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• Renault Megane (1999 - 2002) - 01 1.6 Door will not unlock 18 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I can probably take off the trim from within the car, so can the childproof feature be cancelled from within the door? At least, I could then open the door from within the car.,
• E-sure renewal beaten by E-sure @ TescoCompare 5 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  E-sure insures my 2 x cars + house & contents Renewal comes in @ £180 comp for the Mazda Xedos (Gp 16 car) that I have owned since almost new in 1999. Just nipped into TescoCompare website - Cheapest E-sure - same cover £40 less.
• Mazda 323 (1998 - 2003) - 2000 1.5 - Exhaust Replacement 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I think I may need a new exhaust in the near future so have being phoning up a couple of places to find out prices, a few of the places that I have phoned up have said that their book does not cover my car which is a 2000 1.5 model and have therefore only managed to obtain one price of £75 - front pipe £110 middle section £131 rear box Are the above prices reasonable and have any other 323 owners come across the same problem when soucing a replacement exhaust?
• Ford Ka water ingress around tailgate. 15 May 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all. I have a 2003 ford Ka, that has only covered a careful 14,000miles by the two previous elderly sisters. I have owned it for about a month now. I have noticed a few drops of water inside the car at the rear tailgate, more or less in the centre of the car, where the jack sits.
• mondeo diesel Mk 2 High Pitch Noise 16 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  As I said the car runs perfectly, no loss of power at all, its covered 120,000 miles starts first time every morning. Any ideas what this high pitch noise could be or whinning?? Adam
• granada automatic 27 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  does any body know the service time given to remove gearbox. by the way his breakdown cover takes the family home ,but the car only 20 miles.
• Ford Focus Engines 22 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I am currently looking at a Ford Focus estate for a new company car and have a few questions Why has Ford appeared to have replaced the PSA 1.6 diesel with the old 1.8 ? (I know this has been covered in a topic on the C-Max recently but if anyone knows any more it would be much appreciated as I have a mental scar with Ford diesels dating back 10 years to my first company car, a 1.8d Escort) How will either engine compare to the 1.9 Tdi 105 ?
• Car Servicing in Calais 10 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Hi Room Living near the port of Dover I have decided the time has come to take the Mercedes Benz 320CDI over to the MB dealer in France and save myself...
• What's the point of the MAF? 4 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  The technician at the garage mentioned that no harm would come to the car if it were driven in this way for a few days. Since the car is driving superbly "MAFless", what on earth is the point of the thing? What does it actually do? Am I going to find I have superb performance and a hole in my wallet as gallon after gallon of diesel vanishes through the injectors over the next couple of days?
• Insurance - Fully Comp? 4 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Hello all, After my first year of car ownership (and third party insurance in my name) I have decided that I will upgrade to fully comp insurance as it's only a touch more in the second year. Anyway, I have been told that fully comprehensive cover entitles you to drive any other car third party?
• Engine steam clean, or not? 10 May 2004 (Forum)
  I'm considering selling my car soon, and am wondering if it is advisable to get the engine (and bay) steanm cleaned. The engine is currently covered with a thin layer of absolutely dry 'road dust' - no hints of oil egress anywhere.
• Flat battery - £184! 29 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Beware all ye thinking you don't need breakdown service with Merc. This week on calling MB 24h when my car won't start, I get a request for a credit card but it's only a precaution in case the cause is a flat battery, that failure isn't covered and the cost is £184! Anyay the car starts, I cancel the call-out before they arrive, find the card has already been debited, they confirm it will be credited.
• Dusty engine? oil change 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  HI I have just taken delivery of a 'new' beetle 1,8 t. The car had been standing for almost a year on a car lot. I have had the coil packs changed ( recall)and at the same time noticed that the entire engine was covered with about 1/4 inch of fine dust..I just wonder where it had been stored!!!.
• Interior condensation 8 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  What can I do to reduce the condensation, and what is causing this level of it? I have checked the carpets and nothing is damp. Would putting a cover (window level, not whole car) reduce it? Its a pain first thing in the morning, specially when its frozen inside and out... Ta muchly Mike
• Volkswagen Golf TDI 2.0 - Help - extortionate bill for hire car damage! 13 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  Hiya. Im not a car expert so have headed to people who are and joined this forum. I have a large and expensive problem. I bumped my hire car when on holiday in France last August and have just received a bill of nearly 3K euro.
• BMW 3 Series 325i E46 - New Shock Absorbers 4 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  Cats eyes or ridges on the road “thunk” through the car while potholes or dips over drain covers cause the car to feel very unsettled albeit damped. Is this normal with new shocks? Do the shocks need time to bed in? Should the springs have been changed?
• All - Barn Finds 5 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Do people think it adds something to the car. In reality the majority of barns around here were converted to large detached properties years ago and those that remain are in use or falling down. The last genuine barn finds I saw were two cars that had stood for decades and were covered in dirt and birds' droppings.
• Nissan Juke - Loss of Excess on Hire Car due to damage by hail 28 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  We have recently hired a car from Avis for 2 weeks in Austria. While we were there, there was a heavy hailstorm which left small marks/dent in the roof and bonnet. Avis state that, as the damage occurred while we had the car, we are responsible for the insurance excess (790 Euros).
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - 53 1.2 problems, advice needed 13 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Everybody, I have owned a 53 plate Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design since new. I have only covered 29k miles in the car. All of the following problems have occured since ive had the car: Handbrake Cable snapped. Had to replace gear linkage Had to replace steering rack Had to replace camshaft sensor (I think it was that sensor) Car was misfiring/searching at low revs My question is have I been unlucky?
• Car Anatomy Book Suggestions 6 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, can anyone recommend a decent book on the anatomy of a car - something that provides practical text and illustrations for learning about the working parts of a car and how those components work as a whole, etc, as well as practical sections on fault finding and, maintenance and repair.