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Best address this with the manufacturer then-? Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Harry, Pretty sure there have been posts on this subject in the past, so well worth a forum search.

You disagree with the WD40 manufacture’s claims then Mark-?

What make of battery did you buy Andy?

WD40 and a bit of assistance?

Now for a totally different view:- If I spent north of £50,000 for a car, would I allow anyone to drink anything in it? Most certainly not! Kind regards, Gareth.

Any good to you Clint? p.s. I’ve un-marked this as ‘Solution’ since it still remains a bit unclear. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Clint, So you are looking for mechanical warranty policy and not strictly a maintenance plan -? If so, you will find most ( if not all) are based on cover for non wear and tare components, which equates in a large part to a fair degree of ‘limitation of cover’. If this is what you are after, then the all important thing is to obtain copy and read the small print before committing. Perhaps someone else on here can offer a recommendation for you. With c10k /a I would be tempted to opt for getting it serviced every year at a trusted local garage. Kind regards, Gareth.

Do you want to advertise it on here Gary?

Hello Clint, Apologies in advance for requesting additional information before comment:- What will be your anticipated annual mileage? Why do you want to lock yourself into a service plan, as opposed to investigating suitable trusted local garages to look after it as necessary? Kind regards, Gareth.

Have you actually confirmed they definitely wont post it at an additional charge Alexander?

Thanks Graham, but I don’t think it’s an activator. Believed to be a de-activator, which is used to deactivate an active Stop/start , every time the car is reused.

Hello, Any good reason why you are replying to a predominance of over 1 year old threads - generally with similar posts? Later:- Can now see your posts have been marked as spam. Fine. Liverpool location - German e-mail address!

Are you intending to return to answer the question Charles?

Taken off someone else’s pre purchase vehicle??

Welcome Glyn and thanks for joining. There have been quite a number of posts on this subject over the last couple of years. As you will realise once you have read them, VAG have changed their recommendation on belt change intervals and removed the ‘………or every 5 years, whichever comes first’. This leaves the owner to decide whether they now follow VAG’s current advice of no time limit, and run the risk of catastrophic ( economical write off potential) failure, or spend and buy into peace of mind and get the belt assembly changed every 5 years. Please bear in mind that low annual mileages usually result in additional stress on belts, due to the number of stop/starts and gear/rev changes. In effect David, the decision will ultimately rest with you. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Charles, Is S. Wales a typo for S.West? - due to your location being Cornwall. Kind regards, Gareth.

Where have you tried so far Alexander - to save us suggesting where you might have already tried?

I’m very much in agreement with Cliff’s sound advice. Your first and zero cost action is to get the battery efficiency checked - Halfords stores will do that. Ask them to also check the alternator output at the same time. Please let us know how you get on Lee. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Oli, Welcome and thanks for joining. To your last point first :- it really doesn’t matter if anyone else has had a similar issue - you have, and it’s a potentially dangerous fault which the dealer has failed to resolve. As I see it, you now need to take legal advice on how to proceed to reject this unsafe car. CAB should be able to help you. If there is any element of finance involved in the purchase/part purchase, then you would need to inform them too. Please keep us posted on how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Welcome Dave and thanks for joining. The suffix letter G will denote the modifications made to the basic part numbe over the years. If G isn’t available, then you need to do your homework on what other letter variants are like compared with yours. You may find another letter variant that you can modify on a ‘cut and shut’ basis Can we take it you have searched EBay international as well as EBay U.K? Kind regards Gareth.

Welcome Daniel, Try registering your ‘want’ with on-line breaker link websites such as Partsfinder - there are more. Please let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

That’s Kev. Try on-line breaker link websites, such as Partsfinder - there are more. Perhaps you could let us know how you get on. Kind regards, Gareth.

Thanks Steve, I think that’s very sound advice, but I would add a very important (to me anyway) caveat, and that would be ‘if you know your way around cars’. To me, buying cars direct from a private seller is great, because I feel relatively confident that I can assess its overall condition. If I wasn’t confident ( as I guess a high % of buyers won’t be) then I would only go down that route if I had a professional inspection carried out before committing. Perhaps we can take Steve Q’s recent unfortunate experience in buying from a car supermarket - the plus side has been that despite finding that the car needed work, that work was carried out at no cost to himself - as would have been the case if he had bought the same car direct from its last owner. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Kev, Where have you searched so far - to avoid us suggesting where you have already tried? Kind regards, Gareth.