Troubleshooting Car Problems

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paul I have an nisson maxima, 2005. My air-cond. Stopped working completly, the light comes on but the comp. dosnt click in at all, no sound nothing, whats-up? checked all related fuses! 1/6/2012
larry installed a new igition switch but will not start or come out of gear 12/23/2011
pratt odd smell out tail pipe 12/17/2011
TC The motor sounded as if there was omething rattling inside, would not drive and finally locked up 12/5/2011
sharon i have black hair like substance comimg from my exhaust, the car also feels like its sluggish ,its lacking power for the first 15 miles or so, espaecially taking off from junctions for example 11/23/2011
julio heater blows cold air while in park but works fine when driving. 10/27/2011
henry 2003 kia sedona, air bag light just came on. wasnt the night before. 10/19/2011
melvin miller my 1997 ford explorer anti theft light is on and the car wont start can i by pas this system 10/5/2011
rodney where is the wiper relays on a 1996 ford ranger 9/24/2011
george rear lights won't turn off 8/17/2011
lucas engin turn but back fire wont crank 7/13/2011
matt baltes Radiator fluid steaming out exhaust pipe. 5/29/2011
linda i have a2006 kia optima and it sounds like rusty springs creaking when i'm driving 5/6/2011
PHILLIP 1994 FORD EXPLORER FUELPUMP STOP WORKING NO POWER TO PUMP RELAY IS GOOD 4/29/2011
mark eppperson car runs great. until u but it in gear and drive a short distance. then the car starts to sputter and shack. only in gear. 4/28/2011
justin post y wont my 95 chevy blazer start it will idle but when u step on the gas it dies 3/28/2011
Shawanda How can you be sure its not the fuel pump 3/16/2011
mike my heater blows hot air than cold air 2/22/2011
joe fantastic and easily understood
The troubleshooting page helped a great deal thanks		 2/17/2011
joe fantastic and easily understood thanks. 2/17/2011
chuck Poor heat 2/13/2011
Barb Foltz engine cranks...starts most time ...once in a while when cold ...first and or second crank dosent work...by 3rd try it does what could be wrong? 1/12/2011
Kenneth Roth I have 2005 Mercury Grand Marqui, just had a major tune up and the engine turns over but would not start until I took the car out of drive and place in neutral...what's up with this. In addition later as we drove down the road the radio came on all by it's self and re-set the time back to 12:00: 11/28/2010
eddy my 1969 chevy truck park light wont go off when head lighy switch is shut off and i have tryed another switch 11/10/2010
james r symtoms of a bad map sensor 10/26/2010
randy Y I have 2002 GM 1500 w/ 5.3, have replaced both knock sencers and wiring harness and service engine soon lighy still coming on.Has anyone else had this problem? 10/24/2010
kerrey rain water seeping in to car filling up and in to back seat 10/6/2010
kerrey have any other sx owners noticed water in the trunk 10/6/2010
sam my 2003 f 150 would not start sometimes it will lose speed while driving on freeway. 10/1/2010
michael augugli cheverolet starts but then quits possible solutions 8/18/2010
ROBERT HORN WONT SOUND 7/5/2010
David Hitchcock my camry starts when cold. but if i drive it a ways and stop and turn it off and get back in with in 10-15 minutes after turning it off it wont start again. it sounds like it trying to catch but won't start. i have changed out the fuel filter and i am still having the problem. 6/29/2010
ellie 2002 dodgeram 1500 does not want to start and on the mileage it said nobus what does thar mean 6/14/2010
ellie van say no bus on the mileage 6/14/2010
carlos garcia when i fill the car with gasoline the car doesnt want to start 4/29/2010
Roy Timm Electrical problem
2003 Pontiac Grand Am 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 53,000 miles

Why would the Check engine, ABS and the traction control lights come on all at the same time, this happens when shifting the car into Drive. They also stay on until the car is turned off. This happens about 40 to 50 % of the time. The car seem to drive just fine.		 4/22/2010
chris i have a 2000 pontica grand pix gtp it dies going down the road and it whould turn over but it whould not fire 4/15/2010
gay u 93 town and country has no igniion pwer 4/13/2010
Chris Williams truck in gear and gets up to 25-30 miles per hour and starts bucking. 4/7/2010
Diane So I have not had a problem with 08 pt until yesterday! I was driving and the battery light came on then the airbag light and the car died. I checked the volts and all was good then I took it to an auto parts store and the battery and alternator are fine. Then tis morning the battery light came on while I was driving and the car lost power for a second but did not die what can b the problem? 3/31/2010
stan 89 mercury low power when cold 3/30/2010
Eddie i have a 98 ford windstar it has thick white smoke will not pull a hill well and has a miss and hav to add water ever few days but i dont see it leaking 3/30/2010
marcelino. on a 2002 biuck rendevous, every time i start the buick after 15to20 secondsi here a sound like a aircompresser on dirver botttom side door and its very loud! it sounds for 5to10 secondsthen truns off. but car stell stays running and i can still drive it ! (wondering what that noise might be ?) 3/16/2010
ronald i have honda civic 95 carburator type my engine start on but when i release my accelarator my engine goes off 2/17/2010
ronald my engine start on but when i release aaccelaratormy engine off 2/17/2010
Roy yost the engines starts and then stalls
4.6 ford van		 2/2/2010
Harshad My driver seat is pushed all the way to the back and does not return to its position, however, the back and lift works fine but the back and forth does not work .It seems it is jammed any solution? 1/25/2010
richard where is the thermostat switch on my vw passat 1997 blowing only cold 1/19/2010
patty my chevy silverado starts sometimes and sometimes it won't. I trun the key all the light come on but won't trun over. Is it my igntion or what? 1/12/2010
jimmy moneymake 1991 dodge dokata pk/up idle up by itself 3.9 v6 1/9/2010
Leslie is there an adjustment for clutch linkage when it seems to be stuck between 1st and third gear? 1/7/2010
Paul when I'm driving down the road, about ten minutes later the engine stops and I have to restart it. Is it gas or electrical. give some suggestions to try to troubleshoot this problem. 12/22/2009
james car over heating 12/18/2009
John I have white and blue smoke coming out of my engine. Do I need a new head or just the gasket? 11/17/2009
Patty Headlights, power locks, interior lights and dashboard lights stopped working out of the blue. The radio, windshield wipers, hazard lights, turn signals all still work. What could have happened? 11/8/2009
Andy car won't start and window won't go down or up and the electric locks will not lock or unlock when car will not start. 10/11/2009
Alan HELP! Electric door locks "flutter" (cycle open and closed): 2003 PT Cruiser 10/10/2009
Sandy ABS and TCS lights came on when driving down the road, no noise, car stops fine. 2000 Honda Oddasey, any help? 10/1/2009
neilbovey car will not go over 20 miles an hour-dodge intrepid 2.7 liter 9/19/2009
Franco I think this is a great tools to have around if you like to work on your car or wold like to nknow wath is wrong with it before taking it to the mechanic. 9/2/2009
brian 2.3 ford trouble shooting boat motor it ran good for about 20 minutes then started cutting out then it would hit but not idle and now doesnt run at all 8/30/2009
brian 2.3 ford trouble shooting 8/30/2009
david.kapple I HAVE 2002 DODGE STRATUS , THE ENGINE CRANKS WON"T
START I PUT NEW COIL, SPARK PLUG PVC VALVE AND BATTERY CHECK GOOD ANY IDEAS. IT"S 4CYL DOHC X ENGINE.		 8/30/2009
david.kapple I HAVE 2002 DODGE STRATUS , THE ENGINE CRANKS WON"T
START I PUT NEW COIL, SPARK PLUG PVC VALVE AND BATTERY CHECK GOOD ANY IDEAS.		 8/30/2009
Billy my 94'ram 2500 5.9l will start and run for 20 min then shut off. I have to wait for 30 min to start and run for another 20 min 8/23/2009
tonio car was running fine let go of the gas and car dies. wont turn on, wont even crank. but lights and radio still on whats wrong 91 HONDA CRX si 1.6 7/10/2009
o.brownsr engine cranks but won;t start 7/3/2009
christy I have a 96 dodge ram 1500 and when I am coming to stop my truck keeps dieing. It's fine all the time but when I have the rmps at or above 2000 then let off the gas it seems to want to die. The rmps will go almost to 0 and sometimes it dies and sometimes it doesnt. Does anyone know what is wrong with my truck 6/9/2009
eric i have a 93 mercury tracer it has a hesition problem 5/25/2009
evan almighty i have a 1993 chev camaro RS v-6 that i am told that the security system needs reprogrammed. how do we do that? thanks 5/25/2009
eric i have 2 leak codes they are po442 and po455 but i cant find it any ideas will help 5/10/2009
Dennis 96 saturn after starting and running for 15 min. it dies and wont start. 4/19/2009
luis l car motor does not turn, its seem lock up 4/18/2009
Todd 98 DODGE DURANGO driving kids to school and it just died. New fuel pump assembly $295, New cap and rotor $25, Gas $25, and it still does not start. Any suggestions on what to replace next. 4/11/2009
shakil good and benificial information 4/8/2009
anna mad plume i have a 2003 pt cruiser and i had no problems till today when i went to start it i had a dead battery. got a jump for it and it started took mt foor off the feeder and it quit and now it wont start. i noticed that all the gauges were going crazy and the clock keep blinking what do you think it is. and the lights were dim 4/5/2009
anna mad plume i have a 2003 pt cruiser and i had no problems till today when i went to start it i had a dead battery. got a jump for it and it started took mt foor off the feeder and it quit and now it wont start. i noticed that all the gauges were going crazy and the clock keep blinking what do you think it is. 4/5/2009
heather i have a 1993 suburban 4wd and it turns over but does not start . there is no sound other than fuel pump, all the dash lights and gauges...? 3/3/2009
alex transmission wont work in reverse put it in r van goes forward 3/1/2009
kyle have a question on a 89 ford probe 2/18/2009
daniel shuts off when put in park 2/17/2009
venugopal how to salvage and re use fuel injectors in diesel engines
pl reply my mail and oblige		 1/17/2009
johnny white 2003 chevrolet impala will not start . lights blink on and off several times than stop . also making a clicking noise 11/17/2008
saad j DOOGE GRAND CARAVAN 2003 WITH CODE p0134 9/7/2008
Kevin Air bag light go on and off 8/24/2008
katie looney when you are driving,and when you began to stop to turn,the car cut off,or when you take your foot off the gas pump the car cut off 7/28/2008
Benz useless. just about every 'diagnosis' is followed with instructions to take it to a mechanic. could have saved a lot of time and text by saying "if anything out of the ordinary is happening with your car, take it to a mechanic." 6/22/2008
Rosa and James I want to know where the horn relay is on a 1995 chevy baretta.
2.2? the problem is the horn will not blow, but we took the horn out and tested it and it worked fine. what can we do?		 5/24/2008
mustafa hi please tell me what is the problem when the car is running it means working will be turn off automatically 5/6/2008
mustafa hi ,if the car is turned off during the operation please tell me what is the problem 4/17/2008
miriam i have a 1995 oldsmobile cutlas supreme with a 3.1 engine. why would there be a tacking sound coming from the ac compressor 4/8/2008
mai i have a 94 firebird im geting no spark to eng at all put new batt in still
wont turn help!		 3/28/2008
ANTONIO RAMOS dodge stealth 3.0 l not spark 3/14/2008
joseph my transmision stays in first gear a long time before it changes 3/5/2008
cowboy my jeep uses alot of gas 2/18/2008
jeremy i have a 1987 s10 blazer 4wd and the shifter for the 4wd wont go back in to 2wd 2/11/2008
joel good article on odors! 1/28/2008
Louise Very short and simple. Thanks! 1/14/2008
Paulette I have a 200 Doge Grand Caravan and when I had the oil checked yesterday they found the air filter half soaked with oil. What could the problem be? 1/11/2008
Mary My car starts but won't shift out of park. Simply won't budge. Does anyone know what the problem is? 12/2/2007
Bill answered my question.
Thanks		 8/29/2007
JR gas problems 8/27/2007
Kristy rain water seeping in car 8/21/2007
Elaine Gates right front tire sqells. 8/5/2007
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