Q: I have a 2001 acura cl type s it's been sitting for 6mos. I just put in a new starter I have a new battery I've never had charged

The first thing I would have to ask is if the cooling system is getting low on coolant. Does the engine run rough or misfire? The water coming out of your tail pipe may be just that, water due to...

Several things come to mind. Have the tires always been noisy? did it happen gradually, or all of a sudden? Some tires are noisy even when new. Winter tires or aggressive all-seasons will be louder than a touring tire. Poor...

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With Acura cars, there are several common components that can have a catastrophic failure due to age. The igniter, ignition coil, main relay (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/symptoms-of-a-bad-or-failing-main-relay-computer-fuel-system), and distributor rotors are all common components. When these components fail, they typically just stop working...

Hello. It should have gone off by now depending on how many miles you've put on it since the repair. Sometimes when a scanner reads a thermostat code it could be a coolant temperature sensor (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/coolant-temperature-switch-sensor-replacement) which sends a signal...

This may also be caused by other things such as low fuel pressure or leaking or intermittently working fuel injectors (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/fuel-injector-replacement). When the fuel pressure is low, it will fail to bring the correct amount of fuel pressure to the...

Hi there. First check the cooling system and see if the coolant is low. Top off all fluids that are low that could cause the engine to overheat. To check to see if the thermostat is working, feel the upper...

Hi there. Typically when you get this code it is due to a failing converter. You car has two of them, one for each side of the engine, and when they go bad anf no longer function right them this...

If your car was used under normal service, it does not have enough miles for the timing chain or gears to have worn out and caused the problem you are describing. Furthermore, the fault code that you are referring to...