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Questions about common car faults?

No matter who manufactures your car, or how long you’ve had it, common car faults do appear. We’ve compiled a list of common car faults below, but you may find more with your vehicle.

If your car is making a strange noise, or it’s not running as you expect, there might be a fault. We recommend regular maintenance and services to keep your car in good condition. However, if it’s becoming costly, and you’re not sure if we’d buy your broken car, contact our team and we’ll happily find out more and advise you on what we can do.

Differential Problems

Differential Problems

A car with a faulty differential just can’t be safely driven. In older car models particularly, the repair/scrap equation tends to lean to scrap.
DPF Problems

DPF Problems

One of the problems with DPF’s is that the problem seems fixed but then re-occurs, which is irritating to be back at position square one.

ECU Fault

We Buy Broken Cars regularly buy carss with ECU issues – it’s “bread and butter” business for us.

Engine Management Problem

We will buy your van at a fair price even if there is an engine management light showing.

Fuel Injector Problem

The main issues affecting fuel injectors involve them becoming blocked and with deposit build-ups.

Fuel Pump Problems

You may decide you want to repair your van with a broken fuel pump, but if it all seems like too much hassle we are here to help.

Gearbox Failure

There are many reasons for gearbox failure, but you can always speak to us for a cost-effective solution to buy your broken van.

Low Oil Pressure

We are happy to buy vans with declared oil pressure faults and do so on a regular basis.

Timing Chain Problem

We can save you the headache of paying for expensive timing chain replacement and associated costs.

Turbo Engine Problem

Many manufacturers have cars with this type of engine because of the increased mileage coupled with great performance.

Wiring Loom Problem

With an unknown diagnostic bill and repair costs, many owners turn to a business like ours to sell a van complete with its wiring loom faults.

3 steps to selling your car

Agree a fair value

Start by entering your car's registration plate number into our vehicle valuation tool and you'll get a quote in just a few minutes.

No-Quibble Collection

Once you agree to sell your car, we'll find a time to collect it. We work around your schedule to find a time that works.

Instant Payment

Our recovery team will arrive, transfer your cash and get on with taking away your car. It's that simple, so you can sit back and relax.