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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States is opening a preliminary evaluation into the 2008-2009 Smart ForTwo, including the Cabriolet, after eight reports of engine fires. Smart ForTwo engine fires prompt NHTSA investigation

Recently picked up a clk 200 A208 which was fine on the way home but next day will not start. The engine cranks and fires once then dies as in it just cranks with no further ignition. So far I have replaced Throttle position sensor as it flung a code. 2 coil packs as they weren't in the...

Recently my car started dying when started then starting on the second or third try. Once running it was fine. Now it's getting worse. No errors on dash except intermittent ABS/BAS/ESP warning which I assume is unrelated. Changed MAF and crank sensor to no avail. Suspicious of earth behind RH...

Copied from related articles. Health bosses are being forced to spend £515,000 replacing a fleet of ambulance engines after a string of dramatic fires. The dramatic incident was one of three serious ambulance fires in Cumbria during 2012, linked to an engine fault, which wrecked the...

I'm having a problem with the 1977 280SE I'm trying to get running. I've now refurbished the fuel tank and got a spark... finally! So I tried to fire it up today (the car has been sat in the garage since the mid 90s), it sort of fires up very briefly but then dies immediately. And I also hear a...

As per this BBC article. :eek: There I was usually trying to get a newer cab when hailing one, might need to review my selection strategy. ;) No info about possible causes though - anyone care to speculate? :)