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Any idea when the petrol Ingenium engine (252PS already in Jaguar F-Pace) will be launched for Land Rover Discovery Sport?
I took my Volkswagen Touran along for the emissions fix last Tuesday. The very next day, the car lost power at 40mph. The same thing occurred the next day and the next. On Saturday I stopped at a roundabout,...
The DPF on my 2009 Jaguar XF was professionally cleaned after going from amber to red. The car had done high mileage (104,000), so I was kind of expecting it. 13,000 miles after the clean, it went straight...
I have a 2014 Porsche Macan 3.0-litre diesel, bought new. It recorded 42mpg or better on a long run and 39mpg average on short urban runs. Porsche wrote asking for the car to have a software update for...
I bought a Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian in March 2016. At the time the mileage showed just over 31,000, the car came with full Mitsubishi service history that backs up the mileage throughout. I have now decided...
My Renault Trafic 1.9 DCi glow plug light comes on and goes into limp mode. It also wont rev over 2000 and emits lots of white smoke from the exhaust. Can anyone help?
Had the software update done by the AA on behalf of Volkswagen. Since it was done, my Volkswagen Caddy Maxi has gone into limp mode with an apparent EGR valve problem. Volkswagen told me categorically...
My Volkswagen dealer has advised against carrying out the emissions software update on my Golf Plus because they say there is a fault in the exhaust gas recirculation valve. The car drives fine and no...
I have a 2011 Citroen DS4, purchased two years ago. Since January, the engine light keeps coming on and the car will go into limp mode. I had the emissions filter 'fixed' in January by the dealer from...
I have a Subaru Outback 2.0d Premium which I have owned from new. It has done 11000 miles (mostly high speed long distance and motorway) and I have noticed that the oil level is creeping up. The car was...
 

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