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I am having some issues with my Peugeot 106. If I lift the throttle when the lights are on my battery light comes on. What’s going on?
My Mazda3 1.6 diesel is due for its second annual service shortly and has done 7300 miles. The garage says that Mazda recommends a bacterial cleanse of the ventilation system for £24.95 and a brake fluid...
My son has recently bought a 2003 Nissan Micra SX. When we test drove it we noted a marked noise/vibration through the car when you hit 30-40mph. He has now collected the car but despite the garage saying...
The turbo on my BMW 1 Series does not function when started in the morning. Yet, when stopped and parked for a while, the turbo performs normally. What's going on?
I recently bought a 2010 Renault Scenic Privilege (petrol, automatic), and I am fairly sure that I found a means of adjusting the suspension to give a more economical performance. I can't remember how...
My Skoda Octavia has given me a fault code 17965p1557. Do you know what it means?
My Vauxhall Astra (2005) starts and drives fine; however, every 2/3 days I'm having to top up the engine coolant level and there's a strong smell of petrol/fumes when I use my heater for any longer than...
My Ford Focus C-Max (2004) has developed a fault where the battery drains and needs to be jump started. It happened during the colder months last year and has started doing the same over the last week. I...
My daughter has lost her radio code for her Ford Ka, can you help?
My daughter has a 2009 Yaris with the automated manual box. She usually changes gear with paddleshift to avoid the well documented jerky progress with these transmissions. Last week the engine management...
 

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