By: Northcap – Rustyautos Roadside Got a callout from a member staying locally while installing a diesel generator at a nearby data centre. He’s a programmer for industrial power units, …

Got called to a pretty routine job — puncture on a hatchback parked at the side of a busy road. Nothing out of the ordinary… until the driver said something …

Got called out to a member with a nasty vibration through the steering wheel. Pulled up expecting a beater, but nope — it was a mint Lexus. Super clean. And …

Most hydraulic clutch issues follow a script. Soft pedal? Probably the master or slave cylinder. Pedal drops to the floor? Check for leaks, maybe a bad seal. But every so …

It was 6:30 on a Friday evening when the call came through. A young lady on her way to an equestrian event — just five miles out — had broken …

Brakes are one of those systems I don’t mess around with. If there’s any doubt, it’s going on a truck. And this job was a textbook case of why. Got …

Got a job last week–MBR parked outside a shopping mall. “Car won’t move. Engine runs fine, but the gear shifter’s stuck in park.” No noise, no warning lights, and—of course—no …

This call was a little different. I rolled up to a well-used-looking Audi Allroad parked neatly on the street—no puddles of fluid, no obvious lean, just a dash lit up …

Got sent out to a no-start on a damp morning—MBR said the car cranked fine, but wouldn’t catch. By the time I got there, it had started up again, but …

Sometimes the weirdest jobs start with the most innocent complaint. “It’s cranking a bit longer than normal and feels a bit rough.” That was all the MBR (member) said when …

There’s a certain look on a driver’s face when they’ve done everything right and the car still won’t play ball. That was the case last week when I was sent …

By Northcap – Roadside Rescue Mechanic It’s not often I get a call-out for foggy windows, but this one popped up on the system as a VW Touareg with interior …