That's some saga and sadly too true too often with eh quality of parts these days. I had a BMW 525TDS many many years ago that had an in tank pump failure in the middle of a junction directly outside a BMW showroom, could never decide which was funnier, the salesman trying to direct potential...

That's what I thought, on, off, on, off.... Again, this doesn't seem to make sense as it sometimes doesn't work, if it wasn't getting a signal it would never work. it's not caused when cornering for example, it's happened 4 times, twice in a straight line and twice on long bends. I can't work...

The back story to my question here is that I had a CV joint failure and although the replacement was nice and simple I've been getting sporadic ABS faults since. Specifically, this one: C0031-25 (E8) Front left wheel speed sensor - General signal failure - signal shape/waveform failure ( on...

"Give them a ring", Ha! Good one. You can't talk to anybody on the phone any longer and certainly not for this. It's not the tunnel, it's the ULEZ zone. The toll booths at Dartford were removed probably 10+ years ago to ease the congestion. Yeah, it didn't work! Update to my woes is...

If the compressor is running, it could be a hole in the air tank but the bit that interests me here is the signal fault on a couple of components. I had a similar (but not the same) issue and found that on some cars, the spare wheel can damage the wiring loom going into the compressor, that...

I set up an account with TFL for all of my vehicles in January, went to a funeral in the ULEZ a couple of weeks ago and got the £90 fine on Saturday for non payment. Turns out, the account I set up on their intentionally impossible to navigate website was for the new tunnel that they want to...

This is the smart choice for London, you're saving a fortune on ULEZ bringing that down here instead. :) I'd rather spend the money on the fuel and drive that over a Transit any day. Good work sir.

Waxed it last weekend. Got a bit of dust on this weekend Then it broke a CV joint and I found a small hole in the NSF air bag. What are the chances of both things going on that front corner? I am loving the convenient nature of these issues. And no, I didn't break it off roading, the CV...

My opinion would be that you should buy the car you want. I've had a 3.6 and 4.4 TDV8, both facelift, I like them. Also had a 2008 3.6 TDV8, they're all brilliant in their own way. at 205k I would imagine a lot of the things that would need addressing may well have already been done...

Too extreme for it? Pfft! ;) Too extreme for me most likely and I don't actually want to scratch it let alone start doing proper damage. A friend of mine used to run a 4x4 course in Detling for a time, I did some with him in his cars but wouldn't take mine on ANY of those tracks. He had...

Do any of you know of any? I rather fancy getting the L322 properly muddy (before I have some bodywork done) and so I thought I'd go and do one of the P&P days asI've not done anything like it for more years than I care to think about. Ideally a quarry type of thing where there are less trees...

If you have dual view it will have the 2 screens depicted on the Audio/Video button on the right. It's clever but bloody awful to drive whilst someone is watching TV and you can hear it but not see it. TV in motion is utter garbage in my opinion and as stupid and dangerous as playing with your...

They drive me to distraction because they are only about 2 miles from me and won't allow me to collect anything! I've often thought their site was broken when trying to navigate it :) I say that in jest, I do admire the guys there as I think they worked in parts for Dutton Forshaw which was...

If it has Android Auto already then the issue is just wireless connectivity rather than adding functionality. You'll need an adapter and it seems that you've bought one already to just emulate the phone being physically plugged in by cable. I have one in one of my cars, it's ok. To the...

I was totally with you on this one Jon. I assumed the bag would be totally sealed off from the strut too. Live and learn and all that. I've got a weepy rear shock on mine so I've got to replace those soon enough (well, it's not soon, it needs doing now but it's cold out there :) ). They are...

Between the battery box and Fuel Burning Heater you'll find an earth strap. This one caused my wife's D4 not to start one morning without any prior warning. I cleaned it all up, replaced the bolt and it's been all good since. You can see it was badly corroded though. I'd be surprised if...

Adaptive Dynamics uses the height sensors but I think you're on the wrong part, AD is the magnetic fluid in the shocks if I'm not mistaken and as you have a 2012 you will have that too. You can easily confirm that by the wiring going to the top of the struts. I haven't seen the code that you...

4x 20" Pirelli Scorpions and some alignment last week, yesterday some decent LED bulbs for the high beams and today a family trip to see an old friend that we haven't seen for far too long. A good few days all told (but not for my wallet perhaps).

I went with them, won't back though. Have you read the restrictions on your policy? One of them (and I am not joking) states that it cannot be used in connection with cleaning a motor vehicle. This effectively means that you can't drive it to a shop to buy your favourite shampoo to clean your...

Had the exact same issue on the wife's D4 a couple of months ago. This earth strap sits directly between the battery box and the Webasto heater. Cleaned it up and the car burst into life. No prior symptoms or warnings that we were aware of, just one morning it wouldn't even attempt to crank...