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I recently purchased a Vauxhall Astra from a dealer. I have had the car for five months and done 2000 miles. The car has 10,000 miles in total on the clock and was built in 2009. The clutch and flywheel...
The clutch on our Peugeot 3008 (EGC gearbox) slips when put under medium acceleration or tackling hills fourth or above. Is there any means of checking that the clutch is fully releasing, is the mechanism...
I purchased a 2007 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso four weeks ago and the clutch has failed. The dealer claims it's wear and tear. I've tried the warranty company too, but they say the same. What should I do?...
I bought an ex-demo from dealership with about 50 miles on the clock. At 3000 miles the clutch needed replacing due to "complete burn out". DMF and slave cylinder also replaced, DMF damaged due to heat,...
I purchased an imported 1996 Nissan Skyline from a local import specialist,the car has 60,000 miles on the clock. I have had the car for 4 weeks and driven 400 miles. The clutch is slipping,the dealer...
I am having problems with my clutch rubbing/slipping on my Focus 1.0 ecoboost 2012. I bought the car second hand back in September last year and it has just 26,000 miles on the clock. I took my Focus into...
You previously mentioned that the Ford Focus Ecoboost 1.0 was suffering some problems with the clutch. Would this same problem be likely to happen with the Ford Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost?
I am really worried about clutch on my Ford Fiesta, having read about repeated failures on the Focus 1.0 EcoBoost. My clutch and some kind of cylinder needed replacing after just a few thousand miles....
I've recently replaced the clutch and DMF in my 2004 Ford C-Max 2.0 diesel. However, the car has now gone into limp home mode. Any idea why?
I have 2012 Citroen Nemo Van and the clutch needs replacing. I've been told it is down to wear and tear and therefore not covered under warranty. It is used for local deliveries and has covered 40,000...
 

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