usage and driving style probably isn't best suited to modern diesels with pesky DPF timebombs etc. waiting to empty the wallet.
• Renault - hope you can give me some advice.. gutted 19 May 2012 (Forum)
  Anyway was told the car had a 21point safety check done by mechanic and all paperwork was included. bought car some card some cash. given small piece of paper with scribble on it as reciept. on getting home the handbrake made same noise. used car 2 days later same noise. 7 days later same noise. 8 days later on motorway handbrake engaged doing 70 wouldnt release. recovered by aa towed home. took to garage had diagnostic was told several cables had snapped all electrics were faulty cam sensor had gone aircon broke etc etc etc. paid 2350 for car told it would cost minimum of 1500 to repair. contacted him he started laughin at me and i dont want to repeat the language he used but i was told i wouldnt get a penny he will get the best lawyers blah blah. asked him for proof of 21 point safety check (it wasnt included and the name of the mechanic who did the check - he refused saying its none of my business!