Faults and Fixes

Faults and Fixes • Broke down Friday night

squizzel — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:40:03 GMT

Author: squizzel
Subject: Broke down Friday night
Posted: 8th Sep 2026 8:40 pm (GMT 1.00)

Had a bit of a nightmare this weekend.
late 2018 SDV6 HSE LUX 101250 miles. Driving from Wednesbury to Telford for a weekend event on Friday night. Around 30 mile trip, got around 3 miles from the Telford turning off the M54, and went to overtake. So indicated kicked the box down a gear and the car started kangarooing. The revs redlined and it held onto the gear it was in. Restricted performance lit up on the dash, so i immediately took my foot off the accelerator and while it was...

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Faults and Fixes • Getting Expensive This . . .

Lynchyy — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:02:52 GMT

Author: Lynchyy
Subject: Getting Expensive This . . .
Posted: 8th Sep 2026 12:02 am (GMT 1.00)

Seems i'm just turning up to the point of multiple failures with the D5 (5 year old). My previous post was a fuel leak which i've managed to get fixed with great help from the forums.

Today i step into the car with 1 thing staring me in the face and another thing may have went under the radar when i bought the car.

#1: Airbag light has come on. Great. Airbag s'stuff' not covered with the warranty. Looks like it will have to go in for fault finding (no i...

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