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                    <title><![CDATA[2,500 cars clamped a week for no road tax]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[DVLA figures reveal 199 Porsches, seven Ferraris, eight Rolls Royces and 19 Cadillacs were among the cars clamped last year]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/60331/watchdog-clamping-law</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Warranty woe as provider goes bust]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Our reader took out an aftermarket warranty but when the garage ceased trading, his cover was null and void...]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/61672/watchdog-warranty-woe-provider-goes-bust</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Reader charged £150 for not parking]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Private parking firm recorded our reader on CCTV, got his details from the DVLA and is now chasing him for money]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/61561/watchdog-reader-charged-ps150-not-parking</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Driver foots the bill after tyres mix-up]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Reader had done 3,000 miles before realising his tyres had wrong load index]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/61410/watchdog-driver-foots-bill-after-tyres-mix</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ Watchdog: Shopping around for car insurance]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Comparison sites promise big savings, but do they give you the best deal?]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/61202/watchdog-shopping-around-car-insurance</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Refund row over insurance policy]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Our reader is offered just £10 of the £250 he paid to insure his Volkswagen Golf, after cancelling his policy early]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/61091/watchdog-refund-row-over-insurance-policy</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Why dealers aren’t fixing your car]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Our industry insider explains why hi-tech cars are making it harder than ever for garages to diagnose faults]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/60937/watchdog-why-dealers-arent-fixing-your-car</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Shock cost of built-in sat-nav updates]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Keeping your sat-nav up-to-date could cost £100s every year]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/60665/watchdog-shock-cost-built-sat-nav-updates</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Car insurance – the ‘keys in car’ clause]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Super exclusions in your insurance policy can see your cover voided]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mini/60576/watchdog-car-insurance-keys-car-clause</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Kia acts on owner&#039;s YouTube protest]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Reader finally gets a fair deal for his faulty Soul, after help from Auto Express]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/60411/watchdog-kia-acts-owners-youtube-protest</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Spare car keys]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[When our reader realised the spare key to his car didn’t work, his dealer confessed it had given him the wrong one...]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/hyundai/60159/watchdog-spare-car-keys</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Faulty safety systems]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Why fork out on expensive safety systems if you can't rely on them?]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/5-series/59993/watchdog-faulty-safety-systems</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Dealer overcharges on warranty fix]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Fiat 500 owner was told 'book' time for work was 1.5 hours - but the garage charged for 2.3 hours]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/59068/watchdog-dealer-overcharges-warranty-fix</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Can CD-Rs invalidate warranties?]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Our reader was told repairs to his Audi’s entertainment system wouldn’t be covered by warranty because he’d used a homemade CD]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35725/watchdog-can-cd-rs-invalidate-warranties</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Keeping your warranty valid]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Servicing your car at an independent garage won't invalidate a manufacturer warranty, as long as you follow our advice]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35704/watchdog-keeping-your-warranty-valid</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Courtesy car fiasco]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Teen driver was left grounded after his months-old Kia Rio was taken off the road]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35681/watchdog-courtesy-car-fiasco</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Unfair MoT failures]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Roadworthy Mitsubishi Evo fails its MoT on a technicality, because of a poorly-worded rule]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35636/watchdog-unfair-mot-failures</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Fix for Avensis fault]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Toyota gets factory engineers in to fix a noisy fault on an Avensis, after Auto Express gets involved]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35635/watchdog-fix-avensis-fault</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Black box fault]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Insurance black boxes under fire for logging speeding offences that never happened]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35610/watchdog-black-box-fault</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Company car tax]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Does company car tax really add up? We see if the Benefit In Kind system is fair for motorists]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35586/watchdog-company-car-tax</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[New car spec blunder]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Our reader is left furious after new Ford Focus is delivered without the promised specification]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35565/watchdog-new-car-spec-blunder</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Warranty cover falls short]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Aftermarket warranty company blames Subaru for engine failure, leaving our reader out of pocket]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35554/watchdog-warranty-cover-falls-short</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Write-off battle]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Insurance company leaves reader without a courtesy car after her Vauxhall Zafira was written off in a collision with uninsured driver]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35511/watchdog-write-battle</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Shock car hire charge]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Credit hire firm refused to downgrade reader's £375-a-day hire car, which would have cost insurance company over £20,000]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35497/watchdog-shock-car-hire-charge</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: &amp;#163;561 bill after botched repair]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Audi A3 Sportback owner left to pick up tab, after being sold car with badly repaired accident damage]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/35465/watchdog-561-bill-after-botched-repair</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Flywheel replacement farce]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Owner stuck with £1,700 bill after dual-mass flywheel breaks four times in four years]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35457/watchdog-flywheel-replacement-farce</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Hyundai refuses warranty pay-out]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Faulty oil pump on Santa Fe was repeatedly ignored by dealer until warranty expired]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35432/watchdog-hyundai-refuses-warranty-pay-out</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Daytime Running Lights rip-off]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Reader Barry Morecombe was amazed at Vauxhall's definition of “Daytime Running Lights” on his new Antara…]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35408/watchdog-daytime-running-lights-rip</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: &amp;#163;75 offer for five-month delay]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Volvo settles five-month parts delay with £75 worth of “goodwill” vouchers for furious XC90 customer]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/35399/watchdog-75-offer-five-month-delay</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Mis-selling car hire cover]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Scaremongering by big-brand car hire firm dupes motorist into buying unnecessary insurance]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35382/watchdog-mis-selling-car-hire-cover</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Holes in Ford&#039;s rust warranty]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Louise MacLachlan found rust on her four-year-old Ford Ka. But Ford said it wasn't covered by the extended warranty...]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35361/watchdog-holes-fords-rust-warranty</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Two-month wait for door handle]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Peter Matthews ordered a door handle for his BMW  in November. He waited months for it to arrive]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/5-series/35352/watchdog-two-month-wait-door-handle</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Rusty alloys in a fix]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[Karl Vincent was left reeling over Mercedes' response to rust on the alloys of his C-Class]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35326/watchdog-rusty-alloys-a-fix</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Watchdog: Insurance hit for crime victim]]></title>
                                                                                                    <description><![CDATA[David Lloyd crashed his car while attempting to escape a gang of youths attacking him. His insurer was unsympathetic...]]></description>
                    <link>https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/consumer-news/35302/watchdog-insurance-hit-crime-victim</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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