Q: My Check Engine Light is on and my car barely wants to go.

Your seat belts are more than just pieces of fabric that buckle to hold you in place. The front seat belts are equipped with pretensioners that are designed to help enhance your safety during an accident. Essentially, the pretensioners are...

Head restraints are important safety features that protect your head and neck in an accident. The head restraints should always be adjusted when you get in the vehicle. To raise the head restraints, simply lift them straight up. To lower...

No, unfortunately, there is not a quick fix for this. The lifters are inside of the engine. When I was a kid, cars had mechanically adjustable valves. When you paid a mechanic to pull those valves covers off, the valves...

The problem may lie within the fuel injection system from what you're describing. The injectors require a proper amount of fuel pressure and they also stick on some certain year models. Depending on the year you have, it may require...

Hello there, a few common failures can prevent your 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit from charging even after the battery and alternator have been replaced. The most common would be the battery cable (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/battery-cable-replacement), a faulty voltage regulator (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/instrument-voltage-regulator-replacement), a bad alternator...

Hi there. Check the fuel pump relay (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/fuel-pump-relay-replacement) and see if the relay has failed. If the relay is working fine, then check the fuel pump (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/fuel-pump-replacement) and see if its coming on when you turn on the key. If...

Hi there. I would need to know what kind of truck this is before I could give you and actual information about the issue. From my experience with problems like this it is usually caused by a faulty radio amplifier....

Hi...stop leak products should never be introduced into a car engine's cooling system simply because such aftermarket products are not a factory authorized or factory sanctioned repair technique. Some factory service manuals are indeed emphatic on this issue. A stop...

The gear with the exclamation point in the middle is a malfunction indicator for the transmission. This light will come on to indicate that the transmission is having a malfunction. If the transmission shifts fine, the light may be on...