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• SEAT Toledo Water leak 29 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  My car only seems to leak in the passenger side, and I have noticed in the service history that it had a new windscreen. It's not the doors as I saw water drip down from the shelf under the glove box during the storms we had a few months ago.
• Stone the Crows! 27 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I spent today at the Nene Valley Railway, helping lift a steam loco boiler with our 40-ton steam crane. When I arrived, another volunteer came across and warned me to cover up or remove my windscreen wipers as a crow has been taking wiper rubbers, presumably to make its nest. He said that most of the team had had their wipers damaged this way over the past few days. I went straight back to the car and wrapped some paper around the wipers to discourage the crow.
• Think yourself lucky ! 15 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Her sister and brother in law have to live with my wife's grandmother 'cos they can't afford a room even and have a baby to support. They've worked very hard to buy a very modest car and things like the windscreen wipers and wheel trims keep getting nicked ! Nobody cares, least of all the police and this sort of thing's endemic there - anything and everything gets robbed ! Given that their earnings are a small fraction of ours, petrol's more expensive than champagne is here!
• Imported Golf V5 6 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  The savings are impressive compared to shopping around and haggling at the local VW garages. I keep cars until they fall to bits so an not worried about re-sales values etc. The small print such as 'we can only guarantee one key with the car' or 'there will only be a handbook if the vehicle arrives with one' concerns me.
• Airbags Peugot 306 17 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  1999 Peugot 306 estate belonging to our neighbour. 6 year old son was sent to collect sweets from the glovebox of the unlocked car, next thing that happens is a big bang as the Passenger side Airbag explodes. Result 2 broken bones in left wrist as he is apparently pushed upwards into windscreen. As a result of his young age, his version of events must be treated with caution, but there is no reason to believe that his version is not correct. ?
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  Why is there noise coming from the front wheels of my Toyota Auris? 27 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2016 Toyota Auris 1.6-litre diesel that's done 18,200 miles. The car was purchased brand new in February and it had its first service in July....
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  Why have my rear tyres cracked after less than 4000 miles? 3 Jan 2025 (Ask HJ)
  My Skoda Octavia has an MoT advisory that the 3 year old Cooper rear tyres are cracking between the treads which are still 5mm deep. What could be causing...
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  Why are my rear brake pads wearing so fast? 20 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I've done just over 30k miles in my SEAT Exeo, but I am getting what I consider to be unusual brake pad wear. The front brake pads are 20 per cent worn,...
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  What is the best used front wheel drive automatic? 7 Aug 2023 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to buy a used front-wheel drive petrol automatic for between £15k and £20k. Please advise which small/medium sized cars I should be considering....
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  Wonky C-Class steering wheel 7 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Mercedes C180 SE estate, standard 16" wheels. I recently had a front tyre replaced and the front wheels re-aligned as they said they were a bit...
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.6 Hissing noise from front wheel 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 manual ford focus 1.6L. Recently noticed a hissing noise coming under the front drivers side wheel arch after driving the car, which stops about 15 seconds after parking the car. Sounds like its coming from the wheel/brake on that side. Tyre pressures are fine and no obvious problems on tyre so don't think its air leaking from there, but the noise is just like the noise of a puncture.
• FIAT Punto II (1999 - 2006) - 04 1.2 New front tyres - car 'feels different' 18 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  My wife's had two new front tyres fitted to get it through the MOT. I've driven it since and it just feels strange. Nothing in partic; steering doesn't return to the centre for example, when you go around a bend or turn at a junction.
• Mitsubishi Shogun (1999 - 2007) - 04 3.2 Tyre Wear 9 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I have excessive wear on front tyres. Outside of nearside front and inside of offside front. Dealer has checked tracking and alighnment 4 times. says everything is correct. One side of tyre almost bald other side 4 millimetres at 15000 miles.
• Toyota Yaris - Wiper water squirter. 25 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  It appears to be on a ball joint and it is supposed to squirt backwards and forwards across the windscreen following the wiper. Recently it seems to have gone out of synch, it is not reaching across the passenger side and only squirts on the drivers side (thankfully!) I think this is a probably a simple fix if you know what to do!
• Ford Mondeo - Vandals 8 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  Took my Duster in to National Windscreens earlier this week for a tiny w/screen chip to be sorted. At one side of the garage was a 2013 Ford Mondeo, with every window stoved in bar one, which was the backmost small passenger one.
• polo - CHIPPINGS !!!! 19 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  WHY don't they sweep the road afterwards and recover tons of chippings to re-use ? It was so dusty with chippings flying everywhere I could hardly see where I was going + my windscreen survived by luck only.
• 2002 Peugeot 406 hdi 90 Rapier - MOT failure - inoperative washers - wiper stalk ? 30 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  I've tested the new pump and it works 100% fine - could it be the wiper stalk that is causing the problem - the wipers work ok on all settings but no windscreen washers at all. Is this a common problem with the wiper stalk - seems a lot of them for sale on eBay - Aaaaarrrggghhh !!
• Renault Scenic 2 - wipers stopped working 23 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  my wipers on my scenic 2 stopped working, I checked and replaced the 25  amp fuse in the fusebox under the bonnet  but it blew up again as soon I turned on the ignition, I removed the wiper motor and connection changed the fuse again but as soon as I turn the ignition on with the wiper switch off the fuse blows again. the windscreen wash and rear wiper which are operated by same switch still work. It's probably a short circuit but where? i
• Renault Scenic 2 - wipers stopped working 20 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  my wipers on my scenic 2 stopped working, I checked and replaced the 25  amp fuse in the fusebox under the bonnet  but it blew up again as soon I turned on the ignition, I removed the wiper motor and connection changed the fuse again but as soon as I turn the ignition on with the wiper switch off the fuse blows again. the windscreen wash and rear wiper which are operated by same switch still work. It's probably a short circuit but where? i
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1996 1.9TD sunroof console waterfall 11 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  The aerial has had some type of silicone added when it was put on ages ago so it shouldnt be getting in there. I'm wondering if it might be the windscreen seal - or are there some drain holes for the sunroof that might be blocked? Thanks.