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• Ford S-MAX - Ford Warranty Issue 17 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Hi All, It is my first post so please be gentle.   I bought a ford smax (four years old) from ford main dealer about a month ago. After...
• Peugeot 308 - Jump start: Negative terminal is not reachable 11 May 2013 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have two Peugeots, 308 and 307. 307's battery is drained due to forgotten headlight. So I am aiming to run it by jump starting from 308. However, the problem is, the negative terminal of the 308's battery is not reachable. I can reach it by removing the red thing on top of the battery but I guess the car won't start before the jump start if I do so.
• Ford Focus Estate - Ford Focus Mk1 - Petrol or Diesel? 27 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  I like the fuel economy of the Focus diesels (hj's real mpg suggests 36mpg petrol vs 48mpg diesel) but I'm worried about the horror stories of older diesels failing expensively (the DMF problem). My choice for the Mk1's (and Mk 1.5's) seem to either of 2 diesel engines, the 1.8TDDi and the 1.8 TDCi, or the 1.6 petrol engine. I would appreciate any comments or advise on which is the better to buy. I do about 10,000 miles/year, including long runs from East Anglia to Scotland 4-5 times a year
• citroen xantia 1.9 td s reg - starting problem 23 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  hi my xantia lost all but  the battery  dash lights  rev counter and mileage display and both interior and engine fans plus...
• Renault Megane II 2007 dci - no passenger window and fan heater on speed 4 15 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  and the heater fan does not work  on speed 4 all other speeds fine! drivers side headlamp does also no longer work :s brand new bulb in there still nothing (side light and indicator working fine)   cheers for any help rob  
• Nissan Almera Tino 1.8 s 2003 - Wipers not working right 13 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Recently bought the above car and have discovered a problem with the front wipers. When you turn them on, you cannot turn them off again with out turning...
• MINI Cooper + Cooper S - Damage cause by loose drain cover 11 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, Recently at a Tesco service station, where we drove over a drain cover which flipped up and damaged the car. There was no warnings in...
• Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec S 2001 - Breather(?) pipe 1 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  On replacing the coil pack , which blew yesterday, I noticed a small (about 1/4" ID) rubber pipe under the front right corner of the airbox (by the coilpack)....
• Cadillac CTS - I bought a 2006 Cadillac CTS one year ago and... 21 Jul 2010 (Forum)
    averaging about 23 mpg, but it gets hit hard around town - a decent run achieves high 20's to average it out.  It 's very easy to drive quickly but also slowly at say 50 mph on the motorway.  This is because there is no apparent difference in interior noise at 30 mph or 70 mph - a great motorway cruiser and easy to drive.
• MINI MINI Cooper and S R56 (2007 - ) - 06 1.6 Another one loosing coolant 3 May 2010 (Forum)
  Just before Christmas i was driving the wifes mini when the heater suddenly started blowing cold air and the temp gauge started moving around erraticaly. upon...
• Volkswagen Sharan (1995 - 2009) - 98 1.9TDi no power 30 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Diesel. when the engine got warm ( normal operating temp) it would not change gear, I.E. over taking at 50 it would not change up. I replaced the accelater pedel & potentimenter. it 's still playing up I.E. at 40 m ph, 3000 revs, max ease my foot off gas and re apply no change. having to slow down and accelerate slowly. also: engine cold, accellerating it changes up through the gears but it 's black smoking, which it hadn't used to. now i can only get upto 50 mph, where as before in the same distance i could get up to 70 mph, not as much power thanks john
• Do noisy tyres last longer? 18 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  significantly quieter, but only doing about 18k miles. For the mileages that we do, this difference equates to about an extra year?s use on the front and a couple of years on the back. I can?t say that we noticed any difference in grip/handling etc between tyre types but that?s probably because we don?t drive on the limit, and we tend to anticipate dodgy situations.
• Rover 45 (1999 - 2005) - 00 1.8 Never starts first time/stalls on Drive 29 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Once I?ve been through that whole routine at the start of the day, it?s fine. I took it back to the garage a few times after buying it, but they always claimed it started for them, so they couldn?t diagnose the problem. Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be?
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0 Central locking fault and U/S deadlock 30 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi everyone this is my first time on an internet forum and pulling my hair out now with my mondeo's faulty central locking. I can lock all doors with the...
• Just bought some new tyres 16 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Vredstien Ultrac Sasanta While scanning for tyres I came across "Gislaved" tyres - now they bought back memories from late 60's early 70's - I put some on my Mk2 Zodiac - they outlived the car but by heck they were dodgy in wet - came to roundabout full right lock and just carry on - they were hard rubber - anyone else remember them?
• 2005 VW Golf Tdi S to 2008 Suzuki SX4 1.6DiiS? 6 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  My mum who is nearly 80 has found it increasingly difficult to climb in and out of her 2005 VW Golf TdiS 5 door. She has owned it from new and it now has...
• Castrol Edge HTHS Viscosity, mPa?s @ 150ºC ??? 10 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Castrol don`t seem to give the HTHS viscosity on their spec sheets, while Mobil 1 and others do. I rang Castrol to to discuss oil specs and was told-seemingly...
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2008 -) - 08 2.0 Lighting of mirror adjust controls and UK s 6 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Just taken delivery of my new Mazda 6 and I am generally delighted with it apart from two niggles. 1. The controls for the mirrors are not illuminated....
• Ford S-MAX (2006 - ) - Ford Warranty 8 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Just bought a Ford Smax from a franchised dealer - picking up tomorrow. Can anyone just clarify Ford warranties - told I'd have balance of manufacturer...
• Your planning re possible fuel shortage next week 24 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  (given the current shutting down of the Grangemouth refinery and threats by others to make the situation worse) 1) What`s your plan if there are fuel restrictions? 2) What happened last time in 2,000 and will experiences from that mean a different approach? 3) What`s your range from a full tank 4) what are you definitely going to follow through with if restrictions get severe?