# Latest **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=36 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 37 --- ## [Woodpecker attacks side-view mirrors and windows in Rockport, MA](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woodpecker-attacks-side-view-mirrors-and-windows-in-rockport-ma/200006)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woodpecker-attacks-side-view-mirrors-and-windows-in-rockport-ma/200006 "2025-05-02T15:22:12Z")
https://www.newbedfordguide.com/territorial-woodpecker-wreaks-havoc-vehicles-massachusetts/2025/04/26 Another woodpecker attack came up in a thread in 2017: --- ## [A Class Action Settlement for Nissan owners](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-class-action-settlement-for-nissan-owners/200057)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-class-action-settlement-for-nissan-owners/200057 "2025-05-01T14:43:04Z")
If you own(ed) a 2015-2018 Nissan Murano or a 2016-2018 Nissan Maxima, you might qualify for this settlement regarding their CVTs. --- ## [Do I need to know anything important when replacing battery myself?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-need-to-know-anything-important-when-replacing-battery-myself/200050)
**Author:** [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-need-to-know-anything-important-when-replacing-battery-myself/200050 "2025-05-01T13:53:53Z")
Hello guys! It’s been awhile. I’ve been away due to health reasons. My 18 Lexus IS 300 FSPORT battery needs replacing. My brother in law wants to do the replacement himself but I worry there might be things I nee… --- ## [Torque app for Android?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/torque-app-for-android/77210)
**Author:** [@Proac\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Proac_fan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/torque-app-for-android/77210 "2013-02-10T08:58:32Z")
Just curious if anyone has tried the torque app for android smartphones? It's an app designed to work with a Bluetooth dongle that plugs into your OBD2 port and allows you to pull the trouble codes and to read the status… --- ## [On this day, 100 years ago](https://community.cartalk.com/t/on-this-day-100-years-ago/200043)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/on-this-day-100-years-ago/200043 "2025-05-01T13:04:40Z")
April 30, 1925 – Dodge Brothers is sold for record amount… An interesting transaction took place on this day in 1925 when Dillon, Read & Company, a prominent American investment bank, purchased Dodge Brothers, Inc. It … --- ## [Is there any car thieves can't steal?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-there-any-car-thieves-cant-steal/197639)
**Author:** [@Steve\_K1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Steve_K1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-there-any-car-thieves-cant-steal/197639 "2025-05-01T04:06:36Z")
Apologies if already posted, but worth taking the chance. Enjoy. --- ## [VW plans to bring a new marque to The USA](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-plans-to-bring-a-new-marque-to-the-usa/200013)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-plans-to-bring-a-new-marque-to-the-usa/200013 "2025-04-30T20:52:05Z")
The Cupra marque began as a sub-brand of VW’s Spanish subsidiary, SEAT. Then, it was spun-off as a separate, performance-oriented brand, and over the past few years, Cupra has had far better year-over-year sales increa… --- ## [Steering angle](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-angle/198441)
**Author:** [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/steering-angle/198441 "2025-04-30T18:22:26Z")
I replaced the elec steering motor on my 08 equinox. It’s under dash attached to column. Now I have a stabilitrak error. I do not have an abs error. I got a code reader that does steering angle calibration. It says cente… --- ## [2003 Honda Accord Sdn - Power issues](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-accord-sdn-power-issues/200018)
**Author:** [@bmfrana](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bmfrana)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-honda-accord-sdn-power-issues/200018 "2025-04-30T03:35:30Z")
Car will crank only. No spark/no fuel. The door locks or windows fail to operate. Fuses and relays are ok. All lights work as well as the sunroof. New fuel pump. 4 cylinder EX. --- ## [2012 Nissan Pathfinder - CEL](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-pathfinder-cel/199979)
**Author:** [@CarrieMewhinney](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarrieMewhinney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-nissan-pathfinder-cel/199979 "2025-04-30T01:07:51Z")
The check engine light keeps coming on for a while then it will shut off after a while --- ## [Issues with speed sensor](https://community.cartalk.com/t/issues-with-speed-sensor/199896)
**Author:** [@anso-engineer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anso-engineer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/issues-with-speed-sensor/199896 "2025-04-29T06:37:12Z")
Hello. Before yesterday I saw that at the dashboard speedo showed 200+ km/h at the idle. When I started to move, it jumped from the zero to max randomly, but mainly stayed at zero. Yesterday, I saw the same behaviour, a… --- ## [Memory control module](https://community.cartalk.com/t/memory-control-module/200011)
**Author:** [@redneckred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/redneckred)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/memory-control-module/200011 "2025-04-29T02:35:06Z")
I am helping my brother in law replace the driver’s side seat memory control module, part # 15196668. I am seeing some talk on the web saying these have to be programmed to the vehicle. I am seeing some places on the w… --- ## [2024 Acura RDX - Premium or is regular ok?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-acura-rdx-premium-or-is-regular-ok/196174)
**Author:** [@tZ1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tZ1)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-acura-rdx-premium-or-is-regular-ok/196174 "2025-04-28T23:56:10Z")
Does the 2024 Acura RDX require premium fuel or is this only recommended ? --- ## [2013 Ford Taurus dies when put into gear](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-taurus-dies-when-put-into-gear/199948)
**Author:** [@brcisna\_193450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brcisna_193450)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-taurus-dies-when-put-into-gear/199948 "2025-04-28T21:42:51Z")
Looking at buying a project 2013 Ford Taurus that dies when put into gear,either forward or reverse. 173K miles The car is two hours away. The owner says wifey came out from work one day and the car was doing this and d… --- ## [2018 Kia Sedona - Seepage around head gasket](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sedona-seepage-around-head-gasket/200008)
**Author:** [@pokemonyouandme123\_193319](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pokemonyouandme123_193319)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-kia-sedona-seepage-around-head-gasket/200008 "2025-04-28T18:25:26Z")
I’m looking at a 2018 Kia Sedona with 70k miles. I’m noticing seepage (not a leak) around the head gasket going around the majority of the engine. I did a exhaust gas leak test in the coolant reservoir reservoir and the … --- ## [Speaking of tires](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speaking-of-tires/200009)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/speaking-of-tires/200009 "2025-04-28T10:48:40Z")
:rofl: --- ## [Fuse Blows when key is turned on, sometimes after start](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuse-blows-when-key-is-turned-on-sometimes-after-start/199955)
**Author:** [@jonasbutler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jonasbutler)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuse-blows-when-key-is-turned-on-sometimes-after-start/199955 "2025-04-28T10:41:15Z")
Hi all. Long time, no post. I have an '09 Pontiac Vibe GT (or, Toyota Matrix XRS) 2.4L with a strange issue. The 10amp (ECU-IG NO. 2) Back-up lights, charging system, rear window defogger fuse blows when I turn the key … --- ## [1959 Plymouth Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1959-plymouth-roadrunner/199983)
**Author:** [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1959-plymouth-roadrunner/199983 "2025-04-27T22:57:21Z")
Heard a distinctive car engine sound from yesteryear a couple of days ago, turned around and saw a now classic from my early childhood, a 1959 Plymouth Roadrunner. Hadn’t seen one in years. Later when I did the math I … --- ## [2018 Subaru Outback - Reasonable price for this work?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-subaru-outback-reasonable-price-for-this-work/199940)
**Author:** [@AprilS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AprilS)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-subaru-outback-reasonable-price-for-this-work/199940 "2025-04-27T10:40:43Z")
Need to reseal the engine in my 2018 subaru outback. Looking for a reasonable price. --- ## [1940 Ford Super Deluxe Woody found on USS Yorktown](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1940-ford-super-deluxe-woody-found-on-uss-yorktown/200005)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1940-ford-super-deluxe-woody-found-on-uss-yorktown/200005 "2025-04-27T04:12:39Z")
On April 19, NOAA Ocean Exploration sent a remote-control camera inside the wreckage of the USS Yorktown, which was sunk in the Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles from Honolulu, in 1942 during World War II, the Miami Heral… --- ## [EGR tube for a 1992 Nissan 240SX](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-tube-for-a-1992-nissan-240sx/199960)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-tube-for-a-1992-nissan-240sx/199960 "2025-04-27T03:31:17Z")
Where would you find one? RockAuto doesn’t, nor AutoZone. --- ## [Cataclean Additive](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cataclean-additive/199997)
**Author:** [@jmcarc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmcarc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cataclean-additive/199997 "2025-04-26T21:33:21Z")
I have a 2005 Buick Century with a 3.1L V6. I recently retrieved a code P0420 which indicates the catalytic converter is operating below its efficiency threshold. I’m considering using a gasoline additive called Cataclea… --- ## [Bogus German Puzzler answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-german-puzzler-answer/199815)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-german-puzzler-answer/199815 "2025-04-26T18:13:35Z")
Latest Puzzler answer is wrong. Here’s the question and supposed answer: "Sometime in the late 1930’s, German aeronautical engineers were working on a device. Perhaps engineers from other countries were doing the same t… --- ## [How long since you've gotten a traffic ticket?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-since-youve-gotten-a-traffic-ticket/194394)
**Author:** [@Hugemoth\_144444](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hugemoth_144444)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-long-since-youve-gotten-a-traffic-ticket/194394 "2024-02-24T17:20:48Z")
I got my last traffic ticket in 1985 for the headlight being burned out on my Vespa in Greensboro NC. Forgot all about it when I moved back to Oregon a couple weeks later. Then when I went to the DMV to renew my Oregon d… --- ## [Water bottles on the ground near all 4 tires. Why?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-bottles-on-the-ground-near-all-4-tires-why/183911)
**Author:** [@Foxybrown1g](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Foxybrown1g)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-bottles-on-the-ground-near-all-4-tires-why/183911 "2025-04-26T17:16:27Z")
Hi, I’m a new poster here. First of all let me make it clear that this post is NOT about our Honda Insight but from what we have seen, about SUV’s and Crossover’s. Both my husband and I have been seeing this particular… --- ## [I have no need for one, but I still want one](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-no-need-for-one-but-i-still-want-one/199762)
**Author:** [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-no-need-for-one-but-i-still-want-one/199762 "2025-04-20T23:01:02Z")
Kawasaki Reveals Four-Legged Robot You Can Ride Like a Horse - GreekReporter.com --- ## [Ever leave your lights on?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ever-leave-your-lights-on/199941)
**Author:** [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ever-leave-your-lights-on/199941 "2025-04-23T11:07:08Z")
Has this happened to you? --- ## [Car stuttering](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stuttering/134403)
**Author:** [@Young\_Xiong](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Young_Xiong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stuttering/134403 "2019-02-12T09:57:34Z")
When i start up my car and speed up at around 5-15 mph the car will stutter very hard as if i’m running over something and when i slow down using the brakes it does the same thing. This only happens the first few minutes… --- ## [It Hertz to rent a car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/it-hertz-to-rent-a-car/199909)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/it-hertz-to-rent-a-car/199909 "2025-04-23T21:15:25Z")
If you have rented from Hertz, a major data breach could have exposed your personal info (driver’s license, credit card data, contact information, social security and/or passport numbers) to hackers --- ## [How to Know your car is straight with road](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-know-your-car-is-straight-with-road/169818)
**Author:** [@sadegh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sadegh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-know-your-car-is-straight-with-road/169818 "2020-09-11T22:06:20Z")
Hi guys. i have problem with straight direction of car in parking or any place. is there a method to find out if the car is parked straighten ? [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=35) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=37)