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Problems with Mondeo central locking and how (I hope) I fixed it.
Hi all, For the last 10 days, I have had a problem with my 2005 Mondeo's central locking. Whenever I used the key fob to unlock all doors, the driver door would not open so I would access the car via another door. I then started to get worse, when the passenger door would not open either. I did a google search yesterday…
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Bought vehicle from a Small garage Finance AND catD repaired HELP
Hi people, i would really appreciate a little help and advice here. i "have" read through 4/5 posts already but they differ slightly from my situation....... Last week i bought and paid for a car from a small garage, that was advertised as Cat-D damage repaired and was priced accordingly. would be £20,000 rrp and a Cat-D…
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Question regarding PCP
I have a question regarding my car that I have on a PCP. My intention is to buy it at the end of the contract as I like it as I want to keep it. I have read on other websites that if this is the case then I can ignore the requirement to have it serviced at the dealership and use my local (preferred) garage. Also the…
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Minor rear end bump
The wife reacted a second or two too late to a car braking on a 40 road and rear ended him with her Yeti at somewhere around 10-15 mph, felt quite a hard bump, I couldn't see any damage on his Saab there and looked on the dash cam at home and seems no damage, just our number plate risen up on the sides. I expected him to…
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Car Keys
I recently bought a 61 plate Ford Fiesta second hand from a dealer. I was given 2 keys for the car, but neither of these are remote locking keys with the buttons for locking, unlocking and the boot. Both keys start the car. However I'm wanting a remote car key. I'm finding it extremely difficult to find any information as…
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DVLA forms
I want to SORN -on paper form- V890, not online, Do I need the actual one from a PO or can I print it from direct.gov? thanks.
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Second hand car consumer rights advice desperately sought please
Hi guys, My mum bought me a second hand Ford Focus automatic 1.6 55plate from a local dealer/mechanic partnership. Transmission failure after three weeks, went back to them and they fixed it and returned it after about a week. 5 months later the car breaks down again with what seems to be the same issue, and we return it…
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Moving with my finance car abroad
Hello folks, I have a Vauxhall corsa in finance and I am wondering if Ivan take this car with me abroad. I have now moved to the United States and am considering shipping it. However, I'm not sure if General Motors finance will allow me taking my car to the states. Do you think that after two years of payments , all…
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Replacement for Nissan Almera
We bought a one year old Nissan Almera 11 years ago and it's been very reliable and economical to run. Just starting to think about a replacement and wondered if anyone had any suggestions for something similar? We go for mid-size cars, reliable, economical and usually very boring (for us both, cars are a means to an end…
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RMS Receivables
My wife after having a Peugeot with Peugeot finance terminated the agreement early and paid Peugeot what was owed. The car is just under 3 years old and only had 8000 miles on it. The guy arranged to collect it and turned up in another car which puzzled us as to how he was going to take it away we even rang Peugeot as the…
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Zafira dual fuel CEL on when in LPG
Hi I have a zafira dual fuel 1.8 2002. When I switched over to LPG (even after warming engine in petrol) she starts to misfire and loose power. The check engine light comes on along with the traction control light. If in gas she also has an occasional rough idle. If I switched back to petrol the light remains on until I…
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New horn emojis from Honda
Honda.........a new range of horn emojis. To express different emotions via the car horn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1qmmf6cYow
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Stopping van from getting stolen?
I have always had old banger cars so never worried about theft. About to buy a £8000 van (2013) and will put a window cleaning tank in it. What is the best way to stop the van from being stolen? GPS tracker? Alarm system? Shall I get all this fitted? I will have to park it occasionally on a road 100metres from my flat…
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Peugeot 5008 - Bluetooth Music Streaming
I have just purchased a Peugeot 5008 Exclusive with sat nav 11 plate from auction having read all I could on the net before hand I was lead to believe that this comes with Bluetooth. now on the stereo it gives the Bluetooth sign and I have managed to connect the phone upto it but don't understand how I can stream music to…
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Need car advice
Still looking to purchase my first car. I've always liked the Hyundai I10 and Kia Picantos however test drove a mazda 2 at the beginning of the year and loved it but turned out the car was a lemon so the dealer sold it at auction. I've seen an I10 which is 3 years old with low mileage. My main concern is boot space - I…
