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  Current pun 9 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2000X BMW 530D estate, which my father had owned from nearly new. Over the past 8 months it has developed an intermittent battery drain fault...
• Off to Spain this summer? A couple of reminders. 22 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  Beware that summer is a great season for collecting fines from errant motorists, and Spain and the UK not only allow licence exchanges (recently reintroduced) but also exchange driver data so that fines can be pursued. There are fixed and mobile cameras aplenty, and even traffic police helicopters.
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - Clunking Noise 17 May 2020 (Forum)
  In April i noticed a clunk whenever i steered moderately/ hard to the right, ie slow speed turning and parking. To my untrained ear it sounded like the driver-side suspension. I took the car to a garage and they replaced the coil spring and checked the CV joint and suspension. All seemed fine. About 2 weeks ago a new sound developed.
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - Clunking Noise 18 May 2019 (Forum)
  In April i noticed a clunk whenever i steered moderately/ hard to the right,  ie slow speed turning and parking. To my untrained ear it sounded like the driver-side suspension. I took the car to a garage and they replaced the coil spring and checked the CV joint and suspension.  All seemed fine.
• Renault Clio - Handbrake loose - caused by 'repairs' garage 29 Jan 2016 (Forum)
   My car was serviced and drums fine in Sept 2015.   I don't do any heavy driving, no harsh braking and I do not park on any steep hills with handbrake on.   I'd like some opinions and advice please...
• Ford Mondeo - Ford Mondeo Gearbox fault 20 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Was driving along went to drop from 3rd to 2nd at a junction lost power, 1st and 2nd gear nothing happens its like i have the car in neutral. 3rd 4th 5th 6th and reverse are all fine. Mechanic who came out to me said selector is working fine its a fault inside the gearbox. Another mechanic who i spoke to today while picking up parts for someone elses car said it sounds like the selector...?
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0 Strange Judder ????? 12 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Just brought my 2.0 tddi mondeo from an auction. Didnt pay too much for it. I got in it, it started fine and the idle sat fine (it was quite smokey but i put this down to being a deisel). I then took it for a little drive, now i have never had one of these before so dont actually know how much power they are ment to have, but as i put my foot down it just didnt feel like it had much go, also the big problem, if i put my foot down in first or second it judders like mad, so i stopped and revved it to 2k rmp, i keep my foot still, but the needle was all over the place and felt to be misfiring quite badly and also puffed a lot of smoke out .
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.4 Engine Warning Light (Engine emissions ligh 13 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  This is particularly annoying when it occurs at a car park exit barrier!! In terms of once it's started it still drives fine though. I've had the ECU fault codes read, then reset, then the light comes on around 30miles later. I paid 170quid last week to have the EGR valve replaced, as this was on the fault code.
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 96 1.4 (8v) Failure to start after running fine - 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  They reckon it was caused by a battery not at its peak (unlikely as it's only about a year old), and found some fault codes in the ECU which they cleared & it was then OK. Similar thing happened on saturday - wouldn't restart after being parked for 5 minutes. Turned over fine but wouldn't fire - seemed pretty much like an immobiliser problem again. When the breakdown truck arrived 20 minutes later, it started first time! It didn't seem to pick up cleanly from idle, and the mechanic thought it sounded as though it was running rich.
• Cloning! Caught the PFD 3 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Shirley Alexander ... was heading to Marine Drive, when she noticed a red Uno in front her - with exactly the same licence plate number as her car. For two years, the Alexander family has been receiving traffic and speeding fines in the post, mostly for violations in the southern suburbs. Unfortunately, the traffic authorities have not been sympathetic to their arguments that the fines could not possibly belong to them, and they\'ve had to cough up hundreds of rands in fines.
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  Spring breaks 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst driving my BMW 318 along Boundary Lane in Congleton, there was, as I drove over one of the 11 sets of totally unnecessary speed humps in 1,200 yards,...
• Mazda 3 - Car not starting. Please Help! 10 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  The car has a full service history and has literally just been through a full service and MOT. I had a new battery fitted around 3 months ago, so I know the battery is fine. So I was out yesterday at the park. I go to get in the park to come home, key goes in the ignition, all the dash lights come on as normal.....but then nothing. I turn the key and there is no sound, just nothing.
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  How can I stop the suction mount of my dash cam falling off? 30 Apr 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I have a windscreen suction mount on my dash cam. It works fine on cloudy days however when the car is parked up with sunshine beating down on the windscreen...
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  Benefits of upgrading my carburettor 17 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased a B reg Mercedes-Benz 190 2.0-litre carburetter model with only 26,000 genuine miles and have since done another 15,000. Everything...
• SEAT Leon - Please HELP!! Leon MK1 TDI (109 bhp) not starting 10 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi,   I parked my car in fine working order a couple of weeks ago and a week later I tried to start it and it wouldn't turn up. There was nothing happening when I tried to turn it on, no sound, no noise. The lights on the dash were still coming on fine and battery seemed to be ok as all electrics were working.
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  Used York 2 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  We propose to buy a second hand car for our 23-year-old son after he has passed his test in the next couple of months. He lives in Leeds LS4 2HG and will...
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  I emailed the Minister for Transport, Philip Hammond, regarding car parking enforcement companies, and attach the transcript of my email. 23 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I thought it was time to launch a direct crusade against the car park vultures. I've sent the attached in an email to Philip Hammond, the Minister for...
• Romanian registered former UK cars 24 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  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. A lot of the cars seemed to be poorly maintained. You would also wonder if you had an accident with one of these Romanian registered cars and it was the other drivers fault, what your chance of claiming to repair your own car would be?
• substance on roof paintwork 28 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  No trees near the car or haven't parked under any that I can recall. Haven't actually used the car for 10 days anyway. I got some of it with my finger nail but don't really want to scrape it off. I am thinking of white spirit or methylated spirit to clean it off.
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal.