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| Answer to: Public Service Announcement from Car Wizard: Avoid these vehicles at all costs | 18Relevance | 4 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Summary Run away from these: 01:00 Ford Triton 03:30 Nissan CVT (Cube, Maxima, Altima, Rogue, Sentra etc.) 06:50 GM Ecotec 1.4L Turbo (Buick Encore, Chevrolet Sonic, Trax, Cruze). Zero inventory. 09:00 GM 3.6L V6 (Enclave, Acadia, Traverse, Caddy ATS, CTS, CT6, etc.) 11:40 Fiat 3.6L V6 (Dodge Caravan, Town & Country, Jeep Wrangler, Dodge Avenger, Dodge Journey etc.) 14:45 Nissan 5.6L V8 (Titan, Armada, Infiniti, QX56, QX80, etc.) 17:50 BMW M5 Notes: Hardly anybody maintains vehicles. Think about that the next time you buy used. Nobody rebuilds CV transmissions. | |||||
| Rear running lights work intermittently | 18Relevance | 4 years ago | Bakatare 442 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi Scotty, I enjoy your videos!!! You are a genius!!! Thank you for what you do. Problem: My girlfriend has a 2016 Buick Encore. She has an intermittent problem with the rear running lights. The car has a little over 30k miles. It's a Nevada car so I don't think it's a grounding issue. I haven't taken a meter to it yet nor looked at anything. I don't have a schematic so I'm not sure how the rear lights are connected to I would imagine a day running light relay. I know a little electricity but I know you will know where I can get the schematics and what t ... | |||||
| IIHS releases a new and tougher side crash test (Mazda Cx-5 takes the W). Any thoughts? | 18Relevance | 4 years ago | infinitifxfan | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| New side-impact tests from the IIHS and the Mazda CX-5 took the win with a good rating. The worst ones were the Honda HR-V and Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. Here is the list of all SUVs tested so far from my knowledge in this new side test (I am probably missing some): Mazda Cx-5 - Good Nissan Rogue- Acceptable Honda CR-V - Acceptable Toyota Rav4 - Acceptable Subaru Forester - Acceptable Buick Encore - Acceptable Mitsubishi Outlander - Acceptable Audi Q3 - Acceptable Volvo XC40 - Acceptable Jeep Renegade - Marginal Kia Sportage - Marginal Hyundai Tucson - Marginal Chevrolet Equinox - Marginal Ford Escape - Marginal Jeep Compass - Marginal Honda HR-V - Poor Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross - Poor | |||||
| Answer to: 2015 Buick Encore | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scanning for codes and live data would be helpful. Low hanging fruit would be filters, spark plugs, fuel pressure, cleaning MAF sensor and throttle body. (You did not state mileage but hopefully air and fuel filters have been changed at some point over the last 8 years.) | |||||
| RE: Buick Encore engine light. | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | Doc | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| @bikun - If you believe anything the dealer tells you, you're in trouble. Here's how it works - The dealer tells you the CAT needs replacement for $1000. You get it done. A month later, the same code comes back. The dealer tells you your injectors are shot, so are your coil packs. Oh and by the way, these have ruined your new CAT which has to be replaced again, plus the other parts. Now it's a $3000 job on top of what you already spent. Are you getting the picture? | |||||
| RE: Buick Encore engine light. | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | BIKUN | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It was previously diagnosed bad converter by dealership. {black}:shocked: | |||||
| Answer to: Buick Encore engine light. | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | Doc | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| You can't just replace the CAT to solve the problem. You have to find out what is happening with the engine to cause the CAT to show a DTC p0420 inefficiency code. Overly rich mixture, burning oil, vacuum leak, bad 02 sensor, etc. | |||||
| Answer to: Buick Encore engine light. | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| See possible causes and solutions here: | |||||
| I bought the worst new car ever.. what can I do about it? | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | Tamguitar1 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hello! I would just like to start off by saying, I wish I would have found Scottys videos before buying a new GM product. I bought a new 2020 Buick Encore Essence in March (waste of $30k). When I bought the car I was told it had a single recall that needed to be fixed. I drove from Nashville to Cincinnati to buy this car. When I got it back to Nashville I was told it needed 5 recalls fixed and the dealership couldn't report it sold to GM until they were. So I got those fixed. At 5k miles it started having lights coming on the dash and it had service powe ... | |||||
| Cold weather warm-up issues | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | jrstormont | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| We have a 2019 Buick Encore we bought certified used with 3000 miles back in June 2020. It now has 7500 miles. It has a 1.4L DI turbo 4-cyl, with a 6-spd automatic transmission. It's our first winter with the vehicle. We live in Fairbanks, AK, where the coldest days can be -40 to -50, sometimes less. Now that it's getting down to 0, we noticed the car doesn't get up to operating temps when we start it and let it run for 10-15 minutes. Instead it will get as high as the 1/4 mark, or halfway to operating temps, so it's not blowing hot air, only lukewarm. This ... | |||||
| 2015 Buick Encore PO420 code | 18Relevance | 1 year ago | victheart | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I had a code PO299 initially and had the turbocharger replaced. Then I was told the intake manifold and PCV valve needed replacing. I replaced the valve cover and PCV hose at the same time. I no sooner left the shop and code PO420 appeared. I went back and they told me I now have a bad catalytic converter. So frustrating. I tried cleaning the CAT with various chemical products...code remained. I've been driving the car with the CEL on for awhile now. It runs and idles great...better than ever. If I clear the code and drive at high speeds for hours on the freeway, the code will remain off. The code returns after driving a short time on city streets. What could be the problem other than the catalytic converter? I can't pass emissions test as is. | |||||
| Answer to: 2015 buick encore code p0097 | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Have you done any testing? Don't guess. | |||||
| Answer to: 2015 buick encore code p0097 | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | Doc | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 2015 buick encore code p0097 | 18Relevance | 3 years ago | Tifannm | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I changed my maf sensor and I scanned my codes again and this was among many others that showed up. I ordered the iat sensor but I'm having a hard time locating it in my car. Thank you! | |||||
| Answer to: P0420 code buick encore 2015 motor 1.4 | 18Relevance | 4 years ago | scottykilmer | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Well I live in Rhode Island now so that's kind of out of the question. Also know when you have that code it means you need a new catalytic converter | |||||