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| RE: What do you think of the 2004 Mazda3 S Automatic Hatchback? It's my first car and I wanted to know if it's worth spending time and money into it. | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | JoshuaTheMechanicNoob | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi, I'm a fan of Toyota, Lexus, Honda and Mazda. They make such a reliable cars even to this day. Congrats on your new car! I think first cars are always our babies so to speak. You can always spend time and money, as long as you have priorities. If it's in a bad shape, prioritize to bring it to great performance first before the looks. I have friends that they value looks over performance, which is a waste of time and money, especially if a car has a lot of issues. Just take care of it as much as you can, maintain it always. And really own and love it, ... | |||||
| Answer to: Wrangler or Ranger as my First Car? | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | Dad2LM2 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| For a first car, for sure the ranger. They are both reasonably reliable (amazing for not being Toyota or Honda 😉) and if something does break, parts are cheap and they are easy to work on. I agree with recommendations for the 4 cylinder, which will be less expensive to buy, fuel, fix, and maintain. But the Wrangler is an off-roader. It doesn’t handle well, stop well, corner well, and if you make a mistake you’ll roll it. Very dangerous car for an inexperienced driver. (If you insist on the Wrangler, the first thing you MUST do is put on a good s ... | |||||
| 2018 RAV4 has stiff shift when car first start | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | braveheart5000@yahoo.com | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... when I first start the car. Once it works normally, it is smooth till I turned off the car and start it again, then it got stiff again. I then have to repeat the same cycle of couple tries then it works again. It felt almost as though there is a delay, preventing me from shifting until couple seconds or couple attempts, from the first attempt. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. thanks. | |||||
| Answer to: 2010 Scion tC good first car for teen? | 9Relevance | 3 years ago | Jhlee77 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| My first car in when i got my license was a 06 TC with the 2.4L Manual transmission. I loved the car to death, sat in front of it at the dealership waiting for my mom to get off work so she can bring me my money for the car that I had saved up for. It was a great fun little car, and it lasted me all through out high school and my Marine Corps career. Sadly I always knew that it burnt oil, later learning on that it was from piston rings. I was pretty good about changing the oil at 5,000 miles, but after my 2nd deployment and letting a family member borrow the ... | |||||
| Answer to: Which first car for $1500? | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | JoshuaTheMechanicNoob | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I agree with them too. It's fun to have a reliable but needs maintenance first car. Because it will really teach you on how to take care of your car, heck maybe become a mechanic too. So when the new car comes, you'll know how to take care of it. I would recommend having Toyotas, or Hondas too. They're just value for money. And you have to take consideration about their parts, if your local auto supply has parts for let's say, Corollas, Camry, Civics or etc. whichever car you'd like. So when you have the car, it will be easy for you to buy parts. And the ... | |||||
| manual transmission not engaging gears | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | Luisj976 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... of 3rd gear but it wouldn't engage any other gears. I have the car towed to my house. I change the clutch cables and the clutch master cylinder, bled the line but doesn't want to engage first gear when the car is on and if I let off the brakes and try to engage first the car feels like it wants to go into motion but doesn't engage. When the car is off it seems to engage all gears. If I start the car in first gear the car starts and drives. I'm able to switch gears when the vehicle in motion but it only able to engage certain gears. At certain times, exa ... | |||||
| Scotty, please tell GM to make better halo cars. | 9Relevance | 3 years ago | Whatchamacallit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... to Mary Barra, the CEO of GM. As you see from the letter, this owner has not had the best of luck with his C8 Corvettes. . Ms. Mary T. Barra300 Renaissance Ctr.Detroit, MI. 48265-3000Ms. Mary T. Barra, My 2021 C8 Corvette VIN *********** with less than 4000 miles exploded and burned in March. The engine threw a rod through the block and punctured the fuel tank. Please see the attached photos. But that is not why I am writing to you today. I need your help in resolving the issue with my 2023 ZO6 Corvette VIN ********, which I purchased to replace the C8. ... | |||||
| 2007 Kia Optima - Hard start, rough idle | 9Relevance | 4 years ago | Nick Nostril | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... out that evening and within an hour car died in the middle of the road, would crank but not start. Towed to my mechanic who analyzed it and found it had a miss on cylinder. number 2. He replaced coil/plug and was able to get the car started, but still idled rough. Mechanic mentioned that it "could" be a bad throttle position sensor (TPS) but wasn't certain. Since it's an old vehicle with other issues (bad heater core, front end suspension clunk) I'm hesitant to spend a bunch of money throwing parts at the car hoping for a fix. Current status: car takes 10+ ... | |||||
| Plx help, clunking noise left front side... | 9Relevance | 4 years ago | echo | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... also. It was quiet after the repair except the steering feel is a bit light. But lately, whenever the left driver front side hit a port hole, turning right (causing more pressure on left front side of the car), etc, the left front of the car makes a deep, serious, disconcerning clunking noise as if the car, the front subframe , etc will fall apart . I pushed the left front side of the car (suggested by your episode of checking suspension) but the car didn’t seem to bounce up and down like a basketball. I think the suspension, the coil , etc , is okay? ... | |||||
| 2007 Mazda 6 Transmission Issues | 9Relevance | 5 years ago | miirai | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... was a need and my mechanic had never recommended it. (I was also not previously aware that this generation of Mazda shares the same transmission as Ford or I never would have bought it in the first place). Anyways, the car has served me well all these issues and never really given me any issues until recently. The AT light came on and it's giving a bunch of error codes: P0751: Shift Solenoid A Performance Or Stuck Off P0766: Shirt solenoid D Performance Or Stuck Off P0733: Gear 3 Incorrect Ratio P0734: Gear 4 Incorrect Ratio P0744: TCC Circuit Intermit ... | |||||
| Car wheels not getting power when turned. | 9Relevance | 3 years ago | Ifte99 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi there, I have a 2008 lexus gs 350 awd at 137,600 miles and I'm having steering issues. So when I first replaced both of the cv axles, the vsc and traction lights were on at the time alongside the check engine light. Check engine light is for bad catalytic converter and O2 sensors (P0420 & P0430). The car became very hard to steer after the axle replacement. The car was not moving whether i shifted it into drive or reverse whenever i turned the steering wheel. It's almost as if there was no power going to the front wheels the more I turned the steering ... | |||||
| Should I perform an engine flush my 2010 Toyota Yaris? | 9Relevance | 4 years ago | komodoris | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... went to check the exhaust for white or smely fumes, but it doesn't present any of both symptoms. When i start the car, it does release some very light white fume, but it also doesn't smell like oil, more like gasoline, it fades after few minutes or seconds depending of the weather or the time the car was sitting even if the car is idling. Context (1st oil change) 2 years ago, i ran the car for months with a very heavy usage without any maintencance, until a day i was getting the oil pressure light/check engine light showing and few noises that seemed li ... | |||||
| 2009 Toyota Tacoma lurching when in first gear | 9Relevance | 4 years ago | AmiH | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 2009 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner V6 SR5 with 230,000 miles is lurching when in first gear, transmission? Bought it used a month ago and it wasn’t happening as much. I am guessing it’s the transmission but I would like some suggestions. It happens once in a while when you’re at a stop and take your foot off the gas. I checked the vin in the Toyota app and the first owner did all regular scheduled maintenance at the dealership for the first ten years. I checked through all service records, a total of about 50. I called the dealer that did the maintenance and aske ... | |||||
| Bought my first truck 2012 Ford F-150 STX 5.0L V8 engine 77k miles | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | PROTOx104 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hey Scotty, just bought my first truck for $15k, a 2012 Ford F-150 STX with the 5.0L V8 engine, only 77k mileage, personal use ... but has an aftermarket exhaust I've seen a bunch of your videos any why switching out the stock muffler can be bad. Would I be able to determine if the new muffler put on is tuned properly with the engine, making sure things are programmed right and firing properly? In your videos you mentioned changing the muffler can cause different problems if the computer isn't reprogrammed/tuned to the new exhaust since you're affectiv ... | |||||
| Trans won't go into Drive until i first put into Reverse. | 9Relevance | 6 years ago | Nick Maietta | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 2001 Chevy Astro/GMC Safari with 4L60e transmission. Disk brakes in front, drums in back. Having brake issues not bleeding possibly related, but want second opinions. Problem: Transmission will work just fine, but first run will not MOVE the vehicle until i first put it into Reverse, then back into Drive. Once I do that, it works fine. Checked fluid level, everything is fine. Recently did a filter kit. Wondering if bad brake issues could possibly cause this issue as well as if it's locking up moving foward until they are "released" by first going into reve ... | |||||