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  Suspension fault with new Citroen C3 Picasso? 28 Apr 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have a new Citroen C3 Picasso 1.6 diesel. I have covered roughly 1000 miles, but the car has developed a knocking/rattling noise from the front suspension,...
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  How reliable is the auto box in the Volvo V60? 16 Nov 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have been offered a friend's Volvo V60 D5 automatic. The car has covered 45,000 miles and is used to tow a caravan. Am I buying into problems for te...
• Corsa 13cdti. - 2010 corsa diesel history 6 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  I'm looking at buying a 1.3 cdti corsa and I've seen a few that are described as having a full service history, and when I've looked at this, the services have been done following the mileage of the car. The service interval is every 20,000 miles for one of these and basically I've seen a few that have long time periods between services 2 or 3 years as they haven't been used that much. There hasn't been this long a gap between every service but I saw one model that was 6 years old and with 3 stamps in the book as it had only done 34k, but there was a gap of 3 years between the second and last service as it only covered 5k in that time.
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  Buying a petrol SUV - what do you recommend? 14 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy a new SUV, but only cover short distances and the new DPF diesels aren’t suitable. What do you recommend?
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  Speedometer fault on Ford Focus - what's the cause? 15 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2001 Ford Focus 1.8 petrol. The car has covered 71,000 miles and is suffering from a speedometer fault. The issue is intermittent and it will...
• BMW E91 325i Touring - BMW stick or twist 18 Jul 2013 (Forum)
    Got a late 2007 325i Touring with the N53 direct injection engine in 2010 as an approved used BMW and have extended the warranty twice so still covered.  I like the car a lot to drive and does everything I need.  Dont do a lot of miles so the MPG not critical.  But In the last 8 months it has had 6 trips to the dealer (thankfully all under warranty) with a misfire and poor idling.
• Peugeot 406 2.1TD - NightMare ! 17 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  The garage that has diagnosed the problem and is undertaking the work is the same local garage (not a Peugeot main dealer) that changed the timing belt six months ago. Since the timing belt was changed the car has covered 7,000 miles. Have I just been unlucky by the fact that this nut has sheared, is it a known problem with this particular Peugeot engine or, could it be something that the garage did or did not do when they changed the timing belt six months and 7,00 miles ago ?
• ford focus 2005 1.6 TDCI - crankshaft pulley replaced, came off again.. help! 1 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  about 6 weeks ago we replaced the crankshaft pulley, yesterday i drove down the road and heard a clunk and the battery light came on, got the car home again, the crankshaft pulley bolt and belt had come off and were sitting on the underside engine cover thing, put it all back together again and started the engine but noticed the bolt was undoing itself again, so took it apart again, checked everything, all seemed fine, put back on tried to start the engine again and now it won't start, the crankshaft pulley is turning and the bolt does not appear to be undoing (hard to tell with the engine not actually starting) but cannot get it to start now.. my partner has done all work and is flummoxed, any help would be much appreciated, many thanks in advance
• Nissan X-Trail (2001 - 2007) - 05 2.0 clutch replacement 25 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I bought a 2005 deisel xtrail from a main dealer in 8< snip , had it 4 months and clutch has gone. I am single mum and though this car was not new it cost me £8500 and to me that is a lot of money. I went to dealer as I had a two year warranty, they told me it was wear and tear and not covered, I had only done 2000 miles in the 4 month I had it, cost me £750 to get fixed and staff and manager were very rude and couldnt have cared less.
• Mazda Tribute - Alarm reset 10 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Vehicle laid up over Xmas and New Year (3months) unfortunately battery was flat when we went to restart the car, recharged battery and everything was back to normal except the alarm which goes off everytime we lock the vehicle. On checking the manual Mazda suggest that the vehicle be taken to one of their main dealers who for a small sum will reprogramme the Key / Alarm.
• ANY - advice for £2-£3k purchase 18 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Therefore I'm looking for something different, poss a little bigger to so focus sized. I have at most £3k but dont really want to go over £2.5 to cover for future repairs / servicing etc So any opinions? is milage as important for cars of this age? also thought about an almera as a sensible but not exciting choice as I want somthing reliable so I can save up for something exciting in a couple of years.
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 02 battery light flickers for a couple of seconds 18 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone i have a bmw 3 series 318i reg 2002 and have had a few problems with it in the last 3-4 months. i cover 30miles each way to work and on each journey usually when accelerating independent of whether its in a low or high gear the battery light flickers on for a split second accompanied by a jerk. i had it checked by an independent garage and was told that this was related to the alternator thus that was changed the problem continued and got worse after 4-5 weeks until 2 weeks ago when the engine management light came on and the power was reduced. 4 ignition coils and spark plugs were change. unfortunately this split second flickering of the battery continues. i have no problem starting the car does anyone have any bright ideas about this problem?????
• year 2000 3.0 l dohc turbo diesel - iszuzu trooper 2 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all, just new here , I have a 2000 3.0 l turbo diesel trooper, it was recalled 2 years ago for injectors, but never really ran perfect after this, however it has got to stage that its like its running on 3 cylinders now,  however i had it back at main dealer last week for recall trottle position sensor, so i asked him to inspect same , he told me its one of the injector solenids, but stated this would not be covered by warranty, ? so i asked how much it would cost out of warranty he said around €1000 , I cant afford this, has anyone else had this problem, did isuzu sort it under warranty ? or is it something I can buy and replace myself, i know my round a car ??
• Vauxhall Corsa B 1995 - 1.2 petrol - Blowing brake light bulbs 10 May 2011 (Forum)
  After noticing that the driver's side brake light bulb had blown on my son's Corsa, I replaced it, checked that the new bulb worked, then fitted the holder and cover back into position.  We checked it again, fully expecting it to be working OK - but it immediately blew again. Something must have gone wrong fairly recently as, only last month, the car passed its MoT test.
• Smart Roadster Coupe - Rear coil springs 7 May 2011 (Forum)
  Usually don`t bother with manuals but reckon it might save time on this one.She`s sitting down on the drivers side rear,can`t see anything underneath so suspect top of coil is broken.It`s done 40,000miles,hasn`t been thrashed,I`m only allowed in the passenger seat ;) but you feel every pothole&manhole cover........so does the suspension I would guess.First became suspicious when the driver appeared to do an odd correction mid-corner at times,usually her driving isn`t too alarming.Now I understand car was oversteering on right-handers and understeering on lefthanders.
• Local Council - Can do or Can't do ??? 16 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  3) Produce and change that persons vehicle insurance for business use, although its covered for use 'to and from their place of work'. The above applies to staff no matter whether they park their vehicle on the Queens Highway alongside the school grounds or in its car park. Even if that person only uses its vehicle once or twice a month.
• Mazda 626 (2000 - 2002) - 00 2.0 Poor MPG economy 18 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Timing belt, tensioner and water pump were replaced one month before that. Tyre pressure is ok (32psi). The car has covered 64,000 miles, is 9 years old and is in good condition with plenty of main dealer history. I'm not driving it like a boy racer, nor like an old lady. Any ideas of what's causing this slightly disappointing economy?
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 06 diesel - Faulty gearbox warranty issue 30 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  The independant dealer gave her 3 months warranty & they have said they will pay the maximum £1000 as the warranty is limited, but she has to pay the rest her self. The dealer is rufusing to pay the whole amount as when she bought it she was told she would be covered upt £1000 per claim on the major partslabour. The dealer said the fault was not present when she bought it & they have a 3 page reportchecklist on the vehicle condition etc (down by themselves) whcih confirms the car was all good What can she do?
• Citroen Xsara Picasso (2000 - 2010) - 01 2.0 HDI Fuel consumption 25 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  It did have a 2 week period last September when, despite being on the usual trips, it switched to 60 mpg and then dropped back to 42 again. I'm always light footed, and never exceed the speed limits. The car has covered 94K but the fuel consumption was the same when I aquired it at 52K. The measurements have been take over individual fill-ups (larger error) and a few cummulative fill-ups but both give the same reading.
• Treadless spare and the law 8 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  On my last car I went for the third option as one my spare was ilegal and one of my other tyres was breaking up but then three weeks later I got rid of it ( So I don't want to make the same kind of mistake again.