Reader Question
Hi,
I have a 1996 Ford Explorer 4×4 Eddie Bauer automatic transmission, just a few months ago this started. The gear shifter will not move from Park into anything except when I turn off the truck and move it into (neutral, drive etc) if vehicle is on, shifter will not move at all.
The first 10 [...]

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My 1993 Nissan 240Sx consumes a quart of oil every 600-700 miles; no leaks, no smoke. Do I need a new engine? If not, when do I start
worrying?
Bruce
Virginia
 
Hey there Bruce,
If you are absolutely positive that there are no external oil leaks I would suspect you have some internal engine wear going on [...]

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Austin,
My son recently purchased a 1996 Ford Explorer 4Dr, 4WD Limited with the 6 cylinder engine and automatic transmission. The vehicle has about 130k miles on it and appears to be in great shape. It is overheating. We have read a lot of articles from you about overheating. The low [...]

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Hi again Austin,
Just an FYI: Your “0 - 60k Miles” and the “70 - 120k Miles” car maintenance schedules have no information in the “Belts” row for inspection or maintenance.
About a month ago, my Mazda with 65,000 left me sitting on the turnpike and cost $300US by the time it was over with. [...]

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Hi my name is Frank,
I am about to buy a car from my friend it is a 1991 Nissan 180sx, right hand drive SR20DET turbo engine, at the moment the engine can start, but it doesn’t run properly, after a little while it dies, too much air is beeing fed to the motor, [...]

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I recently hit something on an Interstate Highway (don’t ask me what it was since it was 1:30 in the morning and I all I know it was black as the road) that caused some damage to the frame of my 2008 Mustang GT. I pulled over to check if there was any damage [...]

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Hi Austin,
I need your advise on something. I had recently purchased a GMC Yukon SLT 2004 Model. The car has been imported from USA and it has 88k miles on it. I dont know the maintenence history of this car and I had no experience on GMC trucks before, hence can you please guide [...]

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I HAVE A PROBLEM IN MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TOYOTA 4 RUNNER 1999, SRS, THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACELERATOR IS VERY HARD, I YET CHANGE THE MASTER CYLINDER BRAKE , AND BRAKE BOOSTER, BUT THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUED, THE MECHANICS DON´T GET SOLVE THE PROBLEM, WHAT DO I TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, COULD YOU [...]

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Reader Question I have a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country touring 3.8 V6.The temperature gauge went up one day and the high temperature warning light went on. At the time the a/c was on.
Of course I turned the car off. I noticed that one electric fan comes on when I turn on the [...]

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My son and I have just moved to Italy from Big time Troubled Zimbabwe and I have been to see a few second hand cars. A daunting task for a foreign woman who does not speak the language and I do not want be taken for a ride!!!!
I saw a Fiat PANDA, [...]

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