Pesmo

I would stick with standard stuff dot 5.1 stuff. There are good reasons why the manufacturers continue use it when silicone has been out for decades. Google is your friend......... :wink:

Blocked Jet ? If it was first thing today then due to the frost last night the fluid might have frozen in the pipe to the rear washer. I have had a couple of cars that froze at the rear and not the front

Have a Look in the archive, been quite a few comments on here about the auto.

Pads suffer a lot of wear to start with as they bed in to the shape of the disk. 10% would not be excessive, also I bet its not exactly 10% anyway, just their best guess

Agree with FFCFocus, iirc there was a spate of these last year on these pages and I think that a software upgrade seemed to sort them out. Didn't folks notice better economy as well ?

Have a look in the sticky thread above re known C-max problems. There is a fix for this at the dealer. I think its a voltage buffer that needs adding

I always give them a piece of paper with the problem typed on it in clear, with my phone number on it and insist that they attach it to the job card or equivalent that they give to the mechanic. Thankfully that bit isn't computerised yet at my dealer

The missus won't be paid for, you always get them on the never, never :wink: :cry:

Very good Ucsman :lol: Thats the first time I have heard that quip and I have a suspicion we will all be hearing it hundreds of time in the future

Garages employ Mechanics to fix cars and not for their social niceties. The service reception folks can do that :lol:

Make sure you report it to plod or there could be problems if there is any come back. :( Do they still send out ambulance fees to the driver for this sort of thing ?

The first problem sounds like torque steer which can only normally be felt in the wet or when you apply too much throttle for the conditions. All hi torque front wheel drive vehicles do this to some extent. It would be worth getting it checked though if it is as severe as you suggest

If it isn't across the EU it may be soon. The UK govt has bought this in in reponse to several EU directives. Link attached confirms this http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/d ... 56-01.hcsp

No they don't need to be Isofix but as the child needs a proper seat until they are 135cm tall from Sept the number of boosters will no doubt increase. Its interesting I just looked at the C-max brochure and it shows a child seat by Britax as an option which suggests that Ford don't sell some of their own.

No doubt with the change in the law re larger kids there will be a load more Isofix booster seats coming on the market soon