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Advice required from Bangernomics experts!!
Ok so heres the scenario. Around May time this year i 'acquired' this 2002 Fiat Marea 1.9 JTD, 118K miles, MOT to 18th Nov, TAX to 31st Oct. I've put 4,000 miles on it so far. Car is probably worth £400-£450 on the open market. Car drives exceptionally well. Starts half a turn of the key, no smoke, turbo pulls strongly.…
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Faulty car from car dealer
Hello We purchased a car from an independent dealer on 17th may this year, we informed them of 5 problems with car on the 19th may to which they took car back for repair. They have now had car back for repair for a further 3 times and the major problem of misfire is still there. We have exercised our right to reject the…
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Well Known Motor Factor Refusing To Refund Faulty Part
I recently ordered a driveshaft from a well known motor factor (no names at this stage as it could get legal). They have an online presence and it seemed simpler to order from there as the nearest branch is about 15 miles away. Driveshaft turned up and the first thing I noticed was the general state of it - it wasn't…
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Advice and Guidance Ford Fiesta Clutch
All, Over the past few weeks, the clutch on the Ford Fiesta 2002 1.25 LX keeps loosing restistance when I dip it. My foot just goes very easily to the floor. It happens intermittently and can not happen for a while, I find if i kind of pump it a bit, then eventually it catches and I can get into gear. I has until yesterday…
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Poor garage now denying working on my car!!
I'll try and keep this simple, I'm basically wondering where to go next :( Car making awful noise Took to garage they said needed replacing engine Went to pick up car and given £2k bill Asked for new engine number and turns out same engine Said repaired my engine Paid £1500 cash they wouldn't give me receipt Reported to…
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Spanner light stayed on (Vectra) but now off
Last week my Vectra cdti 1.9 (08) suddenly became hard to start. After a couple of days, the car with spanner light stayed on while driving. As the brakes were due to be done 4 days later I phoned the local garage about this and they said just wait till they look at it. In the event, they were unable to decide what the…
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Knock Sensor
Hi, our knock sensor 'went' on our car a good year ago now. At the time we were told not to bother getting it replaced if we didn't want to (by a specialist mechanic), as the sensor was only starting to get a bit 'dodgy.' Now a year on, would it be advisable to get it replaced before MOT in September or can we get away…
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Fault with new car bought from garage not local. SOGA enquiry.
Hi. I recently purchased a used car from a garage some 85 miles from my home address. Within a couple of weeks I noticed a knocking and some steering issues. It's a Volvo v70 d5 2005 with 220,000 on the clock. I had the car inspected by an independent garage and also tasked a main dealer specific to the vehicle to carry or…
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Lost - Renault Scenic key
Hello. I have lost the only key that came with my Renault Scenic. :( It is a T reg with alarm and immobiliser. Does anyone know how I can get a new one? Do I have to go through Renault? To make matters more difficult, I live miles from anywhere and the car is booked in for its MOT on Monday! Thank you.
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Third party claiming 6 months after incident?
DH reversed into a stationary (company) vehicle in january. Damage was hardly visible so after swapping details went separate ways. Told insurer who said they had received notification from,the third party about the incident but nothing further. Next we heard three months later was our insurers telling is they had closed…
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Audi A4 Avant - Auction prices...
Bit of a cheeky request, but I am currently looking at: Audi A4 Avant 2.0 143 D, SE 59' 2009 with 61k. Silver. Multitronic. Leather and nav options. Average condition. Audi A4 Avant 2.0 143 D, S Line, 09' 2009 with 89k. grey. Manual. Clean condition. Wisebuyers reckons £8500 trade for the S Line with 89k. Glasses trade…
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Injured in car accident but also lost job
I was injured last year in a car accident which ended up with me losing my job due to failing the probationary period through sickness. I'd only been working there for a month but I had a neck, shoulder, hand, back and a knee injury. Several attempts to go back to work ended with me being sent home as I was struggling and…
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Broken Aerial Essex
I have a Ford Focus 05. A while back someone snapped the aerial off my car so not been able to use it for a couple of years. Does anyone know anyone in Brentwood/Basildon/Romford/Chelmsford area that could replace aerial for me for a reasonable price?
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206 Misfire Codes Read
I've had the diagnostics codes read on my 206 by another garage regarding the random misfire. P0108 Manifold pressure circuit high P0113 Inlet air temperature sensor circuit P1327 Registration of intergrated ignition phase P0300 Random/multiple misfire detected Garage said it could be too many reasons and told me to just…
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Rant on Blackwall and rotherhite tunnels
The area needs river crossings really bad. It's literally crippeling the economy of East London, for many people the South and the North of the river might as well be as far apart as London and Birmingham because people only cross if they really have to. I can understand why Rotherhite tunnel was built the way it was - I…
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Aircon causing misty patches?
Car has recently (about 3 months ago) had a service and the air conditioning unit was regassed as it wasn't working. Obviously with the nice weather the aircon has been used nearly every time the car is driven. Now there seems to be mist patches forming at the bottom of the windscreen after the aircon has been on about…
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Car insurance hike
I was told recently that if you check car insurance prices more than once insurance companies "remember" (cookies or . . . . ?) and hike the price so you never get a lower quote. the person who told me reckoned that if you cleared caches, browsing history etc you could start from new. So I was interested to find out if…
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Save on insurance!
Just spoken to my step mum who is in her 80s. My brother is going to visit from America and she wanted to add him to her car insurance for a week. They said if she adds him as a named driver for the year she saves £25 on the policy even if he hardly ever drives the car! Crazy world we live in!
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New car does not have a tax disc
I bought a new car from Mercedes which I collected yesterday. This morning I noticed that there is no tax disc in the holder. I have called the Mercedes dealership and they said that it is ok to drive the car as they have taxed it and the DVLA will send me my tax disc within 14 days. They advised that I should keep my…
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help! trying to sell but not getting anywhere?!
Hi I am wondering if anyone can help me, I have a Peugeot 307 cc to sell...and I really need to sell it asap as I can no longer afford it!! I have been trying for a few months now without success, I have it on Autotrader, preloved and Gumtree. The car is in good condtion - 49 000 miles on the clock - moy and tax till nov -…
