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• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 Handrake not working (back drums) 3 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Footbrake working fine. If anything, slightly better since the job was done. BTW, drums weren't in brilliant shape, though not scored just lipped at the edge. Stuart
• Jaguar S-Type (1999 - 2007) - 00 3.0 Starting Problems 19 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Its a year 2000 3.0l v6 auto petrol and sometimes when i try to start it (normally if i've been driving it for a bit then stop) i get nothing. Whether its in park or neutral i turn the key and nothing the car wont even try to turn over I just get dead silence. The battery is fine everything else is working perfectly radio etc but then after maybe 15-20 tries shifting between gears it will start randomly.
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1998 1.25 Fast Idle and not reving over 4000 rpm 30 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Just purchased a small runabout for my Wife and the car is a Ford Fiesta 1.25 l zetec automatic R reg, the car runs fine except, when at a standstill you put it into Drive it sometimes cuts out and the idle appears to be fast also at a standstill if you rev the engine in Park or Neutral the revs appear to be limited and do not go past 4000rpm, any ideas, electrical or a gearbox problem, due to this if you press the accelerator to the flooor in drive there is no kick down, although its the newer gearbox version of the CVT.
• Faulty ABS - MOT failure? 6 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  The dealer said it would need new sensors and new drive shafts leading to a whopping £700 bill. Since normal braking is fine, I don't want to fix it. But is it going to fail in MOT? There is a single red warning light on dash showing [(!)(P)BRAKE] altogether. As soon as parking brake is released the light goes off. After driving for sometime [1 minute], the light comes up and stays.
• Cavalier, Front wheel grinding! 7 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Doesn't happen when gently going around right handers or at all when going around left hander at any speed. Did a couple of full right hand circle in the car park and needs a little welly to make it happen, as if you were checking CV joints, no clicking and no previous indication of a problem, drives ok, steering feels fine, nothing obvious trapped underneath, just a nasty harsh grinding noise, any ideas Thanks, Ellis
• Problems with tax disc. 19 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I cant take the car off the road, I, like most other people, need it for work, also I dont have off street parking. Yesterday, Saturday 6th Jan, I was pleased to see a brown envelope with DVLC on it. My new registration document I thought, now I can tax the car. No chance ? it was a fine for £56 for my car being parked on the road on the 2nd of December.
• Please please help 5 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Dont really know who to call or do so could really do with some advice/guidance. I know the CCTV footage is not really looking good if it does indeed show me stopping whilst parking, but I genuinely dont remember hitting someone. Last thing I need is prison sentence or huge fine or points which will mean I wont be able to afford driving next year
• Mazda 6 - 2l petrol Mazda 6 stalling at junctions 11 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  I think the key thing here is that the stalling only occurs when the car is moving - the car starts fine, it will idle fine whilst sat on the drive and it will also idle fine once the handbrake is on and the car is stationary at a junction. In all these cases, it's presumably running on the battery. I have noticed that the headlights flicker slightly occasionally when stationary and idling though, although I have noticed this happen in the past when I've not had the stalling problem.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.9 Running fine, now won't start! 5 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Drove it about 40 miles, just switched to radio off to make sure. The dash needles flicked intermittantly and sometimes stuck in one position but the car ran fine. After getting in after leaving it for about 5 hours parked up started as normal, although didn't have heated screen, hazards, speedo, rev counter, fuel guage or odometer. The headlights and indicators worked, although the dash needles didn't move at all.
• VW Golf 1.6 FSI Auto 2005 - VW Golf 1.6 FSI Auto Tranmission fault? 16 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Car drove fine after this. Car is driving fine for now, but she gets six beeps at key on engine off. Is this just the immobiliser, or an error/warning code? Does this car have a fault of going into tiptronic gear mode randomly?
• ford focus 1.0 100ps zetec ecoboost 2013 - Engine failure warning 22 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Switched off & restarted,running perfectly. Used the car this evening,warning came up again & proceeded to go into "limp mode". Parked up,switched off,re started & idled for 5 mins & all fine. Got down the road & warning again,but car running perfectly?? Anyone had similar problems,& was it rectified? Going in to dealer tomorrow,but don't want to be fobbed off with no fault found on diagnostic check.
• Toyota Avensis 2004 - knocking on steering 6 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  It began as an intermittent knocking sound on column when changing steering wheel direction parking but developed to also making a similar sound on rough roads. smooth roads are fine and silent at any speed. Local mechanic initially thought it was play where the wishbones connect to steering rack but after removinf the gaiters they were both absolutely fine.
• dvla what is going on 12 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  The DVLA admitted that they had got it wrong when I telephoned them and they realised that my vehicle was S.O.R.N and they returned it with no charge. A week goes by and everything is fine, my vehicle was returned and I had no charges to pay so I presumed that was the end of the story. However, yet another letter arrived stating that if I did not pay a fine of £99 I will be taken to court.
• Yaris starting problem 17 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  However, it died almost immediately. Attempting to restart it and the starter seemed to be turning fine but it only sounded like it was attempting to fire occasionally. I finally got it started by pumping the throttle and it has run and started fine since. My only thought is that last night I pulled it forward about 6' to allow a friend to get parked behind me.
• ford fiesta 1.6tdci - fiesta - repair to steering - like driving on ice 9 Dec 2012 (Forum)
    since the repair the steering has gone very light and it feels like I am driving on wet, even like I am driving on ice at times, when the road is actually absolutely fine and sometimes is actually dry.  I have checked tyre pressures etc and all is fine.  It seems ok with a small amount of turning to the wheel, it grips fine - if you imagine the steering wheel usually at twelve o clock position.
• Car Park failing to stop/report dangerous driving 18 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Hi wondering if anyone can give me some advice, my car is registered to me fully comp insured for me and i have my son as a named driver as if i am not using the car i let him take it to work ~(he has full licence) this 'incident' occured on a sunday i was at home my son used the car to go to work, on way back he went to supermarket car park got some milk and came out, nothing strange in that well 4 days later i received a nip for failing to stop/report, dangerous driving, driving without due care attention ....at the car park !  my car is not damaged that i can see, i have been over it like a fine tooth combe i bought it as a four year old car so would have had  tiny key scratches etc this was back in june, i filled out the form to say my son was driving, he also replied by email to the station saying i drove the car i was in the car park but not quite at the time they had put, he said he wasnt aware of making contact with any vehicle or anything else for that matter , and as for dangerous driving he said it is a car park with people walking around queuing to get out i couldnt drive dangerously.
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  Do I need to tell my insurers about an accident if the other party's insurance is handling the claim? 31 Oct 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I was parked in a private car park and got hit by a van, minor damage only. The driver who ran into the car gave me his personal details, and those of...
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  Why don't you support the Protection of Freedoms Bill? 12 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I know some of what is in the Protection of Freedoms Bill because I have been talking and writing about it for some time. Thank you for sending the draft...
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  VED up 1 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Yesterday, my car was clamped. I was rather surprised because it was correctly parked, but it seems that the tax was out of date. I didn't know it was...
• Nissan Micra 2003 - Nissan Micra problems 27 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  I was lucky there was a garage on the same road and I was able to drive slowly and get it parked there. By the time I got parked, only the ABS warning light was showing. I have never had any trouble like this before with the car. Does anyone have any ideas what could cause this to happen so suddenly?