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• Toyota Avensis '53 Estate T3-x (T25) - What questions should I ask Recon Gearbox Supplier 16 Mar 2016 (Forum)
    They come with 12 month warranties as opposed to 1 to 3 monthes on the used boxes, but should I (or is it reasonable to?) ask for a report?  Is there anything else I should ask?   Many thanks   Ian
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  Can you recommend an economical used car? 12 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy an economical small car. Ideally, it will be second hand and offer good mpg, as I drive 66 miles every day. It will need to have good legroom...
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  Mercedes W211 - petrol or diesel? 20 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Please can you help with the following decision. I am looking to buy a Mercedes W211 E-Class V6-engined saloon. I know the post-2006 facelift cars are...
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  Excessive oil consumption 5 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 58 plate Golf GT Sport 1.4 TSi and during the first 20,000 miles I did not need to add any engine oil between services. Since then the engine...
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  Should my new Audi A4 be using oil at just 1850 miles? 7 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased a new Audi A4 SE TFSI (petrol) which, after 1850 miles, gave a warning to top up the oil, and needed .75 litres. Having spoken to...
• Bought a car with no service book - what can I do? 27 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  If so I was thinking of using that as leverage to tell the dealer that the car they sold me might not have done 15k as they had advertised and see if I can wheedle a service and warranty out of them. Any advice? Thanks --Amr
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  Clutch slippage in Mitsubishi Outlander 12 Aug 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a used (2010) Mitsubishi Outlander last year. I towed my caravan last week and noticed clutch slipping in high gears only. The car has done 30,000...
• Meriva car audio Car 2005 10 May 2007 (Forum)
  Whilst having the warranty work done on my Meriva, i noticed a dealers offer to fit an ipod kit to the car. I don't have an ipod, but a different mp3, so need a 3.5mm jack input. Reading through the manual for the radio (Car 2005) it seems to have an input, for a mobiel phone or sat nav, which the4 radio will switch to when it senses an input signal.
• Advice welcomed! Newbie seeks car £3-4K 9 May 2005 (Forum)
  Would anyone have any views on a good second-hand car to get for £3-4K? I know very little about cars so will probably buy from a car supermarket (Car Giant?) Main use will be around town but with some forays a few hours away. Was wondering about a Ford Ka (looking at recent postings...) and a Peugot 406.
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  Why is there no official Nissan recall on a widespread issue of broken air con? 3 Jul 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I have two Nissan Qashqai, both under 10000 miles, just out of warranty and both with broken air con. Nissan is graciously offering 75 per cent contribution...
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  Going to Europe for six months- what's the best insurance option? 15 Oct 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am going to be working in France for six months and want to take a car with me, which I am yet to buy. However, I am confused as to what to do regarding...
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  Can you recommend an small, economical 5-door car with a large boot? 10 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Our vicar is looking to change her eight year old FIAT Punto. She looked at a pre-owned Toyota Auris Hybrid, wanting to go green, but it was an expensive...
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  Should we replace our Rover 416 with a Kia Cee'd or Skoda Fabia? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am thinking of purchasing a new motor prior to my retirement. At present I use an old Rover 416 automatic and having been looking at a Kia Cee'd and...
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  Cee’ds of content 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to replace the 1-litre V Reg Corsa I have had since being a student with a good family car now that I am married with a son. I think the Corsa's...
• Nissan X-Trail (2001 - 2007) - 05 2.0 Clutch replacement 25 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  The dealer is not charging full price for the part and is not charging me labour on it, but the whole shebang is costing about £1700 in total. How is it that Nissan has not issued a recall on its cars as the intercooler seems to be a general problem; and surely a clutch on a manul transmission car should last longer than 48,000 miles? If the design is the problem, why use this design? I feel pretty let down by this.
• 2004 Polo 1.4 brake deglazing ? 19 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  The frequent soft braking style will be used by anyone driving in London. Because the brakes don't come under the warranty I have to pay for deglazing or try hosing the brakes down along with a series of hard braking manouevres, neither of which option will permanently cure the problem.
• Hyundai i20 - i20 Clutch Fail! 8 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  The dealer now wants me to authorise £450 odd worth of work to take the gearbox and clutch out and replace if necessary. Same old story, I've driven cars for 10 years, with many more miles on the clock than this, without any clutch issues. I don't ride the clutch and I always use the handbreak (i.e. I don't hold the car on the clutch on hills/at junctions).
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  Brake discs worn after just 8500 miles 6 May 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My 2007 Toyota Auris was requested to go back to the dealer following its first service as they wanted to check the brake disc due to possible corrosion....
• Hyundai Tucson - Advice please first big purchase 5 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  After owning a few older cars, (vectra and fiesta) and not paying anymore than 2.5k for a car, I'm looking for an suv with a few years manufactures warranty. Both me and the wife will be driving it, around 15000 miles a year. We test drove a 1.5dci qashqai and a 1.6gdi tucson 2018 models.
• Mazda CX-5 - Mazda diesel contamination 14 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  We deliberately picked a car with full service history and low reativly mileage (50,000) as we assumed it would last us a few years, not 10 months  we also paid for the warranty for some extra peace of mind.  Not sure where to go from here as I want to take this further.