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• VW emissions. - VW fix would have cost $335 per vehicle. 2 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  At last a bit of sensible background to the VW debacle.  http://www.autoblog.com/2015/09/30/vw-diesel-fix-would-have-cost-335-per-vehicle/ If this story is true they are bigger fools than they appear at the moment.
• Licence counterpart abolition delayed 22 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  DVLA had previously announced that the driving licence paper counterpart was to be abolished from 1st January 2015. They have announced that the abolition will be delayed and will not now go ahead on January 1st. http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2014/12/18/fleets-urged-to-act-now-after-driving-licence-counterpart-abolition-is-delayed/54372/
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  S-Class gearbox problem 20 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I own an S-Class S320 CDI, 2002, 85k in good condition. When cold it changes from 1st to 2nd gear with a bang. It's OK when warm. How do I sort this? Would...
• Seat Belts 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  It\'s 20 years since seat-belt use was made compulsory , not that people should have needed compulsion . I have read that there\'s 90% compliance , but from my own observation I reckon it\'s quite a lot lower.
• 06 Polo S No boot/hatch light????!!!! 27 May 2007 (Forum)
  Model Polo S 1.4 TD Oct 06 I knew a hatch/boot light was not an original fitment when I bought it.. But it seems a paradox that you get heated and remote door mirros but no light in the boot/hatch? It is 'standard' on the SE bt colud not get one at the time.. just upgraded an S instead to near SE spec.
• S-Type Jag- advice requested... 6 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I have a strong and possibly illogical compulsion to buy an older S-type. Could any S-type owners or similarly experienced backroomers either talk me out of it, or stoke the flames of my desire, as it were? Budget's about £6k, though this could be stretched a fair bit, given sufficient desire-stoking.
• Air Con trouble - Daewoo Lanos 23 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  A reputable local garage/dealer partially recharged it and did a dye test and asked me to bring it back to them 2 weeks later. In the meantime,the air con worked but again it emptied after a month (so there\'s definitely a leak somewhere) but they tell me that the dye is fine and theat there\'s no trace of a leak. Given the low value of the car, I am not sure it\'s worth asking them to investigate further but nonetheless I\'d like to know, it might just be worth it if it\'s less than £200 to fix it.
• MOT TOm-foolery. 16 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  During a 10k mile service performed after the MOT on the same day the following faults were found. 1) O/S outer C.V. gater small pinhole 2) N/S/R wheel bearing slight play and noise (£15 +£10 +VAT) 3) O/S/R lower swivel slight play (£16 + £10 + VAT) 4) Front brake discs and pads worn very close to the limit (£110-120, inc.) 5) N/S/F tyre worn low 6) Both rear wheel cylinders leaking (£25 + £31 + VAT) 7) O/S/R shock absorber damp 8) Both rear brake drums worn 9) Unable to remove No. 4 spark plug 10) Exhaust misaligned No's 1, 6 & 7 should be MOT failures surely?
• 60's transport special 17 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Fellow Backroomers, I am so so sorry I forgot to post this earlier in the week, you all know how it is. Tomorrow Sat 16th Severn Valley Railway is having a 60's transport special. 40 cars from the 60's, 20 trucks and buses from the same era will be on display at the various stations up and down the 16 mile Kidderminster to Bridgenorth line along the River Severn.
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  Claiming compensation from trade seller 19 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Ford Focus 1.8 (2000) 75,000 miles roughly two months ago from a Trade Seller - one guy owning a fully registered company. I was generally happy...
• MINI Cooper and Cooper S - BEWARE Mini Cooper S - WU05 UYB 13 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  Hi all. I want everyone to beware of the above registered car being sold by a West London dealer. I owned this car for 4 months and had to resort to legal...
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  Jerky i30 diesel 24 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Any one else finding that the Hyundai i30 1.4 diesel on cruise control is really "jerky" on downhill sections, almost as though it´s using the brakes now...
• MINI Cooper S - Condensation in rear lamp cluster 5 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  I have a 5 week old Mini Cooper S that when it is washed the O/S/R lamp cluster starts to mist over - this is quite minimal to start with but then gets worse over a couple of hours to the effect that 3/4 of the lens is covered in mist.
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  Whining S-Type differentual 1 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am very pleased with my S Type but suspect a whine is developing at the rear, have they any known problems and is there a solution?
• Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S line - How to sell an Audi A3 3.2 Quattro S line ? 31 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  Can anyone recommend the best place to advertise such a car ? My brother is looking to sell his, as he just got a company car. this is a perfect example...
• Mercedes Benz S-Class W221 - S CLASS WITH MAJOR HANDLING PROBLEMS 28 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Bought a brand new S320 CDI in July 2007 and since then it has been wearing tyres off in approx 8000 miles average. There is a constant shuddering coming...
• Horn Problem ? Seat Leon 5 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  HJ?s car by car for the Mk1 SEAT Leon identifies a problematic horn. Can anyone tell me if it?s an easy job to fit a new horn and whether a standard replacement horn from Halfords (currently £8.99) would suffice ?
• Cooper S Stiff Gearchange 4 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Just traded in my 03 Ibiza TDI Sport for a 55-plate Mini Cooper S, and after a few days have noticed that the gearchange and clutch both seem to be pretty heavy - there's absolutely no way you can just 'slap' it into gear like I could with the Ibiza when a quick gearchange was required.
• Peugeot 106 diesel coolant problem 4 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Hi my 1.4 106 (1993) diesel is losing coolant from the expansion tank. It\'s spraying out of the cap over the tank. It\'s been losing coolant through a leak in the radiator for some time. It\'s had a head skim about 60,000 miles ago, current milage is 137,000. I top up the coolant when it goes below the limit, but coolant loss has obviously sped up since it started coming out of the cap.
• Jaguar S-type misfiring 13 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I have been running my July 1999 Jaguar S-type 3 litre SE auto since Nov 2001, averaging under 5000 miles p.a. Most mileage is local urban driving but about once a month I have a journey in excess of 50 miles. I then find at steady speeds of 40 mph and above that the engine appears to hesitate or misfire when I begin to accelerate.