Maintenance & Repairs - May 2007

I'm still having trouble with starting my car. I've tested the starter, the wires going to and from the starter and they all work. If I move the gear shift just a little, the car will start. I don't know if the shifter is not locking fully in park or what. It's an automatic. I've had answers telling me it's the ignition switch, but I'm not sure where that's at and how quickly it can be replaced. Thanks in advance for any help given.

2007-05-30 12:55:40 · 4 answers · asked by twoskee 1

It's a 1989 Honda accord lxi 2 door with the factory wiring "connector/adapter" missing. What wires would be ignition, battery, etc..

2007-05-30 12:53:14 · 3 answers · asked by Brandon S 1

I drive a 99 chevy car w/ a 3.1 litre engine. A while back, while still under the (extended) warranty, I had to get my intake gaskets replaced. I have heard that that is common with this type of engine. I checked my coolant today and it was dirty and had some "chunks" in it, which is exactly what it looked like when I needed the intake gaskets replaced. I assume it needs to be done again (car has 145k miles on it now) Anybody know how much a shop would charge for that? (I wont take it a dealership)

2007-05-30 12:40:30 · 8 answers · asked by JK6969 1

I have 1996 chrysler concorde with 65000 miles on it-today for about 10 minutes every time i stopped at a light my car made this weird rumbling noise-when i was driving it did not do it-and the car drove fine i am just curous what this is?

2007-05-30 12:33:51 · 3 answers · asked by mamy0680 1

2007-05-30 12:19:51 · 3 answers · asked by gdrum30263 1

the rust is in the cab of the truck on the floor boards and only a little on the roof. i wont it not to come back . and i wont get rid of it

2007-05-30 12:17:37 · 6 answers · asked by jelly bean 1

the oil light only comes on after a lot of stop and go. i just had the oil changed and everything was OK. i pulled into the driveway and it was on. but when i stepped on the gas it went out. why would stepping on the gas make the light go out?

2007-05-30 12:10:41 · 6 answers · asked by ta p 4

Im looking to buy a cheap civic this weekend (<4k) and i know civics are reliable to the extreme so with that being said my question is how many max miles should i obtain on the car so that i will still be able to get at least another 4-5 years out of it for summer and winter use only?

2007-05-30 12:07:20 · 2 answers · asked by demo 2

This is really odd
I have a Fietsa Si which was purchased for me by a trader as a favour
I have 2 keys,
The master which is red which opens all doors and the boots but won't let me turn the engine over
Then I have another key which opens the doors and starts the car but which won't open the boot
I need a spare set of keys, both have chips in
How do I get new keys ????

2007-05-30 11:45:59 · 10 answers · asked by Elle J Morgan 6

This may be a dumb ? but somebody told me that an alignment may be included in my 60,000 mile warrenty... anybody know?

2007-05-30 11:43:17 · 5 answers · asked by Candace C 3

My dad and I are redoing his old vette and he's giving it to me, I'm pretty much stuck with an orangeish interior. I would like black myself but it wouldn't look very good with the interior.

2007-05-30 10:18:25 · 27 answers · asked by ray44898 2

i bought it used. the dealer denies to get work done on it, even though there is a 3 month 4K mile warranty on it. what should i do? if the frame is bent how much does it cost to fix it? i am so ****** pained with this! help please.

2007-05-30 10:02:33 · 1 answers · asked by nitinbud 1

2007-05-30 09:10:17 · 8 answers · asked by Buddy Hodor 7

Hi, I've just bought a Renault Laguna and a Renault Grand Scénic. I bought them used and they only come with one key card each. It says in the manual to bring the car to the dealer with the card for the vehicle and the one to configure. Could I buy one on ebay and match it to my car myself, avoiding dealer costs?
Thanks.

2007-05-30 08:53:37 · 3 answers · asked by Luke M 3

My maintenance schedule calls for a "multipoint inspection" every 5,000 miles. I cannot find any definition of what exactly is to be inspected. What exactly is supposed to be inspected?

2007-05-30 08:16:19 · 4 answers · asked by Uncle Pennybags 7

I have an accord 1996, and I need to change my tires. The size on my tires is p185/60R15, but the stock tires on accord 1996 should be p185/70R15. How do I find out if p185/70R15 will fit on my rims? I am not sure if my car has the original factory rims.

2007-05-30 08:02:48 · 3 answers · asked by Wind203 4

Everytime I turn the steering wheel to the right, a loud rattling noise comes from the offside (driver's side) front wheel. This only occurs when the wheels are pointing to the right, and not when the steering wheel is turned right to bring the car back to a straight line after steering to the left.

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

2007-05-30 06:52:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 06:48:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

has dual tanks, the rear gauge works but when switched to the front it just reads empty, i assume its a bad ground wire, i checked at the sending unit on the tank any other suggestions or other ideas as to what it is?

2007-05-30 05:33:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lately, my husband and I have been having the same trouble with our garage door openers. The keypad opener works just fine, but our remotes don't allow us to open the garage door unless we are within about 2 feet of the garage, whereas we used to be able to open it from the street as we were pulling into the driveway. Closing the garage door with the remote is not a problem.
Does anyone know why we would be having trouble with opening the garage door with both remotes.
PS, we changed the battery on one of them to see if that was the problem, but it didn't solve anything.
Thank you in advance for your answers to this matter.

2007-05-30 05:18:01 · 12 answers · asked by jai322 1

i have quite a few and i dont know how to remove them without having them professionally removed

2007-05-30 04:50:40 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2

Why would this happen? I made sure I have the correct bulb. Even had the guys at Auto Zone help me. The light still won't come on. What would cause this; can anyone tell me what I need to have done to fix this?

2007-05-30 04:44:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need a wheel alignment
Front wheel alignment: for my 99 olds alero can i do it my self and how do i do it and what will i might need?

2007-05-30 04:19:43 · 7 answers · asked by mora1483 1

When I turn the key the engin turns, but fails to start. Every so often it acks like it will start but dosen't. So I changed the plugs, and it worked for a week or two. At that point I changed the plug wires, cap, rotor button and checked the fuses. I made shure to put every thing back together the way it had came off. it started and I drove to work and back, and now ti dosn't start at all. At this point I take the distributer cap back off inspect it put it back on.... nothing. My next step is checking for fuel and spark. it's getting fuel and spark, how ever the spark from the coil is white, and the spar from the plugs are reddish orange. I am at a loss of what to do now.

2007-05-30 04:15:43 · 4 answers · asked by bigpunkdrummer 3

1987 Fiero (4 cyl). the master cylinder is in the front of the car. the slave is at the back of the car(mid engined). i've replaced the master & slave cylinder, and a small portion of the the line that connets to he slave. i've bled the system for hours and hours(literally, hoursand hours on end, this thing made me cry) no matter what i do, i get a nonstop stream of bubbles comingfrom the bleeder nipple.(I AM using the correct bleeding teqn. specific to the fiero (jacked he rear of the car, 3 people to bleed it.) when i disconnect the line that connects to the slave, and bleed it from there, i get a nice steady stream of fluid. as soon as i bleed it from the slave, i have air air air. i've tried bleeding the slave backwards as well, this also results in taking in air. keep in mind these things
-this is my second brand new slave cyl
-i've tried 2 differant bleeder nipples(maybe one was sucking air)
-i've made sure it isnt taking air from the connection to the slave(made rubber seal

2007-05-30 04:10:03 · 7 answers · asked by stoopidskylar 1

Husband has 71 buick skylark, it failed emissions test, he did tune-up himself with new parts, didnt know he needed receipts, they will not reinspect without receipts, they did not state that the first time it failed. Can they do that? What should we do?

2007-05-30 03:55:23 · 10 answers · asked by Kim 1

2007-05-30 03:49:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

1999 izuzu trooper

2007-05-30 03:39:33 · 4 answers · asked by davidrobertdayii 1

When it's on vent, & especially when the AC is on - it's funky. I have an 05 & it has always had this problem. My guess is it is mildew; the car was on the lot possibly most of 1 year before I bought it. What is the part I need to look at & possibly get replaced so I can remedy this - it sucks!

2007-05-30 03:11:55 · 9 answers · asked by Beavistron 2

I test drove a six speed toyota matrix and when i reved out the gears a little, grey smoke came into the car and smelled bad. Why would that happed? and no i'm not gonna buy the car now even thought they said they would fix it .

2007-05-30 02:29:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous