The Mercedes W211 E-Class spent seven years in production before being superseded. As a result there is an abundance of these vehicles on the UK’s roads, many of which have covered high mileages and a ...

The Valeo Service UK technical support team deals with a range of questions every day, but a recurrent topic seems to be the subject of flexible flywheels. An evolution of the rigid flywheel, the flex ...

The Sunderland built Nissan Primera – in its third generation (P12) guise– has been with us since 2002, where it quickly forged a reputation as a quality and reliable car. These continued to be sold i ...

Throughout the repair trade workshops are aware that certain models are renowned for suffering a particular problem or component failure and it is the knowledge of what to do to rectify these issues t ...

The second generation Audi A3 wasmanufactured from 2003 until 2012 and was given a facelift in 2008. It is a hugely popular vehicle in the UK, with over 220,000 vehicles on the road, and is also a reg ...

A measure of unjust criticism is levelled at the dual-mass flywheel, which is often charged with being more susceptible to failure than a conventional clutch. In reality, faults in other vehicle syste ...

The Octavia has proved a popular purchase in the UK after gaining a reputation for reliability and qualit yand, as a result, it is now a popular sight in the aftermarket scene. Nothing out of the ordi ...