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My son’s Peugeot 107 stalls immediately after it is started. The AA, local garage and main Peugeot dealer are stumped - they think the problem might be between the immobiliser ECU and the engine ECU. They...
I purchased a second hand 2008 (58) Mini One (petrol) two months ago from a private seller. Everything had been great for the first few days until the car started to cut out in first gear when I was waiting...
I own a 2009 Hyundai i30 petrol 1.6 Estate (manual) bought from a Hyundai dealership in 2010. This car has been a likeable, reliable car to drive over the last 20,000 miles. However, more recently my wife...
I have recently experienced a problem with my 1999 Fiesta - where the engine dips and sometimes stalls when cold, but more recently it has become much worse to the point that its almost impossible to drive. I...
I bought my daughter a new Suzuki Swift two years ago. It is lightly driven, a good car, serviced regularly by main dealer. It has suffered from new from a persistent tendency to stall when moving off,...
I have a 1996 Nissan Almera 1.4 GL which has served me well for many years. It has now done 151,000 miles. Recently it has started to stall at low revs when the engine has warmed up. This usually happens...
I have been disappointed with the pull away performance of my Polo 1.6 TDI since day one and have stalled it more times than any other car in 45 years of driving. The throttle doesn't respond for the...
I normally add some lead substitute to the tank of our 1980's Series III Land Rover. The other day I didn't (because the garage didn't have any on its shelves and I then forgot about it). So with a full...
My Golf (100,000 miles) goes through stages of just cutting out as I stop (at lights, roundabouts, parking, etc). It happily restarts. This happens about 40% of the time - when engine is warm and once...
My 1994 old BMW 525TD automatic has developed an intermittent fault. Occasionally, from rest, when it is put into drive the engine stalls (if it was a petrol engine I would have pulled the choke out to...