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  Honda Jazz is missing advertised air-con 3 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Bought a Honda Jazz from 'The car shop megastore' in Doncaster, which was advertised online as having air con. When I went I didn't know what to look...
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  Should I switch off my Audi A4's ESP to improve control in snow and ice? 6 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a new Audi A4 2.0 TFSI (211) Multitronic in May last year. In winter weather I missed my old 2.5 auto X-Type, which had AWD and seemed much more...
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  Audi ABS/ESP 2 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Last year I bought an Audi TT roadster, 1781cc, quattro on a 55 registration, (25.1.06), mileage approx 13,000. In July this year the orange warning triangle...
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  Feetal position 28 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I actually know an automatic right foot only driver. Although she didn't kill or injure anyone, she managed to create mayhem and damage six other cars...
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  Tester money 20 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Recently, I had my 2000 Land Cruiser serviced by a small, independent garage with a good reputation. Following the service I was chatting with the mechanic...
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  Welcome brakes 10 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Recently I went into a car park at a motorway service area to make a phone call. As I wasn’t going to go into the services I parked at the back of the...
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  Roller bawl 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  6 weeks ago driving my new Nissan Qashqai Visia on a B class Suffolk road at 40mph at a right bend, I espied a pool of water on the nearside and decided...
• Ford Transit Connect - Found a van, but should I worry about advisories? 23 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  Repair as soon as possible (minor defects): Nearside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i)) Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories): Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b)) Nearside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c)) Offside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c)) Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i)) Offside Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii)) Power steering component has slight seepage from a component (2.1.5 (a)) Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing 195/65/15 (5.2.3 (d) (ii)) Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing 195/65/15 (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
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  When fitting new tyres should they go on the front or back wheels? 27 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  My brother-in-law has a Skoda Rapid and needing two new tyres asked which end should have the new ones. I said new ones on the rear but his Skoda dealer...
• Any - Advice from HJ 30 May 2019 (Forum)
  I have taken up the subject with the Institute of Advanced Motoring and got this reply: “I would teach and advocate the use of the right foot to operate the accelerator and brake pedals – with a bit of common sense we can figure out quite quickly we will not want to go slower and faster at the same time so will not be operating both pedals at the same time. A planned drive will make for a sensible bit of acceleration sense so we will be off the accelerator some time before we need to brake.
• Mazda - 2012 - Used Car - Consumer Rights - how long for a repair? 10 May 2016 (Forum)
  I had to 'pause' a tiny while when changing from 2nd to 3rd gear, to avoid this. I also noticed the brakes were spongy, the braking distance was double. I noticed front and rear brakes had 'hot spots'  Emailed the car dealer. They told me to bring the car, but the earliest appointment was in 10 days time.
• Volvo XC60(2015) - Another service scam? 9 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  Hi John, My Volvo XC60 has just had it,s second year service with only 9,400 miles on the clock. I have a 5 year pre-paid service plan; so was surprised to receive a phone call to say the brake fluid needed changing at a cost of £90.00 and did I wish to proceed. I reluctantly agreed to the work due to the safety implications, but was called back a few minutes later to say that the car was already on the road and was being delivered back to me.
• Nissan Note - Help needed - intermittent vehicle fault 26 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  I tried to increase the revs but the engine slowly died and the accelerator and brake became unresponsive, leaving me stranded on the dual carriageway. Again there were no engine management lights. I tried to restart the car and found that the brake had no play in it and I could not press it down, the car repeatedly failed to start.
• Ford Fiesta MKIV 1.25 Zetec S - Master cylinder replaced now erratic idling!! 14 Aug 2011 (Forum)
    Since she bought it she has had the handbrake/warning light on (even though she has only recently told me!!).  So i went to check all the fluids etc. and found there was no brake fluid!!!! on further inspection it appeared to be leaking from the reservoir so, being on a tight budget, i replaced with master cylinder from a scrapyard.  bled all the brakes and they now work fine, pedal is pretty hard but brakes come on well.
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 06 2.0 Doubts about the service 11 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  That would put the new ones at 24mm thick! Nearly an inch in old money!! I'm going to try and make up a kind of go/no go gauge I had the brake fluid changed - because it's hygroscopic - but can't see any sign that the bleed nipples have been touched but the reservoir is covered in brake fluid and not even cleaned. Is there any other way of getting the fluid out apart from the usual method?
• I really dislike my tyres 11 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Someone pulled out in front of me before completely out of the blue (I'd seen them but they did a ridiculous maneuvre) and I had to hit the brakes hard. The wheels locked up and the car went (this was at a relatively low speed) but I lifted off and braked again and I narrowly escaped it. This might not sound like much but that genuinely has never happened before.
• Cars you have adored despite problems 6 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  It was a milk chocolate brown colour and was quite startling to own because of its quirkiness. The radio was where the hand brake should be and the handbrake was like a spade handle that you pulled out of the dash. There were no stalks for indicators etc just 'pods' either side of the steering wheel with swiches (worked very well).
• Possible 2nd-hand car: VW with problems 21 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Insurance for the both of us is quite reasonable. Fuel consumption doesn't matter as it'll only be doing 40 miles a week. Bad News -------- 1) Brakes seem a bit unresponsive compared to my 2002 Focus. Pads and disc's look okay so it might just be needing some new brake fluid. 2) Appears to be on the original timing belt. 3) Clutch slips like a good 'un.
• Cavalier steering vibration (again!) 27 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  So, in summary, the problem is steering vibration affected by taking the driver’s side front wheel on and off, which seems to have got worse as a result of taking it on and off a few times, and which is reduced when the nuts are tightened more than they should be. The only explanation I can think of is the brake disk (ventilated, ABS) as this is surely the only thing that wheel nut tightness would affect as it is sandwiched in between the wheel and the hub. There is no noticeable judder through the steering when the brakes are applied by the way.
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  Is it illegal to use front fog lights when there is no fog? 15 Nov 2023 (Ask HJ)
  Driving at night, I notice an increasing number of drivers clearly using their fog lights as an extra set of headlights when there is no fog anywhere to...