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• Mercedes Benz. E class estate 2010. with Panoramic - Droopy roof lining 15 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  The roof lining on my E class estate has started to come down. The car was new in September 2010. The car was covered by the Mercedes used car warranty when the problem began and Mercedes have offered to meet 49% of the cost of supply and fit a replacement roof lining.
• Renault Clio - Warranty dispute 21 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  She contacted the original garage and was told that as the warranty ran out while she had the loan car, she was no longer covered! Is this correct?
• Ford C-MAX - Oil Burner 7 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Hello My Focus C-Max  Ghia (54) plate is burning oil and would like to know if this is normal or not  I have searched the Web and found countless stories of high Oil usage but only when the car develops a fault. My car is running fine with no issue My car in question is a 2004 1.8 petrol duratec HE its done 80000 miles its been recently serviced there are no traces of Oil leak or any smoke from engine .Oil replaced with new filter etc The car covers roughly 220 miles a week mainly motorway and requires about a 1 litre top up every 2 weeks or so .
• Test driving a private car - just passed 20 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  I've looked into temporary insurance but it seems all the ones I've found don't seem to want to cover me, presumably because I've not held my licence for a year or satisfy their age criteria (I am 22). Besides driving without the insurance on a crowded public road - the thought of getting done for it and having points etc, makes me run a mile from it, but how can you get a feel for driving the car if you can't drive it?
• Suzuki Swift 06 1.3 - Newbie - Car servicing help please! 16 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  Hi all, My first post here - hope it's in the right place! My car is in need of a service & MOT, the first ones not covered by the warranty. My car has done nearly 37,000 miles, and had its last service this time last year. In the past I've used the dealer, but they seem rather expensive - certainly everyone I work with says so.
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 battery goes flat after 2 days 24 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  l have a vauxhall astra envoy 8v estate. the problems are. the battrey goes flat when car is left standing after 2 days. l have a radio which someone put in before l brought the car. the radio is conected to the battery , so l can work the radio without starting the engine. is this way the battery goes flat. l take the front cover off the radio when car is not in use and there is a little flashing red light behind it. another problem l have is just latley the engine electronics immobilizer light comes on after driving the car for about half hour.
• Watch out - Workmen about 31 May 2007 (Forum)
  Just had a note from my youngest boy - less than 1 yr old car parked at work on Friday - car park next door being relaid (unknown to him as he gets in at 7 am). Due to high winds the "grit and pink fluffy dice " form the relay has covered his and 20 other cars.
• fish slime and car paint 2 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  around a month ago I went night fishing, and caught a few bream, which any angler will tell you are covered in smelly slime. By the time i got home it was about 2am, and since I was pooped, I couldn't be bothered to put my gear away properly. I took the net out of the boot (so it didn't smell out the car) and casually chucked it on the bonnet.
• primera - timing chain or cambelt 29 May 2005 (Forum)
  I wonder if the worksheet just covers all eventualities (ie not specific to my car), as I believe the Primera (which is a 2.0 petrol on an X plate) has a timing chain not a cambelt - in which case nothing needs to be changed. Can one of the experts out there confirm that my car has a timing chain, and that therefore it does not need to be changed?
• 60mile commute to work 8 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Or I could go out and buy a cheap car (£1k) to drive to work and keep the Golf for weekends. Any thoughts on what would be a relatively cheap way of covering the 60miles?
• Avensis Diesel 1 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Is there a way to reset the 'average mpg' on the computer? So far I can only work out that it resets itself when I refuel the car. So far I've covered 300 miles in the car and although it doesn't perform like my old VW, it is a nice drive with great build quality. Regards, John
• VW Dear Honest John. I bought a 200 passat estate - Faulty Remote Locking 15 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  They had taken the Passat as a part exchange. I paid £4200 for the car with 58,000 miles and a full VW service history. The car was offered  with a 3 month warranty from Autoguard . I took the car for a test drive, but did not check the Infra Red remote locking.
• End of lease problem 17 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  This seems to be an attempt to cover losses they expect to make when sending the car to auction, not seen small print of the contract but he assures me it is their responsibility to collect the vehicle at lease end: it's their failure which caused the problem, why should he continue to pay for a car he can't use?
• Volkswagen - Delayed delivery/lead times on new VW models 31 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  I am looking for feedback from any customers of VW who have had; A gesture of goodwill from VW UK to cover the addtional VAT for cars that should have been delivered in 2010? A loan car, or a contribution towards hire car charges? Any help would be appreciated, I can't get any sense from anyone so far, VW customer care don't seem to care and I have frustrated customers who just want to take delivery of their new cars.
• Towed for being parked under a tree 27 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  A large yellow notice was slapped on, requiring removal within 24 hours, and it was then towed. Indeed, when I collected the car, it was covered with bird droppings and bits of tree. Clearly I had parked under a tree with a bird's nest in it. So, on balance, is that a fair cop? The car had a fresh MOT and was insured (as the computer would no doubt have told them).
• any - Insurance renewals 30 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  I put through both with MSE comparison site, and then phoned DL to see if there was any negotiation possible, i always try to be fair comparing apples with apples so ignored the ultra cheap quotes from the unknowns and the one company that one always hears  bad reviews about re people being stung heavily for mid term changes etc. Anyway, we did some mild jiggery pokery with the cover, lowered the mileages slightly to what i'd put in the comparison site and removed the (automatic) business use that DL's standard comp policies come with, total excesses were either the same or within £50, protected policies with legal cover and basic courtesy car etc.
• LV Britannia Rescue 14 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  The gist of it seems to be  saying if one has a flat tyre, flat battery or siezed brakes while the car is 'at home,' dont phone us, use a webform to contact us and tell us what's wrong. Bear in mind, this applies to anyone with home start which is included in the comprehensive cover. So now I wonder just how long will one have to wait for acknowledgement and assistance when requested via a webform that will go to a mailbox for call centre staff to trawl through between actual breakdown calls?
• Toyota Corolla - Autoglass Repair Complaint 9 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  In 2010 i had a chip repaired by Autoglass but in 2011 the stuff they use to fill the chip had come away and the chip was back so was taken back to Autoglass for a repair agian under there warranty cover.... but now its happen again the stuff has come away and so i went to a Autoglass centre on Saturday and asked if they could look at it and if poss repair it again under the warranty but they said they would never repair a repair !!!
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 2002 110 HDi - Leak of precious fuel... 23 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Before I go further is there any dangers in disconnecting this joint and perhaps using a fluid lock tight here to try and cure. This is definitely the source of leak. Additinally along the top of the rocker cover little pools of oil are collecting, above the cylinder head and above the injectors. Not really sure of the source of this? Could it be the rocker cover gasket needs renewing. Father has similar car with same oil collecting too and his has only 35K on clock.
• Mini TLC servicing - what is missed? 11 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  The piston seizing will allow the BMW dealer to get the disk done under the remainder of the warranty - all 10 days of it! If the dealer missed the brakes what else did they ignore? Does the BMW TLC cover actually deter dealers from actually servicing the car as they get less from BMW than the £85 + / hour they charge a punter?