Q: Noise from rear axle

The seat belts in your car are designed to last for the life of the vehicle, but if you are involved in an accident, they’ll need to be replaced if the pretensioner was activated. Pretensioners are one-time use equipment. Once...

Park tilt mirrors are a great tool to have handy when parallel parking, especially if you live in a crowded area. If your vehicle was purchased with the memory package, both the driver and passenger mirrors may be equipped to...

Your problem may be something simple or more complex. The first thing that needs to happen is for the Diagnostic Trouble Codes or DTC's to be read and addressed. There are only a few things that can put your car...

I would not suggest disabling your ABS (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/5-essential-things-to-know-about-your-car-s-anti-lock-braking-system-abs) at any time, as it compromises vehicle performance and safety. As for you traction control (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/how-does-traction-control-work), you should be able to turn it off manually using the dash mounted button. Your owner's...

The "stiff" gas pedal issue (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/gas-pedal-is-stuck-inspection) is most likely caused by a dirty throttle body in the air intake system. Cleaning the throttle body (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/clean-throttle-body) should relieve this symptom. The lack of "Drive" selection, unless first selecting "Reverse", could be...

Check the charging unit (alternator or generator) on the heavy equipment and see if there is a charging voltage of 13.5 volts to 14.7 volts when the engine is operational. If there is only battery voltage, then the charging unit...

If you only need a complete, re-manufactured cylinder head, that will be more economical than replacing the entire engine. On your car, replacing the cylinder head is 1/6th the cost of replacing the entire engine. There is one caveat though...

You will need to go the the reverse light sockets in the rear and with key on and parking brake applied move shifter to reverse and test the socket to see if it is getting power to the sockets. If...

Buying a used air conditioning compressor could lead to more problems. You could easily end up having to do the job twice and a new compressor is not so expensive that I would take that chance. The good news is...