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My husband in June last year (2023) purchased a 2021 Peugeot 2008. This was from a Peugeot Franchise and was classed as approved used. They sold this car with a Peugeot 3 year warranty and an approved used 1 year warranty. In all honesty, I’ve never favoured Peugeot nor Citroen and had ranted...

Hi all Hopefully, someone on the off chance reads this and has some mechanic experience. We have a 2015 1.4 Corsa with the following DTC codes: P0300 - Engine Misfire Detected P0138 - HO2S Circuit High Voltage Sensor 2 P2271 - HO2S Signal Stuck Rich Sensor 2 We've carried out a full service...

Hi everyone, So... this is going to be a bit of a read, but please bear with me. I purchased my perfect motor on finance in 2018, a 2015 Ford Fiesta, low mileage, 1 litre turbo boost engine with an automatic gearbox, I had no issues at all until late 2021 when my engine suddenly overheated on...

Hi all, Does anyone know of a motion activated camera that I can put inside my car (preferably battery powered, and not connected to the car) and point it out of the rear view window? It may sound like a stupid request, but my car has been sat at home recently on a normally quiet street...

Hi. I just fixed a new fuel pump in a Citroen C3 automatic. The guage on the fuel pump works fine, but it isn't reaching the digital screen on the dash board. The car starts fine, so the fuse for the fuel pump should be fine. I was hoping for some advice on other things I could check before...

Hey All, Anyone on here got any experience with the various home car ramps available, not the drive up metal ramps but the home scissor ramps, usually plug with small pump. Looking at something like this for the garage instead of using jacks and axel stands. Most of them are portable so could...

My cousin is getting his first car on finance, it will be brand new and fitted with a black box. (He’s just passed his test) It was on its way to be delivered today when he got a call to say his car had been damaged during transport so they need to take it back and fix it. (It was being...

What do OCUKers think of Genesis Cars? They're the luxury marque of Hyundai and Kia but not available from those dealers. They have a dealer-free business model. They're not quite ready to travel as far as Aberdeen. I had a sit in the G80 Sport and, were it not for the sun roof it would have...

For family reasons I need to visit my home country by car as soon as possible. For that I'm planning to buy a used car. According to this, I'd need to have V5C to take a vehicle out of the UK. The problem is that And I don't have a week to wait for my V5C. Do I really need V5C to go to the...

Does anyone have any experience of / with a DAB Adapter / FM Transmitter for car radio? I an thinking of getting a Pure Highway for use in my car and would like to hear whether or not they work effectively.

Hii all, We want to replace our tiny hatchback with a decent, reliable estate and have seen a 2018 Merc 2.0 C350e g.4 kWh Sport G-Tronic+ (s/S) with 48k miles on the clock. At 3 years old, at the time of writing this, is there anything about it being a hybrid that makes this a worse purchase...

Hi, I have a 2015 Audi A5 S line with 20”wheels and spacers, I’m currently with axa insurance for the year is £1009 (24 almost with 2 years no claims,) any other insurance company that allows mods that I’ve spoke to such as Adrian flux and checked compare the market have been around £5000...

Is it safe to use 0W-50 Eneos Sustina? Has anyone tried it and how does it compare to 5W-40?

Hi, I bought a car, as I had other problems my car was looked at by the garage he noted that my card had previously been accident repaired potentially. He stated that the thing under the bonnet (don’t know what it’s called sorry) I have attached the link and marked the bit red. Is misaligned...

Hello everyone, I own a scirocco 2.0 TDI 2013 it's on 55k miles and 2 weeks ago I noticed a weird click noise coming under the hood for first time when car was in neutral. I continued to drive the car and I noticed the rackling noise some times comes on and off. The worst it has been was when...

Hi folks. Having purchased my first house around a year ago, I've finally gotten around to sorting out the garage. A few people over in motors seemed to like it, so here's a sort of 'build log' of what I've done. Here's the before pictures, from the house advert. It's a 1890's 2 story coach...

Looking to get a car in the new year. I do deliveries so over 15k miles per year. Requirements are: 55+ mpg urban driving (short journeys along with odd long journeys Under 6 years old Under 100k Under £30/Year tax What should I look for? Reliability and comfort essential, so far looked at...

Hi all... I’m looking at getting a new Volkswagen Golf and it’s being held for me... The dealership is desperate to get me to take this car ASAP and keep phoning offering something additional to the offer (nothing major)... but I feel more inclined to wait for the new 20 plate instead of the...

Hi everyone, Today I had a mishap, error of judgment whilst parking !!! I scuffed my wheel on the kerb, not massive damage but it’s annoying ! Anyone had a similar problem with these types of wheels ? They’re not big standard alloys and have to be the expensive BMW kind . any help I would...

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