# Maintenance/Repairs **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/repair-and-maintenance/6.md?page=68 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 69 --- ## [2007 Ford Focus - Transmission issues](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-ford-focus-transmission-issues/193056)
**Author:** [@MarkEngelen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkEngelen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-ford-focus-transmission-issues/193056 "2023-09-26T22:27:45Z")
I’m having issues with my 2007 Ford Focus SES it has 154K miles and standard transmission. It’s hard to shift into 1st and Reserve. I’ve been shutting the car off to put into either of those gears. Most times, going forw… --- ## [2013 MINI Cooper Roadster - Bogs](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-mini-cooper-roadster-bogs/193066)
**Author:** [@RandylDunham](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandylDunham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-mini-cooper-roadster-bogs/193066 "2023-09-26T22:19:56Z")
car bogs at high speed, iv changed plugs wires and oil change. --- ## [2014 Ford Focus - A long transmission service overview mostly saying no paperwork](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-focus-a-long-transmission-service-overview-mostly-saying-no-paperwork/192965)
**Author:** [@rayborn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rayborn)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-ford-focus-a-long-transmission-service-overview-mostly-saying-no-paperwork/192965 "2023-09-26T12:40:32Z")
Anyone do this mess and keep fighting the thing? 26,000 miles trans shudders shifts erratic, next 5 times in the shop they “reflash” NO CHARGE, NO PAPERWORK. 60,000 just living with it. driving 1400 miles a week to an… --- ## [Steering Column Cover/Shroud Issue](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-column-cover-shroud-issue/193039)
**Author:** [@531abc\_186891](https://community.cartalk.com/u/531abc_186891)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-column-cover-shroud-issue/193039 "2023-09-26T01:51:16Z")
2010 Hyundai Elantra Touring Took the steering column out to replace the coupler in the EPS. Put it back together, and there’s no clearance for the plastic cover on top. Here’s where the missing gap should be: And… --- ## [Radio wont turn off and dome light won't come on when driver's door opened](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radio-wont-turn-off-and-dome-light-wont-come-on-when-drivers-door-opened/193037)
**Author:** [@hotdogdurmin\_186989](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hotdogdurmin_186989)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radio-wont-turn-off-and-dome-light-wont-come-on-when-drivers-door-opened/193037 "2023-09-26T00:47:05Z")
I drive a 2008 Isuzu I290 pickup, just like a Chevy Colorado. My dome light won’t turn on when I open drivers door. Works fine from passenger door. Also radio won’t turn off when driver’s door opened. works fine with pa… --- ## [2024 Chevrolet Traverse - Shuts off at 30](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-chevrolet-traverse-shuts-off-at-30/193047)
**Author:** [@Wanderson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Wanderson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-chevrolet-traverse-shuts-off-at-30/193047 "2023-09-25T21:02:07Z")
I have a 2023 Chevy Traverse that shuts itself off while driving it at slow or under 30 mph. Town driving. When this happens I have to come to a complete stop , put in park , apply brake & restart. When it restarts for j… --- ## [2010 Kia Soul - Weird noises](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-kia-soul-weird-noises/193043)
**Author:** [@GeorgeCTsolakis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GeorgeCTsolakis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-kia-soul-weird-noises/193043 "2023-09-25T08:10:39Z")
Erratic front end noises a on turns and straight sometimes wnen brakes are applied less or more noise usually not there after overnight for about 3 miles then returns --- ## [2001 Ford Explorer Sport Fuel Line Part?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-fuel-line-part/193029)
**Author:** [@J162\_165342](https://community.cartalk.com/u/J162_165342)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-explorer-sport-fuel-line-part/193029 "2023-09-25T06:12:04Z")
Hey guys I was trying to replace the fuel filter on my 2001 Ford Explorer Sport with the 4.0 earlier today. One side of the fuel line (the side going from the filter to the engine) came off no problem using the remover t… --- ## [2017 RAM 3500 - Starting issues](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ram-3500-starting-issues/193027)
**Author:** [@ABYRD](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ABYRD)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-ram-3500-starting-issues/193027 "2023-09-25T03:36:34Z")
truck will not start all the time you turn on the key to start and nothing no dash lights no stater! turn key on and off for 5 to 10 min its and it may start. --- ## [2021 Subaru Legacy - Erratic behavior - stalling](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-legacy-erratic-behavior-stalling/193045)
**Author:** [@AneezMom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AneezMom)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-subaru-legacy-erratic-behavior-stalling/193045 "2023-09-25T03:08:18Z")
Car was running fine yesterday. Today, I started car with no problem and within 1/4 mile from home, it suddenly had no fuel and I pulled over to curb. I shut everything down. I again restarted the car and within seco… --- ## [CARFAX - Not Actual Mileage Fix](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carfax-not-actual-mileage-fix/159426)
**Author:** [@Dlamz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dlamz)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carfax-not-actual-mileage-fix/159426 "2023-09-25T00:21:29Z")
I bought a low mileage vehicle last year with 29000 miles. However, the title was branded Not Actual Mileage because the guy I bought the car from checked the wrong box when he got his title. I applied for a correction a… --- ## [2016 Chrysler Town & Country - Bad gas causes a burnt valve?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-chrysler-town-country-bad-gas-causes-a-burnt-valve/184137)
**Author:** [@Mgiambrone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mgiambrone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-chrysler-town-country-bad-gas-causes-a-burnt-valve/184137 "2023-09-24T17:52:13Z")
I am the second owner of a 2016 Town & Country. I bought it with 22K miles on it. At 5.5 years and at 86K miles on the engine light came on. My mechanic said it had a Cylinder 6 misfire and low compression pressure in t… --- ## [Spark Plug analysis](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plug-analysis/193001)
**Author:** [@Solidventur](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Solidventur)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plug-analysis/193001 "2023-09-23T23:16:18Z")
Need advice on reading these plugs. from a Sienna with 57k miles on a Toyota 2GR-FKS engine. Some kind of “sandy” deposit on them, what does it indicate? --- ## [Car starts & runs great until warm, then sputters and stalls](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-starts-runs-great-until-warm-then-sputters-and-stalls/193032)
**Author:** [@paulbike\_186983](https://community.cartalk.com/u/paulbike_186983)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-starts-runs-great-until-warm-then-sputters-and-stalls/193032 "2023-09-23T22:52:55Z")
Beloved 2007 Solara 6 cyl 3.3 convertible. Several mechanics conflicting causes. Everything from blown head gasket to fuel delivery. If it’s a head gasket, it’s not worth fixing. No oil in coolant or coolant in oil. Poss… --- ## [RAV4 2013 Emission test fail](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rav4-2013-emission-test-fail/192917)
**Author:** [@mbilalawan\_186890](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mbilalawan_186890)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rav4-2013-emission-test-fail/192917 "2023-09-23T22:01:03Z")
Please help a COMMUNITY NEWBIE and a car user who never worked on a car (ME) in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) Struggling to get my 2013 RAV4 with 171000 km cross the line on the emission’s test. Things my mechanic has … --- ## [Bad Battery or alternator?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-battery-or-alternator/193008)
**Author:** [@Harvey\_2017](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Harvey_2017)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-battery-or-alternator/193008 "2023-09-23T19:02:49Z")
Honda Accord, 2017 day 1: Tried starting the car. Clicking noise. Won’t start. 1 hour later it started normally. day 2 :no problems day 3: no problems day 4:Tried starting the car - No noise. Won’t start . Then it st… --- ## [Connection I've Never Encountered](https://community.cartalk.com/t/connection-ive-never-encountered/192993)
**Author:** [@531abc\_186891](https://community.cartalk.com/u/531abc_186891)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/connection-ive-never-encountered/192993 "2023-09-23T16:15:18Z")
I’m trying to get this cover off: It’s only connected by the two sides. Each side is pressed into a groove: A little background, it’s at the end of an eps motor worm shaft: The worm wheel is plastic so heat is… --- ## [2007 Infiniti G35 - Bad transmission](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-infiniti-g35-bad-transmission/192981)
**Author:** [@insaneangel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insaneangel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-infiniti-g35-bad-transmission/192981 "2023-09-23T13:41:52Z")
2007 Infiniti purchased with 140 000 miles but car spent most it’s lifetime impounded, 2 to 3 years, dealer put 70 000 miles on it while he had the vehicle before I purchased, 3 weeks and transmission waisted? Whose faul… --- ## [2016 Hyundai Tucson - Premature engine failure! My options?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-tucson-premature-engine-failure-my-options/189152)
**Author:** [@Majorangry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Majorangry)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-hyundai-tucson-premature-engine-failure-my-options/189152 "2023-09-22T22:59:32Z")
2016 Tucson Limited 1.6 Turbo w/71000 miles. Internal engine failure, no compression cyl 2. Car well maintained and in excellent shape. Cost to replace the engine $14000! and Hyundai denied any help to repair. --- ## [2019 Infiniti Q50 - Emergency brake question](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-infiniti-q50-emergency-brake-question/193017)
**Author:** [@Fred26](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Fred26)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-infiniti-q50-emergency-brake-question/193017 "2023-09-22T20:03:13Z")
front emergency brake system does not work? --- ## [2024 Honda CRX - Wrong wiper](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-honda-crx-wrong-wiper/193020)
**Author:** [@Sam43](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sam43)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-honda-crx-wrong-wiper/193020 "2023-09-22T19:27:24Z")
When I go to wash my windshield and extend the wiper it hits the hood of the car ? Did they use the wrong windshield wiper blade on my cr-v sport touring the top model --- ## [Nissan Sentra AC only works sometimes and even then not good](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-sentra-ac-only-works-sometimes-and-even-then-not-good/193006)
**Author:** [@Bullfinch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bullfinch)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-sentra-ac-only-works-sometimes-and-even-then-not-good/193006 "2023-09-22T15:53:10Z")
2015 Nissan Sentra, 56K. I bought it used last November and the AC worked great then! (It gets cold in the winter where I live). Since the summertime, the AC only actually works about half the time. When it doesn’t w… --- ## [2015 Honda CR-V seat cloth odor](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-seat-cloth-odor/126696)
**Author:** [@Kelly55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kelly55)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-honda-cr-v-seat-cloth-odor/126696 "2023-09-22T09:37:37Z")
In addition to my 2015 Honda CR-V LX having the vibrating issues, I am also noticing an odor coming from the cloth material the seats are made from. I can smell it on my clothes. Wondering if anyone else is noticing this… --- ## [Unable to Diagnose Noise After 5 months. Desperate](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unable-to-diagnose-noise-after-5-months-desperate/192927)
**Author:** [@Mac0908](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mac0908)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unable-to-diagnose-noise-after-5-months-desperate/192927 "2023-09-22T01:34:26Z")
I have a 2017 Honda Civic. About 6 months ago now in March I began hearing a whining/howling type of sound, consistent with the speed of the tires, coming from under the car. The sound happens when both accelerating and … --- ## [2005 Chrysler 300 - Hard to find parts](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chrysler-300-hard-to-find-parts/192975)
**Author:** [@hodgefam](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hodgefam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-chrysler-300-hard-to-find-parts/192975 "2023-09-21T23:32:50Z")
What to do when the manufacturer stops making part that will enable you to pass emissions test ? --- ## [Snap Ring Problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snap-ring-problem/192995)
**Author:** [@531abc\_186891](https://community.cartalk.com/u/531abc_186891)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snap-ring-problem/192995 "2023-09-21T23:17:04Z")
I think I know the answer to this, but, wanted to confirm before I throw in the towel. I can squeeze the ends of this ring so they’re touching, but, I can’t pull the ring out. Am I safe to assume that this ring isn’… --- ## [2016 Honda Pilot - What to do about peeling paint](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-honda-pilot-what-to-do-about-peeling-paint/193000)
**Author:** [@Norry46](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Norry46)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-honda-pilot-what-to-do-about-peeling-paint/193000 "2023-09-21T20:56:15Z")
2016 Pilot… Paint peeling on rear door --- ## [Windshield Repair?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windshield-repair/192990)
**Author:** [@Dishar71\_186947](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dishar71_186947)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windshield-repair/192990 "2023-09-21T20:03:45Z")
Managed to make it through almost 20 years of driving without a windshield issue so not we’ll versed when it comes to glass. Anyone think this is worth getting repaired to stop spreading or you think it’s good? May be … --- ## [1998 chevy 1500 pickup](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-chevy-1500-pickup/40397)
**Author:** [@chris2867](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris2867)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-chevy-1500-pickup/40397 "2023-09-21T05:30:10Z")
can anyone tell me the plug order, I have a friend who ripped out the spark plug wires, if I am looking at the front of the truck starting left is it 2756 and to the right 1843. Thank you --- ## [1999 Chevrolet Prizm - Help with starting after sitting](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-chevrolet-prizm-help-with-starting-after-sitting/192946)
**Author:** [@gargoyle52](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gargoyle52)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-chevrolet-prizm-help-with-starting-after-sitting/192946 "2023-09-21T01:14:41Z")
My 1999 Chevrolet Prizm will not start after sitting outside for 12 months without being started or driven. It turns over nicely. There is gasoline in the tank. It will start and run briefly when I put gasoline into the … [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/repair-and-maintenance/6.md?page=67) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/repair-and-maintenance/6.md?page=69)