Car Servicing
When I turn the key to start my 1995 Ford Fairlane and all I hear is the starter motor engaging, but it wont turn over. Any ideas?
Your infatuation with European cars - not another Audi! - and bias against Japanese cars is clouding your judgement. My utterly reliable and fine handling -06 Honda Civic Sport has just had its first change of front pads at 182,000 kilometres and the discs are fine. Total cost - $30. So European cars have softer pads, which wear out the discs quicker. Take off the blinkers.
My 2006 Subaru Liberty has a flat spot just before 2000 rpm when I accelerate. Can you tell me what might be causing it?
The 2001 Daihatsu Sirion that I have owned since new has now done 105,000 km. Can you tell me the average life span of the clutch for this type of car? Most of my driving is short distance urban with lots of gear changing as opposed to long distance highway, which I guess would have less wear and tear on the transmission.
I’ve got a 2005 Toyota HiLux workmate ute and I’ve had to put in a new air-conditioning pump and harmonic balancer at just 93,000km. Have I got any claim on Toyota?
I drive a 2012 508 Peugeot and at the 40,000km service was told the rear pads were down to metal and were replaced. It seems like low mileage to me when I used to get 80,000km at least out of my previous vehicles. Is this normal given it is an auto and I am not hard on brakes?
At 20,000 km I had to replace the brake pads on my 2012 VW Amarok. I fitted non-original, softer pads, and now at 45,000 km the problem seems to have been corrected. Why hasn’t VW corrected the problem? This problem increases maintenance and it is very simple to correct. VWs are very expensive to maintain already, and this wear problem affects its reputation.
I've had a Jeep Grand Cherokee from new in January and it has a really noisy thumping rear suspension that has troubled others. But I was told by my dealership that they are not aware of any reports or issues. Can you please shed light on this issue?
When our 200 Series 2007 Toyota Landcruiser VX went in for a 180,000 km service it was discovered that the compression was down in three cylinders and the vehicle requires a rebuild. The apparent cause was dust. This vehicle has never been off road and sees very little dust and is sold under the banner of "king off the road" anyway, so a bit of dust should not be a problem. Toyota has offered to pay 50 percent of parts only. As this appears to be not uncommon, going by web forums, does Toyota have a case to answer and should they cover more of the cost to fix? Quote is $25,000.