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• Fiesta 1.25 LX 96 Starter motor. 31 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  failure point, I thought that the solenoid actuator also acted as the 'starter relay' in switching the current for the starter motor. Is the design on this engine different? Access appears very poor. PS I am in France, the BoL (Haynes) is needless to say in the UK. The temperature is just on freezing, the nearest Ford dealer (who is v good) is closed until next week! Any ideas please. I need to get some food to survive the long weekend.
• 2002 MB C Sports Coupe: F Susp noise 21 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, Sorry for the abbreviation above but I couldn't get evcerything in the heading. I've owned my C220Cdi Sports Coupe since new in July 2002. Last year on holiday in France I noticed that there was a squeaking noise which appears to come from the front suspension when the car goes over some (not all) bumps. It isn't very loud (well below normal radio level) but is annoying once you spot it.
• Order timescales for Audi 28 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  They tell me that the other 4 cars ordered in the same allocation as mine are in the same position, but I never had any problem like this with the BMWs I have previously bought. I find this a bit frustrating, not least as I want the car before I go for a tour around France in the middle of May! So my questions are these - does anyone know an approximate build time for the new A6 Avant and has anyone had experience of this situation before or could it be becuase the car is not released in the UK yet?
• I have a question Volume 47 3 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  All I have is a set of bank account details (probably genuine) and an address in N. London (probably incorrect). I think the scammer lived there once, but may by now be back in France (Paris area). Of course the bank will not help me. My question: can BRs suggest a way that I can get to the scammer's current address, with only the bank details to hand? It occurs to me that, should anyone have a suggestion, they may prefer to communicate with me off-board.
• Central locking funny.. 7 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Had to unlock manually afterwards too. Before and since there's been no problem. This has only happened once before - oddly also in France, at Dunquerque. That time we were, er, outside another excllent restaurant. The point is we were parked under HT lines, which I thought could be causing the problem that time. I could see no obvious HT lines or mobile phone masts in Boulogne, so unless these were very cleverly disguised I have no idea why this happened.
• Renault Scenic Noise from Drivetrain 1 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  I have heard Scenics have weak boxes - am I the worlds unluckiest (and now skint) car buyer ?. Any advice would be greatly appreciated (especially as we are booked on a ferry to France in 10 weeks) Thanks
• Help! Service interval and petrol choice 26 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  The manual says 20K mile service is all that's required, but I only do 6K miles per year, most of it round town (plus an annual drive to the south of France). So my questions are; 1) Should I have anything done now (or at least before my summer trip), and if so what is time rather than mileage dependent? 2) The manual says to use either 95 or 98 RON petrol, so does it matter which (I had a diesel before, so the choice is a bit of a mystery to me)?
• Ford Focus wheel bearing problem 2 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My car is a '99 Focus Estate Ghia 2.0L with 25k on the clock on a V-plate. Following a recent trip across France, I became aware of a noise from one of the rear wheels. Suspecting a wheel bearing fault I thought I would let it develop until I could be sure which side it was coming from. It soon became obvious where the problem was when a metallic grinding noise came the rear offside hub.
• Puncture repair techniques 7 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Previously posted, but it seemed to get lost amongst a log thread...any views please In France punctures are routinely repaired using the 'old' english method of just inserting a single loop of rubber from the outside of the tyre. ( This is at major tyre quick fit establishments as well as small garages).
• A303 - European Superhighway? 30 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  If a road carrying this amount of traffic and also part of the Euro Network were in Spain/Portugal/France/Italy then I'm sure they would already have a 3-lane superhighway in state of the art tarmac - funded by the EU of course. In Blighty we have to struggle along a single carriageway more suited to a B-road across Exmoor.
• Range Rover 10 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  My parents have just been to France with ssome friends in a brand new Range Rover. While they were there the rear suspension collapsed, leaving them stranded. My folks came home by Eurostar but the people whose car it is decided to wait until it was fixed and drive it home (not sure what the outcome was).
• Peugeot Citroen in trouble 1 Jul 2013 (Forum)
   Peugeot, which employs 77,000 workers in France, has already mothballed its production plan in Aulnay and is scaling down production elsewhere. Autocar noted last year that in bailing out PSA, the French government might have harmed long-term deal prospects.
• Citroen C5 2.0 litre diesel HDi - Engine hunting 29 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  Apologies for a long entry but I wanted to give as much info as possible. I've had the C5 for 2 years. It's been a good car. In France this year, during a particularly hot spell, the engine suddenly started hunting. One second at walking pace then suddenly a great burst of acceleration then slow again. The engine management light came on on the dash.
• Romanian registered former UK cars 24 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  Travelling to France and back weekly via the ferries on the Dover Straits, I have noticed that recently there has been a surge of UK right hand drive cars coming to the UK with Romanian number plates. I am not sure why it is necessary to drive these cars all the way to Romania and then bring them back, rather than just leaving them as UK registered cars, except that now the cars would be impervious to speed cameras and parking fines.
• n/a - Expats using UK driving licence. 22 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  Whether or not it is necessary to exchange the UK licence for the licence of the country where the expat is living depends on the law of that country. In France for example, it is not necessary to exchange the UK licence for a french one unless one commits a driving offence, so that they can award points, which they can't do on a UK licence.
• PURFLUX LS152B ALCO-810 - Oil filter size Purflux 7 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Purflux stopped making the LS152B few years ago and finding one is nearly impossible. Apart few in France but they wont ship to the UK. So I tried to find the equivalent. Got lucking with some LS127 but i have used my last one. Sameproblem as the LS152. So I bought a pair of ALCO-810.  They have the same external size -86mm- and M18x1.5.
• Nissan Navara - The old Nissan Navara versus Hilus vs Isuzu debate 10 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Upset as was great for what i needed and only had 31000k on the clock. Anyway, hoping the insurance pays out first and foremost as I was in France, another story. Decision now is the replacement, Hilux expensive but never heard of any problems, Navara looks great but no end of engine issues so I keep reading, or Isuzu Rodeo, solid but not exciting according to what i've read.
• Vauxhall Zafira B - Useless tyre repair kit 12 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  My Zafira SRi came with stupid 225/40 18 tyres, no spare, but a can of "glop" and a compressor. I damaged a sidewall in France, and, of course, the "glop" had no chance of sealing it. A new Dunlop SP Sport cost me 200 euros! When I got back to the UK, I bought a matching Dunlop for £100, then sourced a spare wheel cradle, wheelbrace and jack, and a 16" steel wheel with a 215/55 tyre from JST Motor Spares (through the Parts Gateway website).
• Sheep Trailer - Replacing 155-400 Tyres On An Old Trailer. 18 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I live in France and have an old two-wheeled sheep trailer maximum weight 490kg which has size 155-400 tyres. The trailer is in good condition so I would like to keep it. This is an old size tyre and now hard to find and expensive to buy.
• PEUGEOT 206 HDi - YEAR 2000 - FRONT END KNOCKING 13 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  I recently fitted new shockers to both driver & passenger side front as I had suspected this was the cause of the previous knocking particularly on one side of the car. The noise is more pronounced now.   I drive a lot in France and their village & narrow country roads are very poorly maintained - someone said it's their version of "sleeping policemen" and speed control  Could well be right !! The knock is a series solid knocks.