Q: My car has a faulty actuator

asked by on November 09, 2016

so I wanted to schedule a car repair appointment but I am not sure which of the actuators is out in my car. I could only enter one choice of location actuator quote line.. I really don't know which actuator is not working, so how can I tell the mechanic which part to bring for the repair? And what if more that one actuator is not working? How would I get a quote for multiple replacement of the actuators?

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