My daughter's Fiesta 93 1.3 has developed a problem.
The immobiliser (chip in the key) does not work most of the time. You have
to turn the ignition on and off a few times before it allows the car to be
started.  It happens with various keys.

I'm just posting to ask if anyone else has experienced problems with
the new Range Rover Sport. We just bought it, 4.2 Supercharged, brand
new ('06 reg) from a Land Rover dealership with all the extras and have
found it to be an excellent SUV, barring the extreme fuel consumption.

Zafira 1.6
52 Plate
44,000 Miles
Petrol

Is disc wear a recent phenomenon? At one time they sometimes got distorted
but I have just been told that my 28k mile car needs new pads and discs. I
consider the pads to be 'wear out' items - but why the discs?
I presume that the thickness is something that Dealers check because ...

I have one of these cars, it starts well but recently developed a fault
where once its been warming up a couple of minutes (but still way short
of normal operating temp) its starts juddering and producing blue
smoke, as if one cyclinder was misfiring - this is extremely noticeable

There's been a noise (whine) coming from my gearbox area for the past couple
of weeks. Only when the car's cold & goes within 15 minutes.
Now the last few days when it's cold I'm using an extra 2000 revs to pull
off when the car's a bit cold. There's also no pull from stationary. ...

A Daewoo Lanos 8v sohc which is not firing on #3 cylinder and idling
very lumpy. I checked this by pulling the HT leads from each sparkplug
in turn as the engine was idling.  The engine revs drop to almost stall
when I pull the leads to cylinder 1, 2, & 4 but make no difference ...

A friend has a 1994 1.1L AX which needs a new alternator. The car is in
Exeter and I'm in Bristol and I want to get a second hand alternator
from a scrapyard up here then go and fit it at the weekend.
My question is, will an alternator from any AX of that rough vintage do

I've just replaced the front pads on my Mk5 Fiesta. On the O/S one the
rubber dust seal had come unseated, exposing the chrome (which looked OK,
especially after I gave it a clean). The piston wouldn't go back with hand
pressure, but went back fairly easily with a G clamp. I ...

My old J-reg 1600, which looks rather (!) rough is due an MOT.
The radiator has a small leak, so it needs topping up every few
weeks. There's a nasty oil leak that appears to come from the
head gasket (I've just spent some time cleaning the grot off to

i tried starting the car one day and u no wen u try en start a car when
its ment to tick then start up well in myn it jus nothing you jus hear
a clicking noise coming from near the battery where the fuse box is by
the ECU.could it b a blown fuse?

first post on this site so I hope you can help. I recently had the sum
cover/splash guard on my 406 fall to bits. The cars done 150k miles an
I'm sure that the covers had alot of oil sitting on it so not suprise
it's probably abit rotten. I've contacted several breakers and none o

Does anyone know how you can reset the hieght of a Xantia at all as now the
Front Hieght corrector has been replaced the car is still riding high at the
front and rear compared to our 1.9td this 2.1td is an extra 2" higher if not
more all round :o( I loked in the Haynes but it ...

One for the techies..occasional miss at 50/60 sometimes a bit violent and
sometimes stalls at slow speeds cornering etc. I have replaced idle control
valve in January but these symptoms are returning but not all the
time.Engine management light has not come on.Could the map sensor ...

I have an R reg Polo Diesel. After replacing my old (dead) alternator,  the
battery light does not come on anymore.
I turned the key to the 2 position and the oil light and handbrake light
illuminate as normal, but the battery light does not. When I turn the key to