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• Renault Clio 1.5 DCI - A noise coming from my car while driving 8 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  It did it again the other day but after a while the sound changed and I can't seem to figure out where it is coming from. My timing belt was changed last year and I have covered around 6k miles since then. I usually get around 60 odd mpg but recently on a long journey, or even shorter ones it has dropped about 10 mpg. Also this noise appears while driving after certain revs.
• Renault Clio 1.5 DCI - A noise coming from my car while driving 8 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  It did it again the other day but after a while the sound changed and I can't seem to figure out where it is coming from. My timing belt was changed last year and I have covered around 6k miles since then. I usually get around 60 odd mpg but recently on a long journey, or even shorter ones it has dropped about 10 mpg. Also this noise appears while driving after certain revs.
• Honda Jazz/Fit (2008 - ) - 5 miles in a new Jazz 9 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  On the occasional hot day it has an electrically powered cover, this coupled with the clever back seats means my dad could probably use the car as a greenhouse extension! Car went very well, suspension is a little bouncy for my liking, but it rides rough surfaces well and doesn?
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - BMW write-off help! 9 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  The police were called to clear the road and took statements. The front door was very badly damaged, and the inside floor of the car was pushed in, the rear door was also damaged, the roof dented and the petrol cap stuck open. My Dad called his insurers who arranged recovery and delivered a courtesy car on Tuesday morning. The insurers have called today to say the car is a write off and have offered him £5,250.
• Renault Megane Dynamique 1.9dC1 16 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  of 30% for the replacement engine citing that ?they would expect an engine to have a serviceable life of 100,000 miles?. As the car has covered 69,000 miles it is their contention that the offer of 30% goodwill represents a ?fair? recompense for my inconvenience. I dispute this statement as it does not account for the fact I am expected to source the remaining 70% costs, nearly £5,000, at a time that I would not reasonably be expected to do so
• Cam Belt Badly Fitted? Vaux Frontera 9 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  I left the car with them and they replaced the cam belt and also the water pump as they said all the bearings had gone and this had contributed to the problem. Anyhow it came to £120 vat so I thought it seemed a reasonable price and the car was running fine.
• How much to pay for a 2nd hand car 17 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  The Passat is from a franchise and is from an approved car scheme. We have not seen this car; it is on the VW website as a VW stock car which my local dealer can get for me. This would work thus: test drive a similar car (maybe a higher spec), agree a price and pay a deposit.
• Peugeot 106 - Cash in Lieu - settlement value? 5 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  I've done an autotrader valuation which puts the value for private sale at just over £1000, and research on buying similar cars in my area seems to suggest that that's the correct figure. My question really is what does the cash in lieu settlement cover? More specifically, does it take into account the fact that I'm retaining the salvage value of the car?
• Pug 206 XSi Various Probs 5 May 2005 (Forum)
  The car is out of warranty, but are peugeot replacing these on request as they are in my opinion under engineered. The car has never suffered any impact frontal or otherwise, from looking at the passenger side unit, I think I could snap both the mountings just using the force it takes to replace the dust cover on the headlamp assembly. 2.
• Can I reject this paint job? 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  The car was duly taken to a suitable bodyshop and I went off on hols knowing I'd be collecting my car when I got back. So I collected it and my car had clearly been outside for a while it was quite dirty.
• Modern mainstream cars are boring. 10 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Having recently upgraded to the plush luxury (relative to what I used to have) of a 2001 Honda Accord 2.0 SE Exec, I can't help but feeling nothing more than "content". Wondering if it was just my choice of an old man's car (I'm only 27) that was causing my perfectly comfortable but equally dull driving experience I had a thrash about in a few other cars. Father in-law's 110bhp 1.9TDi Golf (Mk4) Friend's 1.8 GTi Golf (Mk4) Friend's 2.0 GTi Golf (Mk3) Brand new 1.6 Civic (courtesy car - now that did get a serious thrashing) - my Accord was in for a minor hi-fi tweak.
• Grandis VS Sharalaxy Pros/Cons 2005+ 14 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  After pros cons of either please, looking at 2005 or newer, cheapy. Cover approx 10-12K miles a year, not many miles through the week, trip to shops kids to school is about it, 10 miles a day at most, then we have a few big road trips each year, Cornwall, Filey and Loch Lomand planned this year.
• Mitsubishi Shogun 2008 SWB Diesel - Shogun Missbehaving 12 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  Is this Engine management problems, faulty injection, any ideas would be gratefully received, I am 99% happy with my car and she has not missed a beat other than this problem, I have covered 24,000 miles on the speedo. I  always try NOT to do short journeys as I was warned about the PDF, Ohh I do not get ANY warning lights come up when the fault occurs, and of course the garage could not repeat the fault.
• Vauxhall Vivaro 1.9DI 52 - Vivaro trouble starting when hot 24 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  202748-Diesel-DTI-Starting-Problems-Spill-Pipes-EGR So...  tonight, I removed the cover and located them, picture on link below; http://www.clarkhouse.co.uk/dsd/vivaro_spill_pipes.jpg The 4th injector(?)
• Peugeot 306 HDI Dturbo Vreg - Peugeot 306 HDI Dturbo starting and idling fault 27 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  I don't want to go throwing money at it so I hope someone reading this has had the same issues and can help me. I am in the car trade working in bodyshops with a mechanical background and I have a mate with a snapon scanner. We put the scanner on, cleared all the codes, ran the engine for a bit and then the code that came back was P1404 Pre-heating/Additional heating; circuit 2 - error.
• Bye CR-V, hello… 9 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Three years ago we bought a new CR-V and I have to say it was a good car. The only problems were the rear diff making a “groaning” noise, this was sorted by changing the diff oil for a different spec. All four alloys started to bubble so were replaced. The worst problem was the battery going flat.
• Ford focus 02 1.6 Zetec - Loosing power steering fluid after MOT 10 Jul 2010 (Forum)
   A quick glance at the levels (when cold) showed the power steering reservoir severely depleted.  A quick glace at the road underneath the car revealed a rapidly growing pink puddle of power steering fluid.   Having paid the MOT garage for some ford P/S fluid, (MC2 195-A, £20 a bottle, if you're wondering) I've filled it up and run it for a few minutes and the poorly sounding pump sounds a lot happier.
• Extended warranty 12 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Thats what i like about this warranty " NOTHING" This company actually needs to be taken to the High court in strand London to change the law, because this warranty is actually encouraging people with a low IQ to drive around with a faulty car to destruction and may find themselves doing life in prison.    
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 98, 16v X20EV petrol auto. Shudder on idle. 12 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Got a vectra 98 auto 2 litre petrol - any help much appreciated. So far garages can't help, have charged me but no joy. Problem is at idle, car idles when engine warm with jolts. These jolts are also evident as slowing down stopping. Once stopped for more than a few secs jolts and perhaps nearly cutting out is evident. Had this 2 months now.
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 2001 2.2 - Timing Chain Gone For The 2nd Time 23 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Many thanks EDIT: I have since read a thread on the z22se forums and some say the chain will be covered for 60k or 6 years whichever comes first. True or False? {couple of small edits to generalise names of garages, rather than specifically name them. DD}