Reader Question Austin, I made a mistake. I had the transmission fluid changed in my 2000 Ford Explorer XLT w/4.0L V6 and automatic transmission and now the transmission is slipping badly. Since I have been to your site today (which I found through Google and I see that you are in Houston as well), I [...]

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Reader Question My 1998 for Taurus idles a bit then shut off. it has also cut off at stop lights and stop sighs. the check engine light has been on for a while but I did nothing because my husband left the gas cap off before and it came on and the ford technician said [...]

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Reader Question Hello, I have an 2002 Kia Optima and my driver said window has a crunchy noise when I move it down and it won’t go down very far??? They are power windows. Genesis   Hello Genesis, you most likely either have one of the following: 1. The window glass itself is not properly [...]

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Reader Question My name is Debbie, I am fifteen years old and there is a van that was offered to me for “free”. The transmission is broken, but everything else is fine. I need to pay for the transmission to be fixed. It is a 2003 Ford Windstar. I would like to know if it [...]

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Reader Question Hi Austin, I’m a student in the market for a reliable, cheap car to get me from home to work and back. I have been offered a 1991 Eclipse (manual) with a rebuilt engine (90,000 miles) by a local mechanic for $2500. On a test drive, when I accelerated heavily and pushed the [...]

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