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• Avensis wind noise 4 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  I have a new Avensis which suffers from terrible wind noise at high speed and which seems to come from the top of the windscreen. I have previously had an Avensis on hire and don't remember this problem. Does anyone have any experience of this or any advice as to the cause and remedy ?
• BMW rear view mirror 18 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  My 1995 BMW 3 series just dropped its rear view mirror this weekend. Luckily its still intact. However this mirror was glued to the windscreen and I have no clue as to re-fixing it. Will any commercial quality quick-stick glue (Loctite) work?
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  Why did my daughter's Renault Scenic's windscreen wipers stop working in heavy rain? 1 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter was driving on a motorway in her Renault Scenic when there was a cloudburst and her wipers just stopped working until the rain eased off. Fortunately,...
• New Alfa 147 Selespeed Fit for Breakers Yard. 23 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Sometimes it takes minutes to stop the Alarm. 3) Boot plastic gutter trim is not secure at rear edge, and hatch not aligning. 4) Some oil leak benieth the car. 5) Positive terminal battery cover is broken 6) CD Player skips on normal CDs even when car stationary. 7) Front Windscreen washers very poor 8) Power Steering level below minimum 9) Handbreak cable on left is not fitted properly to floor bracket 10) Timing belt cover not fitted correctly, with gap at top, and its loose. 11) Carpeting hanging out of passenger front lower trim 12) Carpeting loose on side of center console 13) Alternator fails to charge battery 14) Only 25 to 26mpg 15) Car uses oil Other problems 16) Rattles from Door trims 17) Rattles from rear seats 18) Rear seats not locking in position 19) Sunroof blind completely missing 20) Where sunroof blind eventually fitted after months, grease, and bad fit. 21) Sunroof fails to open 22) Selespeed Paddles on steering wheel.
• Toyota - Blown head gasket 2nd opinion? 29 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Hey I have a Celica 7 gen and it started playing up with the following issues - No heat in blowers Over heating Boiling over coolant I tried burping it and the het came back but it still overheated so I took it to the garage by my home. A few people I know suspected the thermostat or rad cap but I got a call from the garage and he said it was the head gasket.
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  Petrol or diesel Mazda6? 4 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I only do around 9,000 miles per year and I'm looking at a petrol version of the Mazda 6. Much more choice with the diesel versions. Are these diesels...
• Troubled conscience 14 May 2005 (Forum)
  I put about 5 litres of darkish filtered recognisable oil into my paraffin drum for use in oil lamps when the electricity takes a holiday. So I was left with about 20 litres of crystal clear heating oil which occuped every spare closeable vessel in the garage by the time I had finished. Did I wait until the new plastic domestic oil tank arrives? Er, no, I added it to the 40 litres of diesel already in my car's fuel tank.
• Mercedes Benz - Artico trim 29 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  I've got mixed feelings about having leather seats in my next car. The leather in my S80 has been very easy to clean the dog hairs off, but despite being a light colour and heated seats, it's still cold in winter and hot in summer. Is Mercedes ARTICO man-made leather any better?
• BMW 318 i 99 model auto 26 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Please Help. Car when hot or cold and with a/c off seem to vibrate and nearly cut out but never does, vibration increases and idle speed drops further when turning with heated screen on, with a/c on vibration falls away as idle speed is raised.
• External Temperature Sensor 18 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have always wondered this (I should find my interesting things to think about really)... How can the external air temperature sensor be accurate? Surely the heat from the engine and wind chill make it inaccurate. Also where is the sensor typically placed? It was very cold this morning, but I'm not convinced it was -2c like my car said!
• VW Golf mkII Heater fan stopped 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  The car heater fan has stopped working. Its been cutting out for a couple of weeks, but has now finally given up the ghost. Its not the fuse, and the heat still comes through, so its just the fan. Can anybody advise me what I should do?
• Why are cooled seats not a more common option? 5 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  So ever since basically the start of September we've been hitting a daily average of about 28 to 35 degrees Celsius, and it's going to stay like that till roughly April, which means that the majority of our year  However I recently been looking into buying a new car for the wife and everyone seems to heated seats, no I mean they're probably really good in climates where it gets cold, but when the average winter temperature here really gets below about 10 degrees in most of the country, and even in the coldest parts it only get 2 maybe -5, it seems that for about the 3% of the country that gets really cold, heated seats and not much of a selling point.
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  Do turbocharged engines operate properly in first gear? 9 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  Turbochargers on engines used not to operate in first gear or below 2000rpm. (diesel) or 3000rpm. (petrol). Is this still the case as I may in the future...
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  Vibrating Jaguar S-Type transmission 21 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Jaguar S-Type 2.7 Diesel Automatic, 05-plate with 77k miles. There is a shaking/vibration from the transmission when it is accelerating between...
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  VW Golf Mk3 engine problem 2 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 1995 Volkswagen Golf MK3 1.8 cabriolet. I have recently discovered brown foaming in the radiator expansion chamber. The temperature guage inside...
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  Exhausted exhaust 28 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My son-in-law’s Peugeot 307SW has a light flashing saying the particulate filter wants servicing. He contacted his local Peugeot dealer who wants £400...
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  Cooling off, period 11 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2005 Vauxhall Zafira 1.8 16v. The heating system in the car is working, but when you turn the dial to cool air it doesn't blow cool. It’s warm....
• Rocket fuel ? the future ? 26 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  In a rocket the fuel is burned all in one shot, to get the thing airborne with the least possible delay. In a car, of course, it isn?t that way, controlled burning is needed. Researchers have found that if the iron is powdered to nanoparticles it reacts with oxygen so readily that it needs not much heat to get it going.
• 1996 BMW E36 Heater fault 21 May 2005 (Forum)
  I'm now driving a 1996 BMW 316i fitted with manual A/C that my family have owned from new. We've never had any noticeable heating problems with the car or any bother with the cooling system. However, the heater seems to have stopped blowing warm air, at best I'm able to get some lukewarm ait through if I turn the temperature dials (it has two) to maximum.
• UKPC Parking Charge 25 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Today my wife parked in the new UKPC  car park at St Stephen's Place in Trowbridge, Wilts.  The car park offers 3 hours of free parking, but a ticket must be displayed.  My wife failed to display a ticket.  She returned to the car after less than an hour to find a "Parking Charge" stuck to the windscreen of £100, or £60 if paid within 14 days.