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• Record Second Hand Cars Sold 18 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  I read (in another paper) that a record 8.2m second-hand vehicles were bought last year. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-4227156/Can-guess-nation-s-favourite-used-cars.html An increase of 7.3% year on year !  I drive by car dealers forecourts (Swindon) and they are stuffed with secondhand cars. I see TV & hear radio adverts where big dealers are boasting of umpteen thousand  cars in national stock but I think asking prices are still high, particularly cars with 80-100k on the clock.
• Peugeot 306 XUD9TE Conrod failure 30 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  Taken from the excellent car-by-car breakdown section of this most excellent site..... \"Spate of conrod failures on 1997-1998 R and S reg 1.9 XUTD diesels; one case of a late reg T: too many to attribute merely to running with low oil levels. Seems only to affect cars built from April 1997 with DHY (not DHX) serial number engines.\" Please see the pics here ~ http://groups.msn.com/honestjohn/interestingshots.msnw?
• Golf 1.6tdi se DSG - VW warranty 29 Oct 2016 (Forum)
   I have discoverend some loose interiro trim on my car.  Will VW cover this;and, how can I get an appointment at the VW s******ship within the warranty period.  What if i'm offered an appointment that is a few days over the warrnaty period/deadline. I bought the car as a one year old car and the car has a standard 3 year new car warrnaty.
• Volvo V70 - Car been in repairers for 2 months. 18 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  'It's ready.'..back yesterday promised, no car. Took curtesy car back yesterday on their word. For two months I'm driving round a new Merc S class arranged by the ins companies...v nice too..It's totally mad. It would have been ten K cheaper by my reckoning to write mine off, not that I'm moaning because of course the settlement never gets anywhere near the true value of your car.
• Citroen C4 - Auction question 31 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, I bought a Fiat Bravo at an auction 4 years ago, car has treated me really well and it worked out as a great but doing 25k a year is making me look again. I've been able to find some low mileage 4-5 year old C4's and after reading into it I'm given the impression of a reasonably reliable car with high depreciation which suits me. I have found an automatic that is actually the model to avoid but having never driven an automatic I'm still interested.
• BMW 3 Series - Which one to choose 16 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  You must have had a million of these questions on here, but I have been struggling for days to make a choice - by the time I do, all will have been sold ;) I am looking for the best choice of these to take account of insurance, economy, tax and ongoing costs - ie anything to do with £££s. Also in a quandary about age/miles balance. 2008 (58) 318i SE 39k with extras £7,399 2006 (56) 318i SE Auto 37k £6,500 2011 (61) 318d Olympic/Performance Edition 112k £7,500 All have good MOT histories (minimal/no advisories) and full service histories and are in a similar condition - ie good for age.
• Counterfeit Xenon HID Bulbs? 13 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  PowerBulbs (the automotive lighting specialist, verified by Philips and OSRAM) is working in conjunction with BBC 1’s Fake Britain to help customers become more aware of these fakes. The show's producers would like to speak with anyone who has had the misfortune of buying a fake in order to establish the scale and seriousness of the problem.
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  Why has my Ford C-Max gone into limp home mode? 1 Apr 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I've recently replaced the clutch and DMF in my 2004 Ford C-Max 2.0 diesel. However, the car has now gone into limp home mode. Any idea why?
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  206 automatic jumping out of gear on cold mornings 17 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My Peugeot 206 automatic has started jumping out of gear on cold mornings, with a frost light flashing on the dashboard. However, after stopping and restarting...
• Seller Erase Error Codes before test drive? 28 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I dont see the point of the buyer taking a diagnostic code reader to the car that he/she will view/test drive when the seller can erase the codes from the car before the buyer turns up. Can a test drive bring the error code/s back? If not how does the buyer is sure that the car is error free before spending lots of money? Do all Error Codes Register a orange enging light on dashboard or is there some error codes that do not show up on dahboard but instead only on the diagnostic code reader?
• Porsche Macan - not sure which to get 1 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Did not like to see the extra pipe under  the fuel filter cap which has to be charged up every 12K miles and costing £125 each time though.  Anyway think petrol S is the best way to go. Do you think the petrol turbo costing another 9K is cost effective considering the petrol consumption is not really that different between either version and is in the same tax bracket re CO2 and considering future depreciation which would be best do you think?
• Peugeot 307 2003 1.4 petrol - Can someone please help me to find these fuses ..? 9 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  https://s.yimg.com/hd/answers/i/1b850c380f4743a98437eb53bb2b0374_A.jpeg?a=answers&mr=0&x=1418064785&s=e2571d5c8b94ec39316512a8cc7f4906 I found the fuses for the 3 lights in each headlamps in the engine compartment fuse box, but couldn't find them for the marked ones :/.
• Big car luxury in a small car and on a budget. 7 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  Hi All, I'm looking for big car luxury in a small car and on a budget. Does such a thing exist? I need to economise and i've had to sell my S-Class. I only do about 6,000 miles a year most of which is motorway driving. Ideally it should have 4 seats but as the rears will only ever be used by my kids it doesn't matter if it's a bit cramped in the  back :-) I only have a budget of about £3,000 and was wondering what is out there that is comfortable with a ride that easily soaks up the  bumps from our potholed roads, is pretty quiet at motorway speeds, will do 0-60 in less than 10 seconds and will be reliable and cheap to run.
• Why do some autos roll back on a hill? 11 Oct 2014 (Forum)
    Some of them will hold the car still on a hill at idle, but other's won't. Examples: Mercedes W202 2.4 V6 holds, Jaguar S-Type 3.0 v6 holds, Honda CRV 2.0 I4 rolls back. With the cars that hold, it's not a mechnical holding device because if the hill is steep enough it will roll back, but it will hold still on moderate hills.
• 2003 Ford Focus 1600cc - Focus with a few "Quirks" 6 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  (As you lovely people are top-notch with your car knowledge) My boss has had the Focus garaged for quite a while now, as it''s suffering from a fault where the car thinks that it's overheating, and then goes into "Go-slow mode" (as she put it) and then won't go over 30 mph. She said that it's quite a common fault, but I can't seem to find anything about it online.
• Vaux Astra - brake pad replacement 27 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  Is the workaround to clamp the flexi-hose and open the bleed nipple instead, to be able to push the caliper pi ston(s) back?   Thanks in advance
• Used car research 5 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  We would love to be able to get the opinions of Honest John users, and were wondering if you would be kind enough to fill out our short (less than 2 minutes) survey, and maybe share any of you experiences or opinions (good or bad) in this thread. The link to the survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LGDYW9M Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks for your time, Tom  
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class LWB - Noise from heating/ventilation system 6 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Since it's not causing a problem, might there be a way of stopping the noise - eg remove a fuse, cut a wire etc?  Without removing the dash! Car is 12 yo. Not worth spending £100's.    
• MGA 1956 LHD - MGA Chassis number info 1 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Hello MGA owners, I am looking to buy an MGA and have seen one with many pics. I had four many years ago in the 70's.   The car in question is a 1956 LHD and lives in the US.  One of the chassis plates is perplexing me. Its reads as follows - I may have misread the info as some of the characters are rather faded, but does anyone have any info, please.
• Hyundai i20 - Winter tyres/steel wheels 9 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  I'm trying to buy a set of winter tyres and steel wheels. I knew my i20's tyres were 185/60/R15s but had problems finding out about the wheel specs. The owners manual was no use and have not heard from Hyundai Customer Services regarding this. I have been looking in the meantime and found a set of steel wheels on mytyres.co.uk but again having some problems.