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Weird Insurance Scam?? 1 Mar 2024 (Forum)
a ring. Apparently, someone driving my car rear-ended someone at the beginning of September. It certainly wasn't me, and my wife says it wasn't her. The car has no damage at all. All sounds very straightforward - either cloned plates or the wrong registration number -
DVLA tell me my my Austin Healey has been cloned, can I claim compensation? 28 Jan 2024 (Ask HJ)
When I came to sell my 100/4M in October 2023, I was made aware that I was not the registered owner, that DVLA had issued a replacement V5C for a replica... -
Renault Twingo - Cloning 20 Jan 2024 (Forum)
Just received a community speed watch letter from Sussex Police. On the date of the speeding incident, the car was sat on our drive. Reported... -
Our numberplate was cloned and we received a parking ticket, what can we do to appeal? 10 Jan 2024 (Ask HJ)
My wife recently received a parking fine from Euro Carparks for overstaying in a Sainsbury’s car park in Surrey. At the time the vehicle was parked on... -
BMW 3 Series - Garage problem 8 Jan 2024 (Forum)
, it was a straight forward clone, I’ve called two online places today who have quoted £120 and £150 for an ECU clone, I gave them my VIN and REG so the price is for the same job. Where do I stand? Under consumer law if a price wasn’t agreed then I only have to pay a reasonable price, which I would argue is £200 -
Ford Torneo - Keyless ignition risk for non-premium brand 1 Aug 2023 (Forum)
, the main risk is the use of relay devices to access the car where there is a proximity/touch entry system. My Ford still needs you to click the unlock button and I believe that isn't something that can be cloned. I've tested it out and it won't start without the fob inside the car. I -
VW ID Buzz Cargo sighted. 1 Feb 2023 (Forum)
Hi…I had a second take moment near Northwich in Cheshire today, I def thought I saw a left hand drive black VW ID Buzz Cargo. Unless someone has cloned one…any thoughts? -
Toyota Rav 4 2013 d4d - Keyless entry cloning key 25 Oct 2022 (Forum)
Hello. We have misplaced the spare keyless entry key and feel a bit vulnerable should anything go wrong with the master. Toyota want £440 for a bona fide cloned spare. Any ideas how to get an standby key at a more reasonable price? Thanks. Mike -
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Bought a cloned vehicle pls help 25 Jun 2022 (Forum)
Hello, We think we may have bought a cloned vehicle. Absolutely gutted. Paid cash and no way of contacting the seller. We're interested to buy it from the insurer but don't know how to find out who they even are. Tried contacting our insurance company who said -
Honda - Concept cars 28 Dec 2021 (Forum)
Honda Made a Tesla Cybertruck Clone, and It Looks Better Than the Real Thing – Review Geek Would anyone buy this if they made it into production? -
Bought an 2019 Audi , but VIN sticker and MMI VIN mismatcg - Is it Cloned???? 22 Dec 2021 (Forum)
ahead and bought the car. Around 20% less then market price. So thought a good deal Now I see there is a 2nd VIN no shows up on the Audi MMI console. So i feel like the car is perhaps not what it looks like and can be clone. Called polic even and reported the concern. But they said all ok -
Kia Sportage - 2 same cars with same number plate and same V5C 8 Nov 2021 (Forum)
I bought 6 month ago car not from trader just privat. Now I know another owner have same car the same model, the same colour, the same number plate, the same number of logbook. It is possible dvla send 2 the same logbooks V5C to two diffrence people? Probably 1 car is clone (I -
How can I check if my car has been cloned? 19 Aug 2021 (Ask HJ)
Today, I received a letter from Transport for London (TfL) warning me that my vehicle may not meet the ULEZ standards. As I live more than 250 miles from... -
Should I hide my car's registration number in an online advert? 6 Aug 2021 (Ask HJ)
I’m shortly planning to place an ad on Autotrader to sell my car (an Audi A2 for £2000). What is your advice regarding whether or not to display the car’s... -
Sym Wild Wolf 125 (Honda CB 125 clone) - Continuity across battery cables 27 Jul 2021 (Forum)
I broke it by reverse connecting the battery cables a couple of years ago, fiddled around with it fruitlessly (and cluelessly) and gave up. Now... -
My number plates have been cloned, what should I do? 22 Jul 2021 (Ask HJ)
My number plates seem to have been cloned. This came about as the police wrote a quite threatening letter to me about speeding from a completely different... -
Land Rover Discover 4 Landmark - HPICheck.com not honouring '£30,000 Guarantee' 5 Jun 2021 (Forum)
which was also legit. VIN numbers were also present and looked fine too... When the car turned out to be cloned HPIcheck.com refused to honour contract and cover as paid in cash, yet no mention other than buried away at the bottom of their T's & C's and not on main guarantee page. Click
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