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Cinch Land Rover Faulty Engine
I bought a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 3.0 Diesel with 42000miles on the clock back in September 2024. When I purchased the car I took out the extended warranty, CinchCare too. Three months and just 2000miles later the engine blew up, crankshaft failure. Needed a complete new engine. The garage said this defect was…
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Kia & payouts
Hello all, Apologies in advance if I am asking something already covered- I have had a search however cannot see an answer however can be easily distracted and not always see what I'm looking at! I sent emails to Kia Finance regarding the discretional payments etc however never got a response. I understand it is on them to…
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Dangerous problem with 2025 Tiguan
Have took delivery of a new 2025 Tiguan. The car is not safe to drive. Its drive assist system is not working as it should be. The car keeps making an emergency stop sensing a front end collision when there are no vehicles in front. The braking is violent which triggers the horn and hazard lights to go on. A rear end…
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PCP Finance, Mortgage and Default...
6 Months ago was declined for a PCP Deal (Tesla M3 28k). 5 Years ago, was not the most wise. Have a default + CCJ on Credit report (5 Years 6 Months old £299ccj £1500 default) Since then, no missed payments, extremely low credit usage. I got my mortgage in April. It has just now showed on Credit Report. High earner: 80k.…
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Replacement to ix35 for £11k
Hi, our Hyundai ix35 is coming to the end of its life and we need to invest in a new family car. I have around £11k. what would a reliable, suv type car look like? Which model and typically what mileage should I be looking at? thanks in advance for any advice.
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Charged 3 days for less than 2 days' parking. Help!
Hi I'm flying from Stanstead at 6 a.m. Sunday morning so need to get there for 4. Coming back 11.30 p.m. on Monday, so hoping to pick up car between midnight and 1 a.m. on Tuesday. So even though looking for parking for 45 hours, being charged for 3 days (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday). Anyone know anyway round this or have I…
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Are new cars really as bad as they say?
I drive a 23 year old VW golf, wife drives a 17 year old corsa. MOTs are getting a bit pricey for us, each year spend about £250-£300 getting it through the MOT. Other than than fairly reliable motoring, just bushes and ball joints and things are always going on these, there's probably some 30+ of them in each car so it's…
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Citroën Berlingo diesel hell! Vans direct
Hi, I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible. July 24 my small business purchased on lease hire 2x Citroën Berlingo diesel vehicles. This was after advice from the sales team at vans direct, they are financed through RCI. We were told due to the mileage the vans would do, they wouldn't need servicing for 2…
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Missold warranty
Hi, After some advice lease. I purchased a car on PCP just over a month ago. As part of the deal I purchased a 3 year warranty for £600 which was added to my finance deal. It was later discovered that the car has a 7 year manufacturers warranty so the additional warranty wasn't required. The dealership advised they would…
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Car repairs
Hello, I recently sent my car to a local garage due to the car losing power and cutting out in low revs. When sent the car was starting and driving albeit with the issue mentioned above. The garage have had the car and said they have investigated, they cleaned some fuel filters and took it for a test drive, where they said…
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Aviva Zero can't take a payment from me, what do I do?
I have had my car insurance through Aviva Zero for two years. Renewal time is here and I've now gone with another company at significantly lower cost. I logged into my Aviva account and cancelled the renewal. Having been paying by monthly direct debit I went onto my bank account and cancelled the DD thinking all payments…
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QDR Solicitors letter receieved for non payment of fuel
Good evening, The registered keeper of our car has just received a letter from QDR solicitors about non payment for fuel. It's a petrol filling station we routinely use and on that day the driver selected "pay at Pump" then entered the credit card and PIN number. As usual, the pump held the £100 and we fuelled and left the…
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Private Road, Abandoned Car, SORN and ownership query
I live on a small new estate, the roads are private and won't be adopted by the council. Five years ago a nuisance neighbour dumped a derelict car on the estate road to be a PitA. The car was SORN with DVLA and the neighbour acquired it in 2020. The registered keeper has not been updated since the original owner SORNed it.…
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Car Insurance charged £355 extra for claims that weren’t made?
My car insurance said I didn’t add on 2 claims 1 from 2022 which was just a notification to insurance saying van had gone into back of me but no claim made? other was this year 2025 my partner (additional driver) sold campervan, 2 hours later buyer had accident and made a claim but sale was still going through. so now on…
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Opinions on 1st Central Insurance?
Hello all. This week I have paid in full for an annual insurance policy with 1st Central as they provided a sensible quote, Defaqto ratings seemed to check out, and policy cover was within my requirements. The policy doesn't start until the 26th. I have since come across some very bad reviews about their practices, that…
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Did my brakes need doing?
I had my car MOT'd on Friday just gone and it failed on the rear nearside brake pad being to thin, it had an advisory of the offside rear brake as well, but no mention of the front brakes what so ever on the MOT test certificate. I have taken it back to the same gaarage Today and now they are saying the front ones would…
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Is Brake Fluid change a service item?
Hello, Just a quick and simple one- maybe too simple for a forum post. But would like to understand general consensus. One of the BMW dealership is running a promotion with a headline "BMW Service and Free MOT". Even the small print only states that service and MOT must be done on the same day. i have brake fluid change…
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Repair Puncture myself?
I have a screw in a tyre just happened yesterday and the car info system was moaning that is why I knew. I am having to blow the tyre up before every trip, luckily just a couple of miles a trip. Should I buy one of those tyre repair kits to plug the hole tomorrow or take it to a tyre repairer?. Or even use the kit I got…
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Fishy smell coming from the car
Hey guys I have noticed this week a fishy smell coming from the car. I noticed it on Tuesday when I'd gone out and it was fine before that. It's running ok and I checked by lifting the bonnet and there was slight odour but nothing as bad. The smell is disappearing I noticed this morning and now I sat back in and it's…
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Car insurance advice please
Hi, my son has been a named driver on my car insurance for three years with no claims. He's taking out his own insurance on his own car now. He drives a van at work and has bumped the wing mirror (paid work to fix it) and paid work for scratches too. Don't think work made insurance claims but not sure. Does he legally have…
Bought a car, van or motorbike on Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) or Hire Purchase (HP) since 2007? Discuss the probes into hidden discretionary commission and undeclared commission - and how to complain.
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