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  Faulty Ford Mondeo - should I fix it or sell? 29 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have owned my 2004 Ford Mondeo since new and until last year it never gave me any issues for complaint. However, with 130,000 miles on the clock, it...
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  Should I sell or keep my 2004 Volkswagen Touareg? 21 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have owned a 2004 Volkswagen Touareg 2.5 TDi for the last three years and it has done 88,000 miles. I had the prop shaft replaced one year ago, and it...
• Vectra - How much do you reckon... 17 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  It has had (within the last two months) 4 brand new very good tyres put on it, it has a 4 disc changer, the full (but none colour) information screen, 16" alloys, air con, rain sensing wipers, dimming mirror, cruise control and all that jazz. There's nothing wrong with the car apart from being the most boring piece of machinery I've ever used (and I'm including the kettle in that statement).
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - Car seats - not what they used to be... 15 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  of moisture away from the skin and I felt legs, back and backside getting hot and it?s been a cool day (15° with air-con on). Has anybody else noticed this? I drove a 2002 model as a courtesy car some years ago and recalled the seating to be on a par with my old model. I found the Mondeo to be similar. So far, the car that wins hands-down for driver-seat comfort is the Octavia Estate (my budget is £250+VAT 15k miles non-maintained) and I don?
• New golf has arrived - first questions! 5 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Hated it at first because it's just so much bigger than Polo and it was taking me twice as long to do every little manouvre but I think I'm getting the hang of it now and the air con is brilliant! It is a really nice car to look at - I'm so glad I went for the Sport 3 dr instead of the stodgy five door SE. I have some questions, and I have read the manual but it's not the most helpful of things (keeps telling me I can set things via the convenience menu which I don't have because I didn't spec the multi display computer sat nav doodah).
• V220 - Apalling service at Halfords Redhill 21 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  After she paid for this awful service, she drove away and realised that the heater was blowing hot air non stop and that they had broken the air con and heater. She took it back and they said "it was like that beofre - must have been" my girlfriend didn't accept this and explained how it was all working perfectly until they touched it and was told that they 'can't do anything about it, need a diagnostics piece of equipment'.
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  Should I import a classic from Japan? 6 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy a classic car and keep my day to day car, my wife doesn't agree. She thinks that because we're retired and do around 4000 miles a year, a...
• Honda Civic - Is this car worth considering? 8 May 2019 (Forum)
  He is a Hungarian gentleman, who is leaving UK, hence selling the car. Issues with the car at that time:- 1) Air Con was not cooling 2) Only 1 key   3) A little uneven panel gaps around the front grille and bonnet I was concerned about the AC not cooling, wondering whether it could be a condenser leak / failure I have been informed by the seller that the AC fault was with the clutch on the compressor, that has now been fixed.
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  What spacious, family friendly car would be more fitting than our Nissan Qashqai? 9 Jul 2017 (Ask HJ)
  We have a 2014 Nissan Qashqai 1.5 DCI Tekna with 9000 miles on the clock, only had it one year and thinking of selling due to ongoing problems. I've had...
• Warrantydirect Confusion 19 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  ELECTRONIC IGNITION All solid state control and triggering units, where fitted as standard by the manufacturer. AIR CONDITIONING Air conditioning compressor pump, condenser, electronic control unit, sensors, magnetic clutch and valves, evaporator and reservoir, fan control and sensors. ELECTRICS Internal failure of the starter motor, alternator, regulator, distributor, windscreen wiper motor and tailgate wiper motor, heating fan motor, cooling fan motor, horn, central locking solenoids and motors, electric window motors and sunroof motors, electric door mirror motors and aerial motors, front and rear windscreen washer motors, headlamp adjuster motors, cruise control unit, trip computer, relays and wiring looms, rev counter, radiator cooling fan, indicator flasher unit.
• Seat Ibiza - Please help - rejecting a vehicle 4 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  Also noticed a strong smell of petrol coming from the car when getting out of it, the vent on the dash board sounded like it had gas escaping from it when the heating or air con was on. Also window wipers were not working as they should. I sought advice from CAB and Which? Legal and they advised I was within my right to reject the vehicle as I had owned it less than a week by this point.
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  Which car should we pick to replace our Motability Volkswagen Golf? 14 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My wife qualifies for a car under the Motability Scheme and her last two cars have been Volkswagen Golfs, presently a 1.4 TSI which has just about all...
• Ford Fiesta 1.6tdci Titanium - Cat C repaired car - major issues, any advice 28 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I went to the garage and they showed me a bent chassis leg, a broken engine mount bracket that had had the bolt simply welded back on and a damaged inner supprt panel. There was dented air con pipes and leaking coolant hoses. The guys at the garage said that this car had obviously been involved in quite a heavy front end impact. They also said that the cambelt had probably snapped due to the mis-alignment of the belt on the fuel and cam pulleys casued by a shift to the engine (probably upon collision) Ford have quoted £5,400 for a replacement engine and fuel pump to be fitted and just over £2,000 for bodywork repairs (although I admit I thinksome of this is unneccassary).
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  Do old buses have a special permission to emit lots of smoke? 23 Jun 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I regularly end up following 2004 registered double-decker buses around Huddersfield. The exhaust is that bad that I have to put the air-con recirculation...
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  Do I have any legal recourse against a garage that didn't disclose my car had been damaged? 14 Mar 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a MINI from an approved dealer 12 months ago, it was an ex demonstrator. It recently developed an issue with the air con. When I took it into...
• Peugeot 405 GL 1991 (carb) - Engine Cooling fans not working 4 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  I've been driving my 405 GL since its manufacture. It is a model fitted with air-con. 5 years ago I was forced to replace the entire engine. Since then I have had problems with the cooling fans. Due to a leakage I have also not been able to restore my aircon. Because of the shoddy work done, I had to download a Haynes Manual in order to get things right again.
• Fiat Grande Punto 1.9 - Had the car only 3months..what are my rights! 22 May 2012 (Forum)
  After about a month and a half i started to notice that when the car is in neutral you can feel the whole car vibrate slightly, and if the air con is on the vibrations increase more. At first I tryed not to think much off it, I thought I was being a bit fussy but after a month just to be safe i took it to my local MOT and Service centre, thinking it could possibly be a worn engine mount.
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  Why can't Nissan Customer Services help with specification problems with my X-Trail? 11 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I replaced a six-year-old Nissan X-Trail with a new top of the range Tekna model in April 2010 and diligently read the manual to cope with all the gizmos....
• Citroen C4 Picasso 7-st (2007 - ) - - 10 day hire car review 12 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Cruise control was easy to use, showing set speed on dash and +/- buttons to adjust on wheel. Lots of cubby holes, and drinks bin with air con, although they were bit small, would have preferred less of them, but bigger. Panoramic windscreen was a major boon with high Euro traffic lights (side ones were hard to see, so could push visor back and look up if at front of queue.
• Driving the Amalfi Coast and Naples 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Let me put in a good word for the Fiat Panda we hired. Though its 1.2 petrol engine seemed gutless at times, everything else about it was good. Great air-con, slick gearbox, sharp brakes, good handling, comfortable. It was the right size for the roads and was great fun to drive. But does it really need a “city” setting for the power-steering?