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• Ford Focus 1.6 02 plate - possible bearing/drive-shaft damage on 1.6 Focus? 27 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  The o/s bearing also appears ok with a simple test on the wheel for play/grinding, all seems in good shape. Next, wondered about brakes - front brakes also seem fine, not stuck or obstructed that I can see. I'm a little stumped. Currently I'm now wondering about the central support bearing on the o/s driveshaft. Does anyone think the symptoms suggest this could be damaged?
• Peugeot 306 Meridian HDi Estate (2001) - Intermittant loss of power 19 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Ive had it happen when pulling away in 1st and all the way through to 4th at varying speeds although the RPM is always around 2500-3000. Anyone have an idea what is up? On an unrelated note, is there any reason why my brake pedal would have dropped, its constantly activating the light switch, to turn it off i have to lift the pedal - this is not activating the brakes though.   I feel my car is just about to die and I'm going to have to get a new one soon :(   Thanks
• Accord Diesel Problem 4 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  There were a couple of problems, and I wonder if anyone else has experienced these. The fuse - 20 amps - which protects the horn and brake lights blew a couple of times. I don't know when this occurred as I only discovered it when I went to blow the horn and it failed to work. This happened twice, and it may have been due to having to use the brakes frequently when in traffic jams.
• Nissan Primera 2.2TD P12 - ABS and Engine lights on 31 May 2012 (Forum)
  Unfortunately now, I am not sure I will get it through to the weekend as there is also an engine fault code and it is losing power and I am having to restart the engine to get going again. The only way I can describe it is as though I am braking but I am not. Though it feels like more of a cut out than actual braking. When this happens, the speed drops to about 40 max and then gradually fades out to nothing until I am able to stop and turn off the ignition then start up again.
• Mitsubishi Colt - Insurance rip-off?? 23 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  She recently had a very low speed shunt, she went into the back of a car which initially moved out of a superkarket car parked, then braked suddenly, she braked but unfortunately caught the back of the other car. There was no visible damage to the cars but details were exchanged. A couple of days later she had a call from the other driver saying his car was damaged, she advised him to contact her insurer, Tesco.
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 99 2.0 - TC ABS speedo intermitant fault 25 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  vauxhall vectra v reg 2l sri petrol with gas conversion added tc light was first to light up, now tc abs light up and speedo not working sometimes they will not go off on start up. if the lights do go out they then fail with in a few miles or work agian but i have found that if they do go out and i switch the tc off the abs light stays off and the speedo works but i can`t turn the tc off if the light is already lite i have removed the 10 amp f35 this time on starting tc nad abs came on dim and stayed on but where bright on pressing the brake and dim with brake off (didn`t try the speedo with fuse out ) the garage i that run a diagnostic said that it was a speed fault and the n/s abs senser at fault this i changed for a GM part. 90 pounds lighter problem still there i have check back with THE garage and his next plan was the ring at the back of the cv joint before i go this root {which part of the 3 separate requests asking for the year and engine details to be included in the subject header did you SO difficult to understand?}
• movano 2007 2.5 cdti - movano(renault) problems! 6 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  id=8&forumid=17&script=showthread" target="_blank"> EGR valve, changed the brake switch, changed the crank shaft sensor, done a test on all the wires from pedal to the block connector in engine bay and there all good but still saying throttle pedal sensor on diagnostic, has 2 diffrent fault codes, a P0 and P2 code, had 6 diffrent people out to it now and all have no idea including a auto electrician. must be electrical i think but cant work out what or where, hopefully someone has come accross this before!
• Volkswagen Polo IV (2002-2005) - 2005 1.4 petrol - failed it's first MOT! 17 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  The car has only done just over 21,000 miles and has mostly been kept in a garage - so I had thought it was in pretty good condition. It failed it's MOT on: Front Wheels Brakes Imbalanced Although to me it drives ok. It was tested at my local Kwik Fit, where the service seeme quite good. I've got it booked in for a free brake test on Wednesday morning to try to get to the bottom of the problems.
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 - Ford Ka really low MPG 22 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  My car is a 2008 Ka 1.3 Style climate with the Duratec 69 hP engine, so it should be averaging 35-40 MPG. admittedly it was a mixture of city/a road driving, quite a bit of braking involved, but surely 20-25 is very low? i have had the car from new ,and its covered just over 7,000 miles since new. it's never been driven hard, i keep the revs low, change gear as early as possible, very cautious with my acceleration/braking, so cannot see where this extremely poor MPG is coming from. however it has been used for lots of short journeys, but usually does see the motorway once a month.
• Honda CR-V III (2007 - ) - Replacement tyre time. 18 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Despite being close to the bone, they performed very well in the recent bad weather, never losing traction (apart from one slide down an iced up hill when I "forgot" to come off the brakes ! - it sorted itself out once I took my foot off the brake !) - never losing traction or giving any "moments" - the upshot of this was that with real world experience of the Conti Contacts that came on the car as OE had performed well enough in all areas to be replaced with the same.
• Impersonating a Police officer? 9 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  There I was minding my own business in lane 3 doing just over 70, maybe 75 at most when an 04 reg Honda CRV joins the motorway at the junction, he proceeds to fly across lanes 1 and 2 and straight into lane 3, causing me to brake sharply, as I was braking I also flashed my headlights, to let him know I was there!!! He thrn pulled back into lane 2, let me past, then pulled back out behind me and flashed a set of blue strobes that were on a temp mounting on his dashboard!!!!!
• MG - BGT 1961 1.8 Unable to start the engine 9 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  After a few years left in the workshop unused, i decided to re mot it. Driving to the garage i tested the brakes to get them warmed up, when suddenly there was this thump thump noise, found out later it was the fan hitting the radiator, i must of put the brakes on really hard because the engine moved forward about 1/2 inch.
• Renault Scenic (2003 - 2009) - Repair and sell....or just sell? 15 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 petrol automatic 1.8 Renault Scenic (5 door expression+ with 70000 miles). It has the well discussed problem where the brake servo hisses (needing a replacement of the sealed unit costing 200+ and 5 hours of labour to fix). The brake discs are worn and it needs some minor work that I can do myself - one worn tyre, some bulbs need replacing etc).
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 05 1.6 Noise from front RHS at all speeds 9 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Most apparent on overrun in second especially when engine is warm, but is "there" at all speeds and in all forward gears. Recent Main dealer workshop checks exclude Brakes, H/brake ( acting on front wheels),Bearings, suspension, drive shaft. ( visual and external examination only) No oil / fluid leaks apparent. Gear changing is not affected and AFAIK, there is no apparent wear of clutch friction plates.
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - 05 1.6 Diagnostic Codes explanation 7 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Any further explanation and idication of cost please (Dealer/non)? There was exhaust work at last Service. 17887 P1479 008, Brake vacuum system, Mechanical malfunction 18320 P1912 001, Brake Booster Pressure Sensor -G294-, Open / short to B+ 18528 P2096 002, Bank1, Lambda correction downstream of catalyst, lean exceeded I've always used a trusted Dealer for servicing so far and seems reasonable faults for age&milesage but see previous fix, below.
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 2001 - Car feels twitchy 25 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  The Vectra has been feeling a bit twitchy for a while now - sometimes in a straight line and sometimes when braking. Some of the points I have noticed are: The car was pulling to the left so I had the tracking adjusted about 2 months ago. It seems better but the steering wheel is sometimes offset slightly when straight ahead; sometimes it is about spot on.
• Turn those fog lights off! 22 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Another minor pet hate is people in these modern cars with LED rear clusters who hold their car with the brake pedal at lights, use your flipping hand brake, I don't want your bright lights hurting my eyes thank you very much! Yes I caqn see you have a 4.6 litre Vogue, but we both know its leased and you are not keeping up your payments so stop driving like a pratt.
• Nissan Primera (1990 - 1996) - 1995 1.6LX strange noises whilst driving. 17 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Any advice welcomed so I can perhaps investigate myself before passing the problem to the garage. Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the ABS warning light is on quite often, but the brakes themselves feel ok and don't judder, squeal or anything when applied. Thanks, Nick. slt
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 01 2.0 Emissions light & ABS light on 3 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  It looks like someones tinkered with the engine before me, running a variable fuel manifold and theres a pipe from the small motor for cooling exhaust gases running into the air filter? Also the brakes judder when you're at high speed - it runs smoothly and good when idle when you press the brakes at high speed you feel juddering through the steering wheel. I've now been told that it's possible that the discs are worn and it'll need new pads & discs - this might also solve the abs problem as the juddering might be sending false signals to the new sensor.
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - yr?? 1.6 8v kangarooing & stalling. 28 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  All ok with the car up to about one month ago, then the car started to act up as follows.After a couple of miles driving, while braking for a roundabout / traffic lights etc., the engine revs drop down to zero on the rev counter and the engine stalls. After restarting the engine (sometimes with a bit of difficulty) the car then seems to kangaroo for a while then it clears up and continues as normal.