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• VW PASSAT - Heated Mirrors 7 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  As an owner of a 2000 model year VW PASSAT 1.8 Estate, I have found that the "heated" mirrors do not appear to operate efficiently. I asked the franchised dealer to check them last service but they responded that they were working OK. I wonder has anyone experienced a similar problem?
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class W202 - Heater only warm on one side 9 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  I have a 1998 R C200 Elegance without air-conditioning.  It has a split heating system for each side of the interior controled by two thumbwheels, even when both are turned to hot I'm only getting heat on one side of the car, any ideas? 
• Ford Focus - Family car options to replace a Mk1 Focus 15 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone. We're in need of more car advice so it's back to the HJ forum! We have a Mk1 Focus 'Silver' special edition on an '02 plate which is still a great car, 1.6 petrol, full leather, heated front and rear screens, heated seats, CD-Player and it returns at least 40MPG combined.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2001 1.6 quick to heat up 5 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  hi have read as many other posts as i can find, all with similar symptoms to myself. recently car has been quick to heat up, temp gauge goes from zero to midway first thing on a cold morning, doing about 30-40 for a mile and a half. gauge stays at midpoint whatever the driving conditions, some of my journey is 60 (ish !)
• Spare Wheels 3 May 2005 (Forum)
  Did early cars not have boots, or not big enough for a wheel? Or was running gear so much more complex? I realise that some early cars were rear engined but I am not so sure if they all were? [This was prompted by my son looking at old cars and discussing them with me.
• Going to paris by car? - Get a clean air sticker 17 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  If you are driving to apris you need one of these. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/16/british-motorists-face-pollution-fines-paris-car-windscreen/
• £3,500 to polish the paintwork and valet the car 17 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  ...and £2,500 to replace the windscreen, £700 to replace the driver's side window http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8002072.stm Super car costs make your wallet lighter :-(
• Car speakers ? 17 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I remember some time ago, a system where the speakers for the car radio/tape player were replaced by using the inside of the windscreen to transmit the sound. Does anyone remember this please, or was it just a flash in the pan ? Thank you, petel@clara.co.uk
• Ford Focus - 59 reg - Windscreen washer not working 18 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone A few weeks ago I noticed that the jet of water coming out of the windscreen wasker spouts had lost some power - the water was barely hitting the screen. A couple of times it took a few presses of the button on the streering wheel to get some water out (and annoyingly the wipers themselves were going at it on a dry windscreen making it even harder to see!).
• Easy Windscreen cleaning - Thanks to the Backroom 7 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Somehow managed to get the screen on my Kia Sorento covered in some sort of greasy film. Tried everything from new blades to Autoglym, to meths, cellulose...
• Peugeot 406 TD windscreen wipers 5 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Hello My Peugeot 406 TD has developed a fault in which the 5 position wiper knob only works in the highest (fast sweep) position. Im assuming its just...
• windscreen repair/replacement? 11 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Ive just bought myself a nice new 2001 306 hdi estate. When i drove it i thought a few squashed bugs had been swept across the glass by the wipers. Now...
• Nissan Primera P12 - Rear Exhaust Heat Shield 3 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  
• Peugeot 306 - 1.4 - Y Reg - Electrical fault - Indicators and Wipers 21 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  First fault is with the indicators; they turn on but the bulbs don't flash, they just stay illuminated until i turn them off. However they do flash when i unlock the car! The second fault is with the windscreen wipers. They turn on and off as told, but don't return to the start position automatically, they just stutter across the windscreen as if they are trying to find their home.
• Wiper Blades 15 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  http://www.wiperblades.co.uk/wiper_blade_test.php When it has just started to drizzle a bit starting with a dry windscreen, it wipes ok. However, if I start off the car after a heavy downpour, with a fully wet windscreen, the driver's side wiper in particular tends to judder badly. Might there be any explanation for this ?
• Ford Fiesta (2008) - Fiesta - overheating, radiator leak...gasket gone? 15 Mar 2013 (Forum)
    I stopped driving when the temp gauge shot up, and we put warm water into the coolant tank and that seemed to solve the problem sufficiently for me to get the last mile or so to my parents' house. I had a long journey in front of me so I called the RAC to come out and look at it.  The engineer took the car a short drive and concluded that it seemed to be fine i.e. it was no longer over-heating. I was a bit uneasy about driving it, despite his assessment, so after further discussions, he agreed to follow me into his garage (about 10 miles away) and he would check the car over there again before I continued my journey to Glasgow (over 100 miles).
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  How do I know if my car is in a DPF regeneration cycle? 29 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  How do I know if my car is in a DPF regeneration cycle? It would appear that the engine should not be switched of while this process is taking place but...
• April '08 tax disc 16 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Just been in Birmingham and crossing the road saw a car with a red 04 08 V.E.D. disc in the windscreen,fourteen and a half month's duty, very strange.
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  I need help narrowing down my options for a car purchase? 14 Sep 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking for a 4WD car to tow two large horses, so towing capacity must not be less than 2.5 tonnes. I travel some 12,500 miles per year, most of it...
• Vauxhall Astra - £11000 for 2017 Astra? 18 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  I'm pretty sure I'm getting a good deal but the guy works at a garage so I'm doubting things a bit. Here's more info on the car: -17 Plate Astra -Top of the range Elite Nav model (8 inch screen, heated leather seats, heated steering wheel, heated wheel etc.) -Parking Sensors being fitted -10000 Miles - 1.4 Engine - 2 year warranty I think he may just be offended that I didn't ask him first as the whole thing really seems to have got to him.