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My 1.9TDI FR 150 failed its MoT today. Looking at the paperwork, it was a fail on 'Plated Value', coming in at 0.84m-1 with a max permitted of 0.70m-1. I've got the car booked in to be looked at on Wednesday, but in the meantime I've had a few different bits of advice - from having the engine...

Alright guys, Just been down to my local Frosts Seat garage, after having a problem with the car, after pulling away in second, it would maintain a constant rpm, and carry on driving without me touching anything, which i was then told it was an anti-stall mechanism. But today the same thing...

Hi iam new to this forum and was wondering if anyone could help me.Basically i have recently purchased a 03 seat ibiza 1.4 sport and very ocasionally it will fail to start (just turns over) it seems to happen when the car has been unlocked for a period of time,the most recent time it happend i...

Car fail Mot because can't open rear door does anyone have rear door assembly diagram didn't put it back properly when I replaced electric window motor regulator

my remote central locking isnt wrking properly, it only pens the drivers door and none of the other doors (and yes i do know u have to do press it twice to fully unlock the doors) any suggestions?

Wasnt expecting this to be an easy job due to access but talk about a performance... First mistake... Stripping the airbox / MAF / etc off the side of the engine and removing the CTS housing to realise the thermostat is in fact on the front of the engine... I should have checked the manual...

hey guys, leaving my estate earlier today and approached the slip road and tried to brake and they failed completly. the pedal went rock hard and had no/very very little brakes at all. after a few seconds of paninc i slowed using the handbrake, with my foot still hard on the brakes, they started...

Hi there just got my car back from the mot and it failed on ''nearside/offside macpherson strut has excessive movement at the upper attachment'', they want £120 to fix it, does anyone know if this is a simple job to diy, or is does this price sound fair?? I'd like try and do it myself as...

:( anyone had this and solved it? if so any help please :blink:

Hi all Any help appreciated. Just failed MOT cos 'headlamp/sidelight won't stay on when ignition key removed' All lights are OK, parking lights work but no lights on when light switch on and key removed. I have never really noticed if ever have worked in this state and no bl**dy manual to...

Took our 1.2S to the local village garage for its 5yr old MOT - after last years effort at the dealer where I'm convinced they created a couple of hundred pounds worth of work. It passed but the garage had initially failed it due to the headlamp aim being too low. They tweaked them up at no...

Just been told my car is going to fail its next MOT because of the HID's/sidelights i put in...:censored: The HIDs pattern is 'everywhere' I could tell that and the guy said they couldn't even re-align them?? The LED's i put in are apparently purple, although they look pretty whitey/blue...

Hello Ive got a Leon Cupra which keeps throwing up error codes which can relate to dodgy pipes ive replace two (the breather pipe that comes from the DV area then spilts into two, one going into the cam cover and the other going down to the front of the engine. Ive also replaced that pipe that...

Is it legal (i.e. still pass mot) to remove cat on Toledo Tdi 110?

This is awesome... and so so funny... DIY turbo and manifold building at its best... found it on the tex and had to share these epic fails... :lol: [B)] :rolleyes: and another

Howdy Took my 1.8t Cupra in for its MOT yesterday and as you might have guessed by the title it failed. The only reason for this is some cheap crappy bracket towards the back of the exhaust has fallen off. My mechanic and mot tester is a close friend of mine and showed me where the bracket...

On my way into work this morning my lcr developed a really bad missfire, ive done a search on here and it sounds like its a coil pack, my car sounds like its running on 3 cylinders almost like a impreza and the exhaust fumes stink of petrol. my question is, are the coil packs from a lcr the same...

Took my car for its mot today thinking all will be fine......nope!! returned to the garage to find out that my little baby had failed. according to the bloke behind the counter the emissions are way too high which after he showed me the printout it appeared he was right. :( the printout for...

i had to mot both the ibiza's today, the yellow 1.4s and the topaz blue gti 16v. They yellow one passed with flying colours which is a bonus as it has been sold but the gti failed :( luckily it wasn't to bad. wish bone bushes on both sides need replacing. £12 for both sets of bushes each...

Help. The interior light has stopped coming on, but only when the drivers door is opened. It works fine when the passenger door is opened. The lights left on alarm has also stopped working but thought this was also part of the problem. I am thinking some sort of door switch problem, but...