Showing all articles tagged with Vehicle Maintainence
Bi Ullamh
Almost 60% of Irish drivers are unprepared should their car break down with basic recommended car emergency items such as first aid kits, jump leads and tow ropes nowhere to be found. Motor safety ...
Posted 12 years ago
Get ready for Winter Motoring
December 5, 2012 By Padraic Deane As the first flutterings of snow and ice are seen across parts of the UK and Ireland, with worse weather forecast, Goodyear Tyres are reminding...
Posted 12 years ago
Danger on the roads as two-thirds of decade-old cars fail NCT
TWO-THIRDS of cars 10 years or older failed the National Car Test (NCT) on the first attempt this year. Figures provided by the NCT service show that more than 65pc of cars with 2002 or older reg...
Posted 11 years ago
Extreme Weather highlights need for tyre safety
By John Loughran TyreSafe is advising motorists to make tyre safety a higher priority than ever with weather data suggesting that the frequency of extreme rainfall in the UK and Ireland may ...
Posted 11 years ago
Winter conditions have young drivers in a spin
By John Loughran As cold weather sweeps across Europe a new survey by Goodyear reveals that 34% of young drivers in Europe have no knowledge about how to drive in cold weather conditions. ...
Posted 11 years ago
Motorists face €60 fine in faulty lights clampdown
MOTORISTS with missing or broken headlights face the prospect of being hit with a €60 on-the-spot fine from tomorrow.Gardai have announced a major crackdown on defective lighting after it emerged th...
Posted 11 years ago
Beware the hidden dangers of these 'great' deals
Eddie Cunningham When it comes to buying a used car privately, so many people put so much trust in strangers that it beggars belief. We accept their word for it that a potential killing m...
Posted 11 years ago
NCT check will uncover 'clocked' cars in new plan
FIACH KELLY POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT – 01 APRIL 2013 ALL cars undergoing the National Car Test (NCT) will face strict measures to make sure they aren't 'clocked', under new rules being drawn ...
Posted 11 years ago
Campaign on quality gathers pace
By Padraic Deane The campaign on quality initiated by the recently formed, Original Equipment Suppliers Association, (OESA) is gathering momentum after attracting several more big names to its ra...
Posted 11 years ago
Car breakdowns up as wet weather sparks problems
Wet weather and our ageing cars have led to an increase in the number of breakdowns on Irish roads. New figures from the AA show there's been an 11% increase in the number of call outs to broken-do...
Posted 11 years ago
Ring Automotive offers useful tips for drivers
To ensure the safety of all drivers and cyclists during winter, Ring Automotive has compiled some useful tips for drivers this winter to help plan and prepare for journeys. Tips: Keep the windscre...
Posted 10 years ago
ContiTech redesigns timing belt sticker
No smearing, clear instructions and excellent adhesion – the ContiTech Power Transmission Group has redesigned the sticker on which workshops record when a timing belt was changed. The sticker ad...
Posted 10 years ago
Motorists may be compromising safety due to reduced maintenance
Irish motorists may be compromising their safety as a result of reduced car maintenance. A recent survey carried out by Bridgestone Ireland and its retail arm, First Stop, has indicated that mot...
Posted 10 years ago
Monroe launches road safety campaign focusing on shocks
Monroe, the shock absorber specialists are advising motorists to check their vehicle before heading off their summer holidays. As millions of motorists across Europe take to the roads for the holid...
Posted 10 years ago
Over half of cars fail NCT
Linda McGrory Some 2,646 cars tested in the first six months of this year were declared by NCT inspectors as "dangerously unroadworthy". And it emerged more cars failed than passed in that per...
Posted 10 years ago
Driving tips for making it through heavy rain and floods
Had a peek out the window lately? Go on, get your head up from that Excel file and check out the gloom and wetness. Ireland in November is rarely, if ever, a cheery place but right now it ha...
Posted 10 years ago
Motorists warned of 'Flat Battery Monday'
Motorists are being advised to keep their car road-ready - as much of Ireland's workforce gears up for the first day back at work on Monday, after the Christmas break. Allianz Global Assistance Ire...
Posted 9 years ago
Petrol stretching destroys 2000 plus petrol-engined cars
Padraic Deane, writing for Independent.ie today says that petrol stretching, the lethal contamination of unleaded petrol with kerosene, has now destroyed or totally disabled in excess of 2,0...
Posted 9 years ago
Hundreds of car engines still being destroyed due to fuel contamination
There are hundreds of car engines still being destroyed as a result of fuel contamination. And it was raised in D?il ?ireann yesterday (full text below) that two-thirds of reports to Garda? about...
Posted 9 years ago
Family car running costs at 10,600 euro a year
A family car costs about 10,600 euro a year to run and any savings drivers enjoyed on insurance over recent years are being wiped out. Motoring experts the AA said fuel costs at the pumps have come...
Posted 9 years ago
Post-Christmas trouble gives AA busiest day in five years
Post-Christmas car troubles on Monday delivered the Automobile Association’s rescue service its busiest day in five years, the AA said on Tuesday. The association, wh...
Posted 8 years ago