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Your car’s engine creates a lot of heat during operation. Coolant is cycled throughout the engine to help prevent damage from that heat. If the High Temperature indicator on the dash comes on, it means that the computer has detected...
Greetings! Have a trained technician, like the ones here at YourMechanic, come out and take a look for you. The mechanic will be able to turn the engine over to determine why the car is not starting (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/car-is-not-starting-inspection) and confirm...
Hello. Most of the time, this is caused by a failure in the transmission. It may be as simple as a low or contaminated fluid (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/transmission-fluid-service). I usually check the fluid and change it if it is bad. If the...
This sounds a lot like the steering shaft snapped and is no longer connected to the steering rack. You can check this by looking underneath the dash up above the gas and brake pedal (you can't miss the steering shaft)...
It would be recommended to replace the serpentine belts (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/serpentine-drive-belt-replacement), water pump (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/water-pump-replacement), and timing belt tensioner pulley with the timing belt (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/timing-belt-replacement). You might even consider replacing the valve cover gasket (https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/how-long-does-a-valve-cover-gasket-last). If would like to have these repairs...
Cold weather can effect your car in a number of ways. To start, we need to know if the engine is cranking but not starting. If the engine is not cranking, or has a slow crank on cold mornings, your...
This can be caused by a number of things such as low coolant levels (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/top-off-coolant), a faulty thermostat (https://www.yourmechanic.com/services/thermostat-replacement), or a failing coolant fan switch. As you may know the coolant fan switch helps to maintain the proper coolant temperature...
There can be a sensor or electronic control unit (ecu) issue. If for example, the crankshaft sensor is faulty, the ecu may not see engine revolution when you're cranking. If either due to a faulty crank sensor, or ecu, the...
Hi there. This step is designed to maintain forward brake pressure on the pedal to reduce the potential of air bubbles from seeping into the master cylinder and causing additional problems with bleeding brakes. However, since you need to completely...