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• Vauxhall Vectra B 2001 1.8 lt - engine ecu 17 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  Rac came and did a diagnostic and got two codes saying immobiliser .car went to a garage but in the 3 days they had the car it did not cut out but they did change the ecu relay car seemed ok for a few weeks . Took the car out all fine parked up about 1 hour later got into car it started but the car and spanner light came on pushed down on throttle nothing there, turned car of and on three or 4 times then it started light went of and power to the throttle can back,drove home ok, then 2 days ago had a short drive all well parked up with engine running after 20 minuets car miss fired then cut out again, it started again with first turn of key but light came on again and no power to throttle.
• Hit a wing mirror 2 May 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, On the way home today I had to go through this narrow road. There were parked cars on both sides so I had to go between them. I was in 2nd gear so I was doing about 20ish in a 30 zone. As I was driving between the cars, my passenger wing mirror hit a parked cars wing mirror.
• School Entrance Markings Offences 13 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I often do the school run on my bike with my youngest on a separate crossbar saddle. The school is on a narrow-ish lane with some turning/parking areas at the far end. Most parents don't park or drop off on the yellow school entrance markings. A minority do, and some even reverse their MPV/estates into the school entrance to turn round.
• Road fund licence 12 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  What trouble might she get in to, and how likely is it that she will? As I say, the car is parked well off the road, so someone would have to go looking for it not having a tax disc, but she can ill afford to get a fine or similar over this. Also, will she be able to get a copy of the MOT from the garage that did it, or will she have to have the car tested again?
• Good buy or leave well alone? 6 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  So I phoned to find out more details and get the low down on why the car was being offered at this price. Having one previous owner the car had basically been parked in a car park which flooded in the deluges earlier this year. The water rose to the level of the seats but has now, so I was informed, thoroughly dried out and there is no evidence whatsoever of water damage ever occuring.
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  Parking ticket dispute - are they allowed to take me to court? 26 Jul 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Thanks for your help thus far, a while ago, I asked about parking on private land and not displaying correctly, the ticket was issued 05/01/2013, I wrote...
• Audi A4 - Braking problems 25 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  Road surface was fine. This time I took it to the local garage and they took the brakes apart and basically rebuilt them on my instruction but couldn’t find an obvious fault. No problems since. 3. About 6 months later, again trying to stop the car this time pulling into a car parking space on quite a steep decline.
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  I'm worried about the full tank of petrol in my stored car during lockdown. Should I drain it? 17 Apr 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I do not expect to use my car for another three weeks due to the coronavirus lockdown. It has already been stored in the garage for three weeks. I'm following...
• 6 weeks with the Superb 1.4 TSi 150 PS 31 May 2018 (Forum)
  But Skoda do put the button in a logical place exactly where the handbrake wuld be unlike Volvo and Toyota who put theirs in places where you would never think to look. Its lovely and quiet and the space is phenominal. Parking requires long spaces, not tried parallel parking it yet. So all in all more than happy. But if anyone posts SPAM in this thread I will find out where you live and come along and eat your children.
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  Bought a pre-reg car, but don't have the logbook 25 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I note in your column in Saturday's Telegraph that you said NOT to buy a car if you did not get the logbook immediately, even if pre-reg. I feel that at...
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  Fiesta Ecoboost Clutch Problems 30 Sep 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 1.0 Ecoboost new in 2014. Within 1200 miles I twice reported clutch problems - smell, inability to engage gears. On diagnosis (a drive around...
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  Low Emission Zone 16 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Outside the remit of cars, but your comments would be appreciated, please. We own a 2001 VW Transporter van, which we use almost weekly to visit our children...
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  As a manual driver for 52 years, I am struggling to learn to left-foot brake when driving an automatic. 13 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  While your advice to use both feet may be perfectly sensible for many drivers, for someone like me, 70 years old, an owner and driver of cars - mostly...
• Police & Car Crime 7 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I come from southern England and just experienced something that?s really wound me up. About 2 months ago I had my car parked in front of a friend?s car out side my mum and dads house. To give a vague idea, its a long street with speed humps, residents cars parked up both sides with a road that?s on a hill which joins in the middle.
• 2008 Renault Clio Initiale - Loud bang from drivers side then loose steering 10 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  Hello! I was parked stationary on a side kerb yesterday. I started the car as normal and turned the steering wheel to the right to dismount the kerb. I then heard a loud bang/pop from the front drivers side. Checked tyres etc everything seemed to be fine.
• Ford Kuga - Engine Malfunction 14 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  I own this car for 6 months with no issues. 4 days ago I want to mecanic to change timing belt and water pump. Everthing was fine. But today when i was preparing to park my car, a massage came with " engine malfunction". And everytime when I trun on the engine same message coming but no limp mode or any other problema. Actually the car drives very well like always.
• MK1 Ford Foucus - MK1 Ford Focus Engine Warning Light 14 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  On start all lights go out, occasioanly the light will come on and does not go off until the car is parked and restarted. It seems to run fine, and there is no difference engine running wise before its on or - when it comes on. I have read that the light can come on for lots of reasons, the Haynes manual I have bought for this car is singularly useless on this and I have searched the site for any clues...
• Ford Focus - DVLA 3 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  I was given a vehicle by my son which I parked on private land, I went on the DVLA website to put it on Sorn but it would not let me as it siad it was taxed until 01st Jan 2016, then I had first contact from the DVLA out of the blue demanding I pay a fine for not insuring my vehicle, I have wrote them explaining the situation, but they say im in the wrong, I have had two V5s sent to me where they have messed up the date when I was suppose to have registered it and prior they messed up the date on my sons V5 when he owned it, and despsite me having the vehicle in my name, it still wont let me put it on SORN and my son has recieved no refund!
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - alarm/immobiliser problem 6 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  Hello, The alarm/immobiliser on my Renault Clio has decided to declare war on me. Without any provocation at all, the alarm decided to sound today (while the car was parked in the drive). It was driven earlier in the day and was fine. How rude. I couldn't turn the alarm off with either keyfob. I had to disconnect the battery to silence it. Then, after reconnecting the battery, the immobiliser wouldn't deactivate, so now the car won't start... :-( I also noticed a clicking relay noise... a bit like the relay sound that you hear when the indicators are operating, but this was much faster...
• Vwlkswagen VW Passat 1.8 Turbo - Passat will not start 29 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  The main reason I feel this is not linked to the starter motor or switch. Left the vehicle parked outside my house when the fault occured. After an hour or so the car started with no problems and continued to start.   RAC could start the vehicle by towing it . Any suggestions please?