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Esure & RTC Fault Dispute Liability
Good afternoon All, My husband was stationary waiting in traffic and was hit from rear side driver side bumper and passenger door by a large Haulage flatbed vehicle on Grey's Inn Road on the morning of Friday 21st August 2020. Unfortunately, he did not take any situation photos at the time as this road is a major traffic…
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Electric windows not working - warranty advice
Hi there, I purchased a 2008 Skoda Fabia from a used dealer at the end of October with a three month warranty (provided by an external company). Everything has been fine until around Boxing Day, when the electric windows for the front two doors (rear doors are winding) stopped working completely. So I phoned up the…
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Car leasing and model variant options
Good morning, does anyone please know what 1. the most comprehensive car leasing comparison website/search engine would be? The ones I've found so far look a bit, for lack of a better word, suspect (partial perhaps) and 2. A comparison website showing/explaining the difference between model variants? I have a specific…
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Is there a free way of checking any claims against me?
Just curious but is there any sort of claims database that I could check for free to see uf there are any registered motor claims against me? Thanks
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Dash Cam cable tidy/cable management
I've got a front windscreen dashcam not hardwired and am fed up now of the connection wire dangling down into my passenger foot well. Can anyone recommend any devices to use to tidy the cable around my windscreen and passenger door trim so that it stays in place? I've tried to pry the cable into the existing trim but it…
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Car Accident Solicitor negligence
Hope someone can help In 2013 I had car accident was stationery on a motorway traffic had come to a halt when the guy behind not looking rear-ended me at 60mph I saw this coming in my mirror and could do nothing. He admitted liability immediately, stupidly I did not realise I had the insurance cover for this and signed an…
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motor insurance declined, voided, cancelled
Can anyone help me find out if I have any insurance voided or cancelled ? In my name ? It’s not on a credit check etc
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motor insurance declined, voided, cancelled
Hi is there anyway I can find out about possible voided , declined cancelled insurance in my name ? Lots off brokers won’t except me and it’s my fault for a jilted passed but im just trying to see what I’m up against .. thank you in advance
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Motor Insurance NCD
Moved back to the UK from Belgium after 39 years. I have NCD declaration from my car insurance, one from the my broker in Belgium which states that I have not had a claim since I started with them in the 1980's and the other from the Belgian insurance company that I handled my car insurance since 2016 stating the same.…
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FreeMotorLegal.co.uk
Free Motor Legal | The free alternative to motor legal protection and legal expenses insurance so how does this work then? How do they make their money
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Vauxhall astra
Hi I have a 2017 astra elite and sometimes when I take my key it the radio doesn't turn off as it should and I can't lock the car. I have to fiddle around with it in the ignition until it registers the key is no longer in. I'm not sure on what needs to be done or any 'cheap fixes' Cheers
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Cam Belt Replacement - VW Passat
Hi, when it comes to cam belts I've always been weary (for my previous car they tried to sell me a cam belt replacement when my car had a drive chain, three times...). My passat is now coming up for a service (I bought it used 1 year ago at 4.5 years of age and its turning 6 soon - it's my first service), and I know they…
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The Legal Advice Centre
Has anyone heard of this company? I was involved in a rear collision in November, my car was hit from behind whilst I was stationary at traffic lights. I made a claim online, but inadvertently filled in an online claim form which I thought was my insurers. However, after I received a couple of calls from The Legal Advice…
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Can I Prevent an Insurance Write-off?
Just a caveat to say this is pre-emptive. I see so many threads on here with comments along the lines of "but you did XX, before YY happened, right?" I thought I'd ask for advice. I've got an old car ~ 25 years old, low mileage, one of two remaining on the road according to How Many Left, and in very good condition.…
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Buying a vehicle which has a PCP agreement on it
Hi folks, Been looking at a new (pre-loved) car, private sale. When I did a vehicle check before going to look at it the check showed a PCP agreement in place and gave details (the contract number, the finance company & number to call - the number has changed and the new number “is not currently taking incoming calls”).…
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Car Insurance cancellation, unscupulous charge?
I have a question, I had a vehicle with a well known insurer, 1 month left of the policy (which was paid up in full), I sold the vehicle, now they have essentially decided to charge me almost £30 for the privilage, whereas if I let the policy elapse, there would have been no additional charge. I did not authorise this…
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Car accident claim - Admiral
I had a car accident towards the end of October 2020, whereby me and my 3 week old son were from the rear. Due to the damage that was caused to the rear end of my vehicle and it not undergoing some work, I was incredibly concious that this would significantly effect the value of my car when trading it back into the garage.…
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Finance company wont supply settlement figure
Hi, Just looking for some help. My car was wrote of 6 months ago (my fault). My car was taken by my insurance company to be sold to recover costs and a settlement figure was emailed to me. I have contacted my finance company numerous times via email (to keep an email trail) but they wont supply a settlement figure. Ive…
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Issues with Honda
We purchased this second hand Honda during the first lockdown as previous car went to scrap and it seems we keep having issues. Everyone was saying how good Honda is! I've asked my DH to write the more recent issues. What should we do? The garage that did the recent fixes were closed over the holidays. Open today but says…
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Do I need to change battery?
Hi all, so i've been working from home for a few months now so not using the car as much, just the odd trip to the shop and back, nothing more than 15-20 minutes. I then went to start it over the weekend after a couple of days in the freezing cold and although it started first time, it chugged a little bit and took a good…
