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• 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.
• R reg Peugeot 106 1.1 petrol - Not Starting 30 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  I have been having problems starting it since the overheating and this morning it just wouldnt start and I'm worried that if it does It won't on the way back from work.  I have been starting it by turning the starter motor (which is fine along with the battery) over and having to pump petrol in with the fuel pedal but it has been taking longer and longer and this perticullarly cold morning I have just given up as I don't want my car stuck in work's car park.
• Focus 2002 TDCI - Starting Problems 27 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  I replaced the battery and alternator about 18 months ago but it's showing all the symptoms of a battery that won't hold enough charge. For instance I parked up last night after a 40 mile journey. This morning it turned over ok but didn't catch. I tried again and there wasn't enough charge left to crank it sufficiently. I took it to Halfords last week and the lad put his battery tester on it and told me it had "60% starting capacity", whatever that means, and that "it should be fine".
• Rover 45 - Problems with car battery and starting the car 15 Sep 2011 (Forum)
   It will then drive for a while and then if i stop somewhere and then restart the engine even a couple of hours later it will start fine again.  It seems to be only when i leave it for overnight or longer.   Just some extra info that may be irrelevan but when i use the electric windows they seem to be going a little slower than normal and finally if i park the car and then use the radio or cd player while the engine is off, even for just a minute or two, the engine will not start again next time as the battery will be flat?
• 98 Rover 216 CVT box problems 23 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Any advice would be welcome...... Thanks, Mark P.S. I've checked the gear oil level and it looks fine....
• Bird Poo Again! 24 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Well I have just spent the best part of 5 hours trying to tidy up the roof of my Sorrento. Its been a case of out of sight out of mind. Regularly gets parked outside my house under some low trees. Having washed and scrubbed off the deposits I have been left with small spots of an amber resin that have eaten into the lacquer. Combination of fine wet and dry, T-cut with a dab of cellulose thinners and a wipe with the same thinners has managed to get the most off and produce a reasonable surface.
• 306 hdi electrics 16 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  just had a new 306 (2001) HDI estate and am trying to sort out 1 or 2 niggly electrical problems 1st of all rear wiper stopped working but now and again decides to work 2nd number plate lights- 1 works the other is off and on if i tap it 3rd one reverse light works one doesnt could this be one problem i.e. dodgey wires or does it sound like i should go through each one? the rain sensative wiper works well but doesnt seat the wipers well when parking. theres a jump with a click from the relay. does this sound like the relay and finally there is a whining sound from the front passenger side now and again when turning the wheel. power steering fluid is fine and alternator belt.
• New car - close shave! 8 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Just before signing up and parting with their cash, however, they decided (for reasons they can't even explain) to take another test drive and bring the car home with them. Everything was fine until just prior to returning the car the lady of the household decided to try to park it on her drive only to discover that due to the sloping ground level their drive's odd contruction, the car grounded quite noticeably and the drive would have had to be dug up/relaid in order to accommodate it.
• lane discipline 25 May 2004 (Forum)
  In Holland on a Wednesday afternoon it was like the M25 at 5.30 pm on a Friday, yet amazingly there was no trouble overtaking. The fast lane is used for what it is supposed to be for - not a car park - and the speed limit is 75 and hardly anyone drives at more than 80 - and needless to say I saw no one undertake. I had the most relaxing busy motorway drive of my life and no hold up's. Anyone who stays in a lane when they should move over who is observed by the traffic police is given a ticket and fined on the spot.
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  Council attacks 27 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
  You may not remember but last year I wrote to you concerning a PCN from Lambeth Parking concerning an alleged Moving Traffic Offence in Lambeth of Driving...
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  Running in and service regime on a new Skoda Superb? 7 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I am soon to take delivery of a New Skoda Superb 1.4 TSI (125ps). I hope to keep the car for as long as possible (doing about 16k annual mileage), and...
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  Dual mass flywheel problem 18 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My car which is a 2003 1.9 TDI Passat manual. It was hit on the passenger front wheel and wing. My car was stationary at the time(parked) waiting for...
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  Oil warning light - what does it mean? 16 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  The "Oil" warning light (mot the oil can icon) has come on in my Seat Ibiza. I was driving to the airport to catch a flight when this happened and is stick...
• Peugeot 205 (1983 - 1997) - 91 1.6 Warning Lamps? 11 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Unless i became stationary at t.lights. I finally pulled onto my drive at home and the lights came back on, placed into PARK... lights on... placed into R, 4, 3,2,1 - 1,2,3,4 R(No letter D on my auto lol) and lights went off? So basically I discovered that when Im moving or the engine was under load (I think the experts call it this, lol) everything was fine, when in PARK or stationary with my foot on break, the three lights were all on together?
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  What car will fit in my small garage? 25 Mar 2025 (Ask HJ)
  I live in a 1960’s terrace house with an unpowered garage in a block and no other off road parking. Consequently one of the requirements for a car is that...
• Vauxhall corsa S Ecoflex - Car turning just not starting 28 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  I've had the car 6 months, it's only 3 years old, 33k miles on the clock,it was serviced on April 2016 and I recently had an MOT in September. Obviously it being a 1 litre there's literally no power etc but at the weekend I was parked on a slight hill facing downwards and I had it reverse once parked. When I started the car I didn't put my foot on the cluch and it stalled. When I started the engine I instantly knew something was wrong.
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  If a car is not being driven for several months can it be SORNd? 8 Jun 2019 (Ask HJ)
  A relative has had an illness recently and hasn't driven for about three months. His car is parked up on his drive. He's not likely to be able to drive...
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  Can I change the wheel size on my Skoda Superb for better tyre wear? 21 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI CR140 SE plus with 225/45 R17 Michelin Sport 3 tyres. I am really disappointed with the poor mileage I get, with the front...
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  Peugeot 207 - leaking coolant shortly after buying? 30 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a used Peugeot from a reputable garage a week ago. It's a three year old car with low mileage. The garage would not service the car but checked...
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  Golf battery discharging when stood - why? 8 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Golf GT that is less than two years old. On two separate occasions, several weeks apart, it has been completely dead on Monday morning after being...