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Getting car ready for advertising yesterday, full valet, half a tank of petrol, took it out for a drive, perfect. Went to start it up this afternoon to pick wife up......nothing! Flat as the proverbial witches tit. Battery totally drained and "engine immobilised message". This is the almost...

Before advertising my 4.6 V8 on other sites, I thought I'd give an enthusiast a chance to own this lovely car. I'm asking £2000 ovno. I've had it since October 2017 and it's been a pleasure to drive. It's a Japanese import so lovely and clean. I'll be 100% honest about this car and answer any...

Hello again folks. It's time to sell my 2000 P38. I don't suppose I'll get much money for it but I'd like to get it as good as I can before it goes to it's new owner. I've driven this car for over 5 years with the exclamation mark and book lights on the screen. The engine runs perfectly and...

Hello again folks, my latest headache is that the rear screen heater is on permanently. I have no idea how long it's been like that but I need to fix it. Where do I start? What could make it stick on? The switch lights are not on for either screen heater so it could well be the case that both...

I've owned my P38 Japanese import 4.6 petrol auto for about 5 years now and had the usual ups and downs. Always a pleasure to drive but every now and then it just doesn't want to play. I saw the headline in the Daily Mail today "save us from the £100 tank of petrol Rishi". I filled up last week...

I'd never heard of one of the above before today so please bear with me. I've only been doing very short journeys for quite a while now in the car but when I returned from another one today I saw steam coming from the engine bay and saw pink residue under the throttle body. There is water...

Hello again, I I've been feeling ill for 2 weeks with covid. I haven't started the car in that time and when I tried yesterday it wouldn't even turn over. I tried my spare battery with jump leads, still nothing! The spare battery is fully charged and I've got the car battery charging in situ...

Hello again, about 3 months ago I was out and about in the car and all of a sudden temp gauge shot up. I pulled in, turned engine off for about 10 minutes and it then drove fine.....until today. I've been out and when I reversed back onto the drive I saw a trail of liquid from the front of the...

I've visited 3 garages today to try and get a price for supply and fitting of a new throttle cable on my 2000 P38. All had the same response, pursed lips, intake of breath and a shake of the head. At least one of them told the truth and said he didn't need the job and basically couldn't be...

Since removing battery to charge, the message Fuse failure has came on. When I've opened the fuse box it looks like I've got 3 fuses marked 9. The only things I can see that's affected are the front windows, anybody know which fuse I should remove? I've tried removing them by hand but they're...

I thought things had being going too well.....till just now. Went out to take the car to the allotment and nowt! Wouldn't turn the engine over at all. I keep a spare battery in the garage so tried that...nowt! Sign on the dash saying "gearbox fault". Could this simply be low gearbox oil level...

Hi , the central locking on my 2000 4.6l vogue has stopped working as far as opening the car. It locks the car using either button on the fob. I did have a dash message saying my fob battery was getting low...is that the problem? I'll get a battery tomorrow and try it. If it's not that, is there...

I know its not much but I've been looking for this clip for months and can't find one anywhere. It's part No AMR 5256. I'll even buy the complete unit as long as it comes with the clip. TIA.

Hi, I've used the search function for a sticky throttle and found a very similar problem but mine's slightly different. The previous post said the problem was worse in warm weather, definitely not a problem now. When I start the engine from cold and pull away the throttle is nice and smooth, but...

The story so far....broke plastic inlet to radiator from expansion tank. Fixed with plastic metal, lasted 3 months. Weekend away in car resulted in total loss of coolant when temporary fix came adrift. Ordered new radiator on Monday, arrived today, fitted this afternoon. There were no leaks...

Hello again, I use 2 trickle chargers on my motorbikes batteries to keep them in good nick over the winter months. The other day I decided to put one on the car to give it a boost. I finished up leaving it on for about 36 hours and it still showed up as "charging" rather than "maintaining". I'm...

Hi, the cars developed a slight water leak from the front of the engine. It drips in three places, from left and right side and in the middle. I think this is due to the water running along a lower cill. I'm sure it is only water as there's no smell or taste of antifreeze in it. Could this be...

Hello, I recently left my 2000 P38 4.6 petrol for about a week and the battery didn't have enough power to start the car. It started straight away from a jump start from a heavy duty battery. What can be draining the battery so quick? I have to park the car up for 2 weeks next April at...

I've seen posts on here recently where members talk about on board fuel consumption readings. How do I turn this on, and where is it displayed? I'm embarrassed to post this but I'll never know unless I ask.

Once again I have a wet passenger footwell carpet. A friend of mine unblocked a drain pipe last year but I don't know where it is. Also, I've noticed the foam under the air vents below the windscreen is virtually non existent, could the rain be getting in there? Would the foam actually stop the...