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• 03 Vauxhall Zafira 2.0 dti Elegance - Zafira diesel Black smoke! 19 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  It's getting to the point now where I am seriously thinking of getting shut of my bus now because its embarrassing driving it with plumes of black smoke bellowing out the back! Any help would be great! Neil
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 03 1.9 noise at 1500rpm 3 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  Its almost a "harmonic balance " thing - bit like when you can get pipe hammer in your house copper central heating pipes at certain water pressure/flows. She's not even aware of it (and I wont tell her) and I suppose it may disappear in time when a drive belt or something settles down but I would like to further my education if anybody has any ideas. Thanks for listening/any advice and a Happy Christmas Mike
• BMW 1 Series - Reversing on the road 25 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Isn't there any obligation on the pick up driver to be going at a reasonable speed, particularly at a 90 degree bend, and paying sufficient attention to driving conditions and other road users to avoid scraping the sides of a car parked in the street?     
• Honda Civic hatchback - 54 Honda civic cdti 1.7 possible head gasket issue 26 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, Just wanted to get some advice about my car. Recently had an issue with my cambelt. The glow plug light came on while driving and so I turned the car off but it wouldn't start again, just turned over upon inspection it seemed the cambelt cog wasn't attached properly and worked it's way loose, eventually mangling itself and breaking through the cambelt cover.
• 2005 Picasso Hdi 50k miles - Citroen Picasso engine management light 26 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Can anyone help me as to what it maybe??? The light comes on and the car appears to lose power but will drive very slowly .... I am tempted to trade in but with spending so much money on repairs that is no longer an option. Any help you can give would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance Michelle
• Honda CRV - Used Honda CRV considerations 26 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  Should I be looking for something with low mileage to ensure optimum reliability, or opting for a higher mileage vehicle because I know I won't be adding too many extra miles to the total over the next year or two? Also, are there any advantages/disadvantages to automatic transmission if it will be used to drive through water- and snow-covered lanes?   This CRV will essentially be a 'functional workhorse' – but it would be nice for it to be a comfortable and relaxing drive too...
• Citroen C5 - Part failure liability - wheel nearly falls of car 25 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  The garage have now taken the car back for inspection and I suspect they are going to  fix the ball joint under the part warranty but may charge me for the drive shaft. Could you advise me on my rights here please Thanks in advance Steve
• Latest insurance company trick 21 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  I drive a company car and my wife drives her own car which is insured in her name and has been for several years. In the past few days I have taken a courtesy call from my wife's car insurance company asking to speak to her when she was out plus an unsolicited e-mail.
• Nissan X Trail Sport 2.2 2001 - Nissan X Trail front coil spring replacement 8 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  I then got a tow bar fitted at another garage and when I collected the car they told me that the new spring was unsafe to drive with as it was not original and had only 3 coils, where as the original Nissan spring has 5 coils. They pointed out that the car was not level so would be even more dangerous if I was to tow with it.
• Honda Civic - Honda Civic sloshing fuel in tank 27 May 2013 (Forum)
  While I am generally happy with the car, I have one major gripe: when the fuel tank is over 2/3s full, I can hear the fuel slosing around in the tank! This isn't a problem when I'm driving on the motorway, but is quite annoying when driving around town, as I speed up and slow down the fuel sloshes and clumps around the tank. My wife certainly wasn't too pleased to hear this after spending over £20k on a car!
• Ford Mondeo Estate 06 2litre petrol - Brake light problem 19 May 2013 (Forum)
  I first noticed it when towing my boat at night. It's not a towing issue, though, and whilst my wife was driving behind my car the other evening, she wondered why I was flashing my brake lights at her as I pulled away from junctions. I've also noticed it lots of time when driving at night and looking in the rear view mirror at the red reflections in road signs.
• vw golf 1.9 sdi 1999 - loss of power 6 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  cos although i cant be certain it looks like the fuel filter has not long been changed and the air filter isnt that bad but for what they cost im going to change anyway,think someone has had ago at fixing with the new filters and passed it on to me,unfortunately for me i didnt test  drive on motorway,but then why would you lol.
• Ford Focus - Please someone read this and help me 19 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  "On 09th February 2013 on a road or other public place namely a9 eastbound near Glasgow you ***** did drive a mechanically propelled vehicle namely motor car registered number ******* dangerously and drive at excessive speeds for the weather conditions and the condition of your vehicle, overtake another vehicle, collide with motor vehicle *******, being driven by *******, collude with his vehicle causing it to spin across the road, onto the hard shoulder and a grass verge facing eastbound, lose control of your vehicle and collide with the central reservation solid wall coming to a halt on the hard shoulder, causing damage to said vehicles and injury to yourself; CONTRARY to the road traffic act 1988, section 2 as amended" Can someone please please help what's going to happen to me
• Ford focus 1.6 tdci studio - Mistake buy with DPF? 4 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  We found this car and thought it would be a good buy because of the fuel economy (and i personally find diesels a better drive) but from what i may be reading, this might be a trap. It is an ex-company car so it has been fully serviced by ford dealers but nothing has been mentioned about a DPF replacement. I wanted to ask a couple of questions: 1) Is the ford focus a good buy for my type of driving or would it end up costing me more in the long run?
• Lexus RX 450h - Official mpg figures 23 Feb 2013 (Forum)
   Lexus are claiming 44.8 mpg for the RX450h and I foolishly had expected to achieve a figure of at least 39 mpg.  In practice, with extremely carefull driving, the best I could obtain was 34mpg. Lexus firstly tried to reset the electronics and then replaced the battery, but with no improvement.  They then told me that I was alone in having this problem and it must be caused by my driving style!
• advice on streetka 7 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Car can be locked manually using driver door. It has also locked me out 3 times! When driving slowly there is a rapid ticking noise coming from the dash area - sounds like a geiger counter. This stops when you build up speed. The car is still within month warranty and going back Monday to have faults fixed - fingers crossed!
• Peugeot 306 hdi - Lack of power, turbo failure? 8 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Just for further information ive posted a while back about a high pitch whistling noise when driving.  This happens when the revs have stayed constant for a few seconds.  I never actually got to the bottom of this. Also recently the EML came on so I bought  a diagnostic tool for the laptop which showed up an error code for the throttle position sensor.
• Skoda Yeti 1,2 TSI DSG - Skoda Yeti "skittish" driving behaviour 7 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  I have a 2 year old Skoda Yeti 1.2TSI DSG with 10,500 miles on the clock -  mainly on rural roads. Recently the car has started to feel (what...
• Ford Focus - Rattle on engine stop TDCi 29 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I listened to a friend's 2.0 TDCi and couldn't hear it, but that may be a different setup? From what I've read, it could be the auxillary drive belt tensioner, i.e. unrelated to the clutch/DMF. There also seems to be some 'play' in the drive, so if you put your foot on and off the accelerator esp in first gear it jerks (I realise this is to be expected to an extent but I can feel quite a bit of play).
• Peugeot 306 LD Diesel - Peugeot 307 wont turnover after little bump 31 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  I have a R reg (1997) 306 LD diesel.   Last night, I forgot to put the handbreak on and it rolled down my drive (which is on a slight slope) by about 20 feet and dinged into a pile of paving slabes on the passanger side. Now when I try to start it it wont turn over. Turn the key to the first position and nothing on the dashboard lights up, not a thing.