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  • My insurance company botched repair work on my car - can you offer some advice? 28 Nov 2017 (Ask HJ)
    I have a Citroen C4 Picasso. It was kerbed and the front section of the nearside sill is badly damaged (metal crushed and torn up as far as to where it...
  • Scratched Windscreen 17 Feb 2009 (Forum)
    Any opinions are appreciated. {made non make/model descriptive as could apply to any car. Have edited in car details to main body of post though}
  • 9 mm crack in windscreen ~ any big deal? 2 Jun 2011 (Forum)
    The passenger's side of my car's windscreen recently acquired a curved 9 mm long crack from a flying stone. At the moment I can't work up the enthusiasm to do anything about it. What minimum length would a crack need to be to spur you into action?
  • Peugeot 3008 2010 model - Windscreen trim clips 13 Aug 2021 (Forum)
    I recently had my scuttle drains cleaned and the windscreen trims would have been removed. I have also had my windscreen changed multiple times during the cars life and as a result the clips were likely to have had their day. One of the windscreen trims went missing on a long drive.
  • Any - Cracked windscreen adverts on radio and tv. 15 Feb 2014 (Forum)
    I don't live in the UK any more but I still listen to various UK internet radio stations. Even before I escaped from the UK the windscreen crack repair scare advert  annoyed me -particularly the irritating twerp driving a windscreen repair van purporting to work for a certain company who guarentee that if you have a chip in the screen, when you turn the heater on to the windscreen it will crack.
  • New windscreen problem? 13 May 2008 (Forum)
    She phoned the windscreen people who told her it may take time to settle in and to give it a week. Normally I wouldnt mind this but in 2 weeks were are travelling down to Italy in this car, so want it right. Does what they say sound plausible, has anyone else had this sort of thing happen?
  • BMW 3 Series - Accident due to sunlight 8 Feb 2019 (Forum)
    So I am asking you folk for some advise please. Is there a product that you can get to spray or legally attach to a windscreen and the front side windows? Is it possible to get auto glass that will do the job? I wear glasses full time. Are there spectacles with special coatings? Thanks for your help.
  • Vw Passat Water Ingress 27 Dec 2006 (Forum)
    I have a Passat 130tdi estate. Water is getting into front drivers side floor pan. Suspect it may be coming from bulkhead. Can anyone tell me where drain channels are located - they may be blocked by leaf debris as vehicle is parked under trees and i have cleard out a lot of compacted debris from under the vents between bonnet and windscreen.
  • Punto Wiper/Fan failure 25 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    I wonder if anyone can shed any light on a sudden windscreen wiper and heater fan failure on my '96 Punto which occurred on Friday. I thought it must be a fuse as the front and rear wipers and washers have ceased to operate at all, as has the heater fan. Both fuses checked - OK.
  • Fragile windscreen wipers: warning! 22 Mar 2007 (Forum)
    - Scraped about 4cm of heavy wet snow off the windscreen this morning, then turned the wipers on. One of them got jammed on the compacted snow at the base of the windscreen, and after a couple of seconds and a dull thud... wipers kaput! Never happened to me before in any other car, but beware in case the same happens to you!
  • How important is the heat shield 21 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
    A heat shield at the back of my Vauxhall Astra H has fallen off. I think it protects the fuel tank but I'm not 100% sure. How important is it to get...
  • Juddering Windscreen Wiper Blades 25 Nov 2006 (Forum)
    Can anyone advise me how to achieve smooth silent windscreen wipers? I have a Honda CRV and have been plagued by noisy wipers for years. I even fitted new Honda wiper blades, but still they judder noisily across the screen. It was the same with my last car - a Vauxhall Cavalier.
  • Ford S-MAX - Used Car issue - Cracked and Chipped Windscreen 5 Apr 2019 (Forum)
    I called them and got the following response from them "that I had bought a used car and with used cars it's normal for them to have chips and or cracks in the windscreen and that is reflected in the price of the vehicle , vehicles are sold as seen and that if I was not happy that I had 24hrs in which to go back to either get a refund or get another car.
  • How do I find the vin/chassis number on my car? 11 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I have tried to look for my chassis number today and can't find it at all on my car, its supposed to be on windscreen and under bonnet I believe but its...
  • Obstructive attitude 6 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
    A neighbour has just witnessed the removal of his own car from the road in front of his own driveway. OK, so it is an offence to park across a residential...
  • Volvo 960 and S90 (1994 - 2000) - Motoring organisation car-check 15 Apr 2008 (Forum)
    They missed: rear shocks on the way out, needed replacing within 6 months [forget the cost but not small]; chip on front windscreen sufficiently annoying to need replacing [£150, again from memory]; aircon leaking such that there was no cooling [£300 to fix]. It was a good car for me at the time, but their check wasn't good value!
  • Why do Autoglass charge a flat rate of £400 for a windscreen replacement regardless of model? 16 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
    I have followed the on-going tail of increasing insurance costs, but there is a way we can all help cut those costs. My Mk4 Fiesta required a windscreen...
  • Windscreen wiper problem with Volvo V40 - what's the likely cause? 29 Mar 2016 (Ask HJ)
    My nine month old Volvo V40 is about to start on it's fifth driver's side genuine Volvo wiper blade. They work fine when new but soon leave a 4-5-inch...
  • scratches on the windscreen - MOT? 3 Dec 2003 (Forum)
    I know if a crack or chip in a windscreen is over a certain size in the drivers line of view, the car will fail an MOT. However mine has a slight scratch not a crack, noticable if you look for it 10cm long in the drivers line of sight.
  • Windscreen chipping 4 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    Can anybody help in advising how best to remove a small windscreen chip caused by a stone? It doesn't seem to have done any harm but I don't want to leave it there indefinately. We tried Halfords own make stuff which seemed to help hardly at all. I am hoping to sell the car asap so need to act quickly!
 

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