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my car failed its mot today... apparently some new law has come in recently that if your exhaust is too loud it will be classed as an mot failure, anyone know about this?? so now i have to go find a standard backbox to get it through the mot and i was told i can change it back once its...

so the other day i was connectin up to a highway, passed another car quite quickly in do so. moments later...i was tryin to go foot flat and the revs took forever to climb unlike before. i initially thought it was the heat as we did have quite a summer day. nonetheless it persisted later on...

Hi, Looking for a bit of assistance with my Leon Cupra R - driving home from work this evening as I was accelerating up to speed I heard what I can only describe as the same sound as when you drive through a deep puddle. This sound was shortly followed by the car running extremely lumpy...

hi guys as the title really, falied mot on cv boot(which ive replaced myself), looked at the ball joint also but struggled like hell, also ran outta light! what im after is some tips on how to replace the lower suspension arm balljoint, ive had a go but to no avail. basically i popped the...

I have an iphone 3g and it has been working perfectly well with the cars bluetooth system up until today. Now whenever I go to make a call the calls fails, the signal drops to zero and the phone reboots. The bluetooth system works fine with an ericsson phone. Does anybody have any...

Hi ALL, I have found some thread talks about pretty much the same issue, but I would like to hear whether its a common failure and there is still something that could be done in order to avoid it in the future. I lost my 1st, 2nd and R gear yesterday (after 3500 miles), means I can not...

Hiya, on thursday i had warning light on dash for ECU so managed to drive to independent garage on max 1900 revs. diagnositics stated it was coil on cylinder 2 after showing on 3 originally and garage swapped coil to test in number 2. so replaced coil pack. when i picked the car up on drive...

My bonnet came crashing down last night whilst filling screenwash bottle the plastic sheared on the stay fitting on the crash panel.Taking it to dealer today so they can see it.Their was no wind etc it just sheared off under the weight of the bonnet. Be Aware!!

Car failed its mot today on emissions Fast Idle Test CO=0.57 Fail HC=00017 Pass Lambda=0.99Pass Second Fast Idle Test CO=2.16 Fail HC=00028 Pass Lambda=0.94fail Normal Idle Test CO=0.50 its either my cat or my lambda sensers. Can anyone tell from these readings which it could...

what are the chances of my clutch failing and needing a full new unit at a cost of £1000 (including new flywheel) in a 55 plate Mk1 Leon FR? 45k on the clock, no track days and a lot of motorway driving? Still under warranty, dealer says no defect and a grand is the best they can do?

Ok, went to go out in the car earlier and following happened: Turned on the ignition, all ok. Start the car, and there are no lights on any of the letters alongside the gear selector. The gear indicator in the instrument panel (normally shows PNDRS or something) is flashing with the...

Has anybody else had their ipod dock pack up ? All was well until I removed the ipod to take it off shuffle, reconected in the dock & now it wont play.... Nothing at all, even tried her ipod in it & still nothing.. I cant even play cd's as it pulls up an error [:@]

my car failed the emissions test on the CO2 readings whats wrong with it???

Hi, I am having problems with my key fob. The central locking part of the key fob has stoped working. I have changed the battery, but this has not worked. So I am thinking its packed up !!. Has anybody any idea how much a replacement key body would cost. Just the main body and not the key part...

Hi, First post so be gentle. I have a 06 Ibiza Cupra TDI (unmodified), and have been experiencing intermittent power steering failure; i.e. power assistance would stop working during driving. Once this event occurs the car goes into a limp home mode with lumpy idling, and TC, ABS, Brake...

My third (high-level) brake light has stopped working, other two are still coming on fine. Does anyone know the wiring layout for the brake light in the spoiler, and more importantly, what I have to remove to get to both ends of the wiring? Got my MOT coming up, so need it sorted sharpish...

Hello Peeps A sorry weekend... and apparent end to my LCR It's an 03 210 which has just had its engine go in a big way!!! The LCR is well loved and is only 44K on the clock! Would seem that there has been a catastrophic failure/malfunction within the engine that's pierced both the front...

i think my water pimp might have packed up.... i have an 03 plate LCR AMK engine. i was driving along (failry fast) and all of a sudden the temp shot up, and it started beeping at me. i pulled over right away. the temp went right upto 120, it has NEVER gone above 90 before. i turned...

Hello! My car failed the MOT today with: 001 Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive [7.3.2b] The reading was 1.058....the readings you are allowed is 1.030 MAX and 0.970 Min does anyone know what this could be? MOT tester said maybe there is a hole in the...

Excesive Carbon Monoxide, my first thoughts are fooked front lambda. What do you guys think? Here's what the test sheets reads: Fast Idle Test Speed 2650 / min CO 3.46 % Vol HC 150ppm Lambda 0.91 2nd Fast Idle Test Speed 2760 / min CO 3.33 % Vol HC 156ppm...