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• Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) - Garage keep finding new faults - now another £700? 16 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  The specialist diagnosed a fuel pump failure and a new one would be over £700, but they offered to fit it for free. There was clearly no issue with the fuel pump when the car went into the garage, and their argument is that the ongoing overheating problems have hastened the failure, which has been exposed by the work they've done to date, but that they didn't cause the failure, therefore I should foot the bill for the part.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2005 tdci Head CRACKED!!! w pics 26 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  So this morning he presents me with a cup of green coloured liquid and said its contamination, look at those tiny little particles in the fuel, he said they were going to reprogramme and drain the tank (after they had already done this once). I questioned that the fuel filter was at fault as surely it was its job to stop these black particles reaching the engine, anyway i left him to it and said i would be back at 4 to see what the problem was.
• Landrover Freelander - Consumer Rights Act 2015 10 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  From the AA van I called the dealer and asked if I shold get it revovered to him and he told me I could take it to any garge, so I had it recovered to a Jaguar / Landrover specialist that I have used previously. After much diagnostic work and repairs including a new fuel pump, new ECU and fuel injectors, all costing me over £3,400 the car was back on the road. Twice we offered to give the car back to the dealer for him to look at and repair and twice he refused, saying that my garage had caused the fault.
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  Need a large car with good fuel eocnomy 10 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for 2.0-litre diesel car with 150PS. I need good fuel economy and impressive handling from the car. What should I get from the: Mazda6, Skoda...
• Toyota - Estima 1996, 2.2 3CT-E engine. Diesel fault. 29 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Denso computer 89661-28580 (anyone got the pin-outs?) I seem to have about 11.5 volts going into various pins on the ECU. I have 9 volts to the fuel cut-off solenoid. I have 5.4 volts at both wires on one of the 4 electonic valves on the pump that control fuel to the injectors on the pump. Engine earth seems OK. I did a diagnostic test - (the engine had not run since the ECU had been disconnected for a night).
• Nissan Note - Help needed - intermittent vehicle fault 26 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Yesterday we switched cars and I put half a bottle of redex into the tank incase the issue was with fuel being ran to the dregs, or quality of the supermarket fuel. I drove the 23 mile journey to work with no issues. The car sat in my works car park for ten hours and started fine when I came to leave at 1am this morning.
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  Mis-sold an Audi A4 TDI with an engine remap 21 Oct 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a 2007 Audi A4 TDI 170 which has been remapped, I bought it as a family car to go to work and take my son to and from nursery. I don't...
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  Are diesel engines really that bad? 15 Mar 2015 (Ask HJ)
  Geoffrey Lean in the Telegraph blames diesel cars for pollution, forgetting that almost ALL commercial transport, on sea and land, runs on oil fuel. Modern...
• Renault Scenic - Used car warranty problems 3 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  They said there was no fault to the fuel injection because they checked the fault history of the car's computer log and it does not show any fuel injection fault in its history log. A week later feeling disatisfied and still with lack of power I brought the car in again to the dealership and insisted they have a second check.
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  Real MPG - Hyundai i10 1.2 5 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently bought a brand new Hyundai i10 1.2. I've done 1100 miles so far and I'm really disappointed with its fuel consumption. It's getting 40-43mpg....
• VW Golf GT Sport (140 BHP) - 91W and 91Y Tyre Pressures 9 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  This does not bother me as I would happily sacrifice some fuel consumption for safety, but now I am thinking that maybe my new 91Y rated tyres are not correctly inflated. I know that the GYEF1's are excellent tyres with very good grip, so maybe the drop in fuel consumption is due to them being slightly more 'stickier'/grippier than my old tyres (which were worn, so maybe that is a factor?)
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  Why is my Mercedes-Benz so thirsty? 17 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Three weeks ago I bought a 10-month-old Mercedes-Benz B160 auto from a Mercedes dealership with 10,000 miles on the clock. I have been depressed by the...
• VW golf 04 - EGR and exhaust temp faults. Advice please! 6 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Looking at the diagnostic log from when the car was in for the service, I can see three faults. 6575 P0191 008 Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor Circuit Range/Performance 7808 P1400 001 EGR Vacuum Regulator Solenoid Valve -N18- Electrical malfunction in circuit 7863 P1455 008 Exhaust gas temperature sender 1 -G235 Implausible signal Now I understand that the first fault is why the fuel pump was replaced but what i was wondering was is the first garage negligent in the other two faults that could have prevented my car from cutting out the next day?
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  Can you recommend a prestigious estate car with seven seats for £5000? 29 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  As I work from home and do all the school runs and camping/driving holidays, I have a 2001 Mercedes-Benz ML270 (95,000 miles) but I want a car with better...
• Budget 2009 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  These will provide a stronger signal to consumers at the point of purchase. 7.53 To ensure that new VED rates and bands are clearly understood by motorists, the Department for Transport has worked with the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership to update the fuel economy label for new vehicles, and is continuing to work with industry to develop a fuel economy label for the second-hand car market. 7.54 Budget 2009 also announces changes to the VED rules on refunds, six-month licences and imported vehicles during the first year of vehicle licensing, from April 2010, as a consequence of the introduction of First-Year Rates, as well as general changes to the treatment of imported vehicles.
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 02 2.0 HDi low power after hitting flood. 23 May 2008 (Forum)
  Its obviously delivering fuel, more than before, yet I have really low power in the lower revs. Overtaking is now a memory!! Tried the disconnect battery thing to reset ECU, all this got me was an "ENGINE IMMOBILISER FAULT", a tow trip to the garage and a 100 euros to reset.
• Cars - Just a numbers game? 25 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  It almost always gets over 40mpg, and on the motorway it can approach 60mpg (depending on conditions). If I got this car I would be very dissapointed because I wouldn't expect it to drink more fuel. I suspect the Getz would probably pay lower tax too, but in reality it is probably worse. This week I saw an interesting thing in my local IAM newsletter. Apparently some Auto Express tests have show that the best-selling models do not live up to their claimed fuel consumption figures, with some using a third more.
• 306 HDI 90 T reg - ECU/Imobilisor?? 30 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I would appreciate any advice on the following so's I now which garage to trust... 1.Car wont start one lunchtime. Not battery or fuel and this is first time this has happened. 2. I towed it 1st garage who tried a new ignition aerial with no luck, refitted the original and said take it to better equiped garage. 3. 2nd garage removed ECU and sent away to Bosch for diagnostics which reported back saying ECU needs repair to fuel pump, however they can't do anything as secondary fault reported which might be imobilisor. 2nd garage thought car was imobilised due to 1st garage 'playing around' with ignition aerial.
• A More Economical Engine. 29 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  ie. 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5 2 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 5 3 - 4 3 - 5 4 - 5 These figures can be fed into a computer for analysis of exactly how much fuel that particular cylinder required injecting. I am convinced this theory would work and would result in - 1. Greater fuel economy. 2. Greater horsepower for size of motor. 3. Greater Torque. 4.
• Lexus Rz450 z - Steering by wire 4 Aug 2025 (Forum)
  We all marvelled in the 90s when our cars accelerator pedal actuator was replaced by a rheostat controlling the fuel injection system. But now the new fly by wire steering systems have sensors on the steering wheel controlling actuators on the wheels. No more arm wrestling in tight spots because of the variable power assistance but a bit scary to rely on electronics for this basic function .