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  No particulate place to go 5 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I am changing my car this year (2006/56 Mercedes E280CDI with 30k miles) and am considering either Jag XF, BMW X3 or perhaps another Merc. My concern is...
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  1.4 Ford Fiesta 2000 rough idle 4 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  For the past couple of months my Fiesta idles funny. It only idles rough once the car has heated up and as the months have passed it's getting worse. My...
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  Vote wagon 16 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I intend to purchase a family hatchback, which I wish to keep for some time. The VW Golf Mk VI with the 1.4TSi engine looks interesting. However, it also...
• Car with no luck 28 Jan 2015 (Forum)
    3rd car was Ford Fiesta (56 Reg), trouble free and I am still owning it, driven by my other half. (Lucky)   4th car was VW Touran (57 Reg), mechanically trouble free ownership except I had had Windscreen Replaced x 1, Car Park Incident (This one was funny, I was hit by another car whilst waiting in the queue.
• Why do bikes have separate brakes for front & rear 9 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  ... while cars don't have similar feature? PS: I heard that in N America, front brakes on bikes are on left hand side (opposite to ours!)
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  Why are my rear brake pads wearing out before the fronts? 28 Jan 2019 (Ask HJ)
  My wife's MINI has just failed the MoT as the rear brake pads were worn to 2mm. Is this normal? We have had the car from new and it is just three years...
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  Windows won't demist - what could be wrong? 12 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I currently own a Vauxhall Corsa D, Design, 09 plate. Since the onset of the cold weather I have been experiencing issues with firstly condensation forming...
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  How much should a new BMW heater matrix cost? 13 Jan 2015 (Ask HJ)
  A BMW dealer has quoted £1200 to have the heater matrix replaced on our 320i Touring, as it only heats the passenger side of the car. Is this excessive...
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  SEAT Leon - engine warning light is on 26 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  The engine management light showed up on my 2004 SEAT Leon 1.6 petrol the other day. The engine has been fluctuating between 700rpm to 1000rpm at idling,...
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  Will the Porsche Cayenne stop-start system damage the battery or DPF? 26 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  A friend is purchasing a Porsche Cayenne diesel with a stop-start fuel saving cut-out facility. Firstly, does this rapidly destroy a battery (with all...
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  Freelander leaking coolant 21 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am losing coolant fluid, but have kept it topped up and not overheated. Land Rover have had the vehicle for investigation and perfomed two compression...
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  Suzuki Grand Vitara 5 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Suzuki Grand Vitara year 2001(01) it runs perfectly OK, but it keeps losing water. It does not over-heat and the gauge never goes above half way....
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  Volkswagen Passat water pump 5 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My 2002 passat 2.0-litre 8 valve petrol froze up due to lack of anti freeze. I let the car thaw but when started it has no heat and built up pressure very...
• Polo diesel poor starting 31 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  This seems to be helped if I turn the key off when the glow-plug light goes off, then back on again and put some more heat into the plugs before starting. The problem is far worse if the car has been left for a couple of hours, i.e. not time to get properly cold. Then the start-up is horrendously uneven and noisy, unless I do the extra glow-plug heat routine.
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  Is there any way of keeping warm in a classic car with no heater? 21 Nov 2019 (Ask HJ)
  My son bought his dream car, a Morris Traveller. He has no garage but can have it winter stored. His thoughts about this are the poor heater in the Moggy....
• Mazda 3 - Window Misting 7 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Our car bought in 2018 is very good in most of the gizmos etc on it however there is one very annoying feature and we don't know if it something we are doing or something else.  You can be driving along with no problems and all of a sudden the windscreen and side windows mist up really badly and the only way to clear them is to put the fan on full together with the air conditioning.
• Peugeot 406 GLX 1998 - Climate Control display blank 1 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Any ideas please. By the way I had a new windscreen fitted yesterday - that couldn't be linked could it - possible short in refitting the rain sensor.
• Last night's booby prize goes to 16 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  The driver of the Ford Focus heading Northbound around junction 27 on the M1 who had a large sat nav system (Navman sized?) half way between the rear view mirror and the base of the windscreen. They didn't appear to have worked out that the unit had a "nightview" setting yet, either.... On an up side, having been tailgated coming off the M5 onto the M42 by a large non artic curtain sided lorry, I was pleased to see him being pulled by a (presumably unmarked) traffic car at the next junction having, I guess, tried the same trick with him!
• Nuisance Parking 3 May 2006 (Forum)
  Someone has taken to parking directly outside his house meaning he's having to park down the street when he'd prefer to park outside his property. I'm inclined to think there's not much he can do except have a chat with the car owner or leave a polite note on the windscreen, but he'd appreciate any ideas/advice you can give. Thanks Lee -- You don\'t sell the steak, you sell the sizzle
• High pressure spray wash 2 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Scared me --I could see my paint flying off down the road not to mention my wiper blades and bonnet badge. So i did not get over close --result a half clean car. Frankly it really needed a rub over with a sponge to shift the grime. Question how do you use a high pressure spray without dislodging your windscreen ? Any advice please.