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• Yeti 4 x 4 - Skoda Yeti 4x4s in reverse. 25 May 2013 (Forum)
   Which is why Defenders can be totally USELESS if, for instance, you put one side in a ditch. I've seen us having to tow the sheep-feed up steeply cambered icy tracks with our old Subaru Imprezza Turbo because a Defender would have 2 uselessly spinning wheels in the lower ice-filled track while the upper wheels sat their doing f-all!
• 2012 corsa 1.2 petrol - vauxhall warranty 7 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  wife bought the car new in feb 2012 from arnold clark glasgow , got full service end jan 2013 at same garage - 5000 miles . engine temp light came on on way home from work , topped up coolant and light went off and ok for rest of week . went on motorway following week and light came on again , pulled in at services and topped up again an light went off , decided to drive home instead of carrying on , light came on again on motorway and pulled off at nearest exit , car broke down . got rac to tow it to same garage , got report later that there was a faulty coolant pipe and the engine had overheated to failure , vauxhall say they wont repair car under warranty because it was driven 59 miles from time light first came on till last time even tho it went off inbetween , they say she drove the car to destruction and want £4000 for replacement engine , where do we stand ?
• Peugeot 306 D'Turbo - Car Revs With No Accelerator Black Smoke pug 306 9 Jul 2012 (Forum)
    I got it to the side of the road and checked i hadn't snapped a timing belt before attempting to restart the engine, after confirming this wasn't the problem i attempted to restart the car which didn't happen so i got it towed home, left it for a few hours and went back to it and it started so i drove it around a few streets by my house to see if the problem still occurred but only when i got it to more than 2500 rpm, which i thought could be the turbo.
• Toyota Yaris - flood damage 19 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  i am having a big problem since after damage my car in flood, it is a toyota yaris triptronic 2005 , the car got flood water atleast 3hours so ,i just brought to the in my garage drain all the water got dry everything.dryed the ECU Engine Change the oil and filter  car was driving alright just  had a test drive about 10minutes that  car transmission has stop working and wont drive anymore.just towed back to garage checked all around just realise about the ECU for transmission  had abit moistured and dryed reset by computer there is no trouble code but she is not changing any gear at all there is a misfiring in cylnder 1 got replaced the injectors but still having same misfiring though as soon im giving by pass power to injector one its go back normal.The dash has shown the stop sign  as well.checked  all around so far every thing seems to be clear. please give me an advise about my car.
• MOTORWAY SERVICES PCN 13 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  THE TECHNICALITIES ARE, 1.THE VEHICLE NO PLATE CAN BE READ ON THE PHOTO THEY SUPPLIED.ON THE WAY IN 'JUST' .BUT ON THE WAY OUT IT IS THE CARAVAN NO PLATE THAT IS READ AND ON THE PHOTO YOU CANNOT READ THE NO PLATE AS IT IS OVER EXPOSED BY THE NO PLATE LIGHTS. 2.HOW DO THEY KNOW THAT THE TOW VEHICLE IS THE SAME ON THE WAY OUT. THIS COULD HAVE CHANGED THROUGH A NUMBER OF REASONS ( LONG SHOT ) BUT COULD HAPPEN. 3.ON THE MOTOR WAY SERVICES WEBSITE ( NOT ACCESSIBLE JUST NOW THROUGH A TROJAN DETECTION BY GOOGLE) THERE IS AN ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP WHICH SHOWS THE THE OFF RAMP RIGHT ROUND THE PERIMITER ROAD TO THE ON RAMP AS HIGHWAY THERE IS A LAYBY ON IT I ''PARKED UP ON'' NUDGE NUDGE I WISH I COULD VARIFIE THIS IS NOT THEIR PROPERTY I WOULD BE HOME AND DRY AND £50 IN THE HEROES FUND.
• BMW 520 TOURING - FUEL CONTAMINATION TESCO 18 May 2011 (Forum)
  Left car running on drive and revved slightly, car then revved out of control on its own, white smoke everywhere, took keys out of ignition and fortunately friend knew to stall car to stop this continuing, arranged for it to go into bmw, car picked up on tow truck, car still running.   Garage have said Dodgy diesel, have receipts and pursuing with petrol station and insurance. Car two months out of warranty also.   What do people think, we have been given a quote for 10k to fix !!!!
• Nissan X-Trail (2001 - 2007) - 05 2.0 Clutch replacement 25 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  At a recent service (unfortunately after the warranty had expired) I was told the clutch and flywheel needed replacing. Querying this, as I do not ride the clutch, tow heavy vehicles or drive like Michael Shumacher, I was told that it is the design of the clutch that is at fault (some technical jargon about springs that I didn't understand). Also, the intercooler is about to fail and needs replacing.
• Nissan Terrano II (1993 - 2005) - 97 2.7 Starting Problems 13 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Once the engine is warm the alternator charges at not far short of 14 volts. The engine will start on a tow and will start using Easy Start (ether) but these are hardly long term solutions. I have seen a post elsewhere suggesting a malfunctioning Glow Plug relay might be the problem but there was no follow up to say whether its replacement solved the problem.
• Vauxhall Corsa - Vauxhall Corsa Help and Recovery 1 Jul 2010 (Forum)
   The engine management light came on and then the car stalled at traffic lights.  I had the car towed to where it is in cardiff now.  A mechanic came out and plugged it into the computer and diagnosed camshaft sensor and charged £60 to replace it,  This did nothing,  He then spent 3 hours trying to find out why the car wouldnt start and eventually diagnosed a broken timing chain.
• volkswagen t25 - upset about car park rules 28 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  just brought a classic van and parked it in the residents car park no tax (i know) could not sorn was not in my name dvla informed me so will have to wait for new v5 and i could send in the form to sorn it in my name until v5 comes which both take some time. anyway van got towed gutted because i live in council property so my car park is public road and rules say no. a notice had been put on giving 7 days before removel by council and taken before 24hrs had gone. and my first classic van project and money down the drain (no i don't have the funds to get out and pay holding charges) so no where to put our new untaxed cars before anyone say laws are laws just feel its unfair because you don't live in an house or private land and you can only park where you live .
• Nissan Primera II (1996 - 1999) - 99 1.6 Stopped suddenly without warning 10 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  It wouldn't start again and I called the AA. Patrolman said there was no spark & couldn't fix the problem so towed me to Nationwide Auto Centre where they had a look at it. Hours later I got a call to say it would need at new distibutor at a cost of £700 something fitted. After I picked myself off the floor I began to wonder if distributors fail like this or could it be something simpler, like a coil or relay somewhere?
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0 Blown turbo? 19 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, hoping someone can help me - driving along the other day about 60mph and felt a slight loss of power, then about half a mile later a much bigger loss, plenty of smoke and rattling then had to pull over. The engine started again after a few turns but plenty of smoke so called to get towed. The guy said it's probably the turbo blown - does this sound right? Several garages have quoted about £900 - £1100 for the job and as it's outside my house I would need to get the car to them. Not sure of anyone near Stow on the Wold that can check it over for me outside my house though...
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.8tdci not starting? 4 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  hi, my 52 reg ford focus 1.8tdci has stopped all of a sudden when i parked it up. i tried to start it again but the ignition does even turn over. all the electrics light up on the dash and the hazard lights work and also the power windows. i tried jump starteing it but it still didnt work. i dont know what would be wrong with it. In addition i left it for around 6 hours and when i went back to tow it, i checked on last time and it started for some strange reason. I was wondering what the fault could be? Its been doin this now all the time. It starts sometimes and doesnt other times. But if i was to leave it for say 12 hours it would start in the morning.
• Honda CR-V II (2002 - 2006) - 05 2.2 Offside rear wheel drone 10 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  At lower speeds it sort of reverberates as the wheel speed increases. Honda have varied their diagnosis but the latest is that as I tow (less than 500miles last year), the tyre has become mis-shaped! I am now at the 2nd tyre change and the odd thing is that both times the offside rear has had a tread of 5mil, whilst the others have been about 2.
• KIA Cee'd (2007 - 2010) - Just Bought a White Car 14 May 2009 (Forum)
  Or as more folk are caravanning as opposed to jetting off to sunnier climes and do they now need something half decent too tow with? The Sorento is only in the £210 duty band. (ONLY he says! :-[ ) Anyway I have gone for white as opposed to bland blue/greys and derivatives. There was just something different that gave the car some presence.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 "Book Value" 2 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I have been told by a none mechanic friend as it was a bumper that's cracked and the boot lock damaged it may be chassis damage, as I have a tow bar fitted and the RR didn't actually make contact with the car itself! Now, its a 1999 (T) 1.8 tddi LX with over 100k miles on the clock, if the insurance decide to write it off, as a purely rough estimate, what am i looking at?
• Get orff my Meadow! 30 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I'm quite sure the signs are effectively meaningless. Meaningless but far preferable to the usual threats of clamping, towing, fines and the like in most other places these days. Incidentally, if anyone from Coventry City Council is reading this, a drop-off zone for car passsengers at the coach station - like the ones airports have - would actually be useful, as coach passengers arriving by car don't generally relish a half mile walk through a dimly-lit city centre, CCTV cameras or not.
• Renault Clio II (1998 - 2001) - 1998 1.2 - non starter 20 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  hi, ive got a problem starting my clio 1.2 RN 1998. i was driving it last week when it just died and coasted to a hault. tried to bump while being towed on the way home with no luck. i asked on another forums and have been doin some checks but now dont know what to do. i checked the fuel, pump seems fine and there is petrol right up to the injector unit. checked the spark plugs and they seem to be sparking fine, although they are bone dry. so i'm assuming the problems with the injectors.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Introduction 2 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Has been a very faithful car to me, save for the cambelt housing disintegrating a few thousand miles ago (eek), requiring a tow from the RAC and a replacement cambelt, but fortunately no further damage to the engine. I won't be relying on Ford's 100,000-mile service interval for the cambelt in future! Part of me would like something newer, but I can't really justify it when the car (cambelt incident aside) still feels so smooth and remains economical.
• How many parking tickets can you get? 23 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I consider myself hugely lucky only to have received two tickets - on 11th and 12th, and not to have been towed away. Equally, how often can one receive a penalty ticket? Every time a parking attendant passes? More often? And how come no other of those rather efficient parking attendants in Westminster managed to give me a ticket during this period?