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Honda do have a 36,000 mile/3 year brake fluid flush.
Different cars have different schedules.
I had never flushed brakes on a car I owned, but I paid Honda to do this to be sure the extended warranty wouldn't give me a problem
I have a 2002 Ford Taurus that over the past several months makes a thud-thud-thud noise from the front left tire area when applying the brakes and turning - ESPECIALLY when going down a hill and the steering wheel shakes. I had a friend who is a part-time mechanic tell me that he thinks it is a bad C/V joint...5 years ago I had the inner tie rods replaced...could it be that again? I also hear the thud-thud-thud when going over 45mph.
I have read so much about what the problem MAY be that my head is spinning. If it is a C/V joint then why does the noise only occur when applying the brakes...or does it sound like a warped rotor? Any thoughts are very much appreciated! I am going to a brand new mechanic tomorrow and I am so afraid (being a girl) that I am going to get ripped off! Thanks!
Replace the brake fluid according to the maintenance messages shown on the information display.
Note: Independent of the maintenance items in the information display, replace the brake fluid every 3 years.
I hope to soon sell (or possibly trade in) my 1996 Acura Integra GS-R (70,000 miles). However, currently it needs a new radiator and other parts. My local auto shop has given me a bid of $700 for parts and labor.
Should I have them repair it before I try to sell or trade it? Thanks in advance for any advice.
If this is just a maintenance item ("looks a little cruddy in there, etc") and the car runs fine, you might just mention the needs for service if you wish but not repair it.
If you have insurance you may be able to just pay the deductable.
If the car is a beater you might be able to have a 300 lb buddy try to wrestle the door back into position and just live with it the way it is.
I want to know what could go wrong if I decide to go for Aftermarket bumpers and turn light, as against reconditioned OEM. The difference in price huge. Higher-end Body shops are de-selling aftermarkets, saying the aftermarkets don't fit as good and can leak gas/resin/oil after a while, resulting in bubble under paint.
Any suggestions, experiences...
thanks
PK
But since this is a new car, I bet all these manuals are locked in a vault in the dealership, and cannot be shown to a potential buyer because of some copyright law. And, to protect the sale of the $650 policy.
But I would think before handing over $650 in advance, I'd ask to see a list of specifically what this would cover.
Yeah, I tend to stay away from prepaid things, whether it be for maintenance or an extended warranty.
Another thing is I have seen some Audi's in for service at our VW dealer, so you can probably save some on maintenance costs if you do that.
I would like to suggest introducing a new topic in this forum, "Hybrid Maintenance and Repair."
I believe this topic is relevant and timely because it would provide a forum for current hybrid owners, as well as for the millions who are considering the purchase of hybrids. Many people, me included, would like to know what we're getting into, in terms of cost-to-own and related issues associated with hybrid vehicles, before considering one.
In my opinion this topic would be more appropriate as a "Maintenance and Repair" discussion than a "Hybrid Vehicles" discussion, but you'd be the best judge of where it should be placed.
I received 2 quotes - 1 for $599 and the other for $630. That seems really high to me.
I have a 2003 Buick Rendevous.
Anyone know if i am getting ripped off?
By the way, do you really need rotors? If the brake pads wore down and you had metal pad backing to metal rotor scratching...then yes. That would be a grinding noise when stopping. If you have warped rotors, felt as a pulsation felt in the brake pedal while stopping, then yes. If you don't have either of those 2 problems, would question why that's needed.?
Let me see what we have already. Hold on.....
Okay we don't have a generalized "hybrid maintenance and repair" topic. We do have some discussion of certain systems on certain hybrids, but that's it.
Here's a view of what we have:
Hybrid Topics
So here's what you do:
Open this topic up in the M&R forum (see link at top of this page)
then define in response #1 what you want the topic to be about
then after posting it, e-mail me or karen (karen@edmunds.com) so that we can link it to the Hybrids Forum
Open this topic up in the M&R forum (see link at top of this page)..."
Thanks, but the problem is that the link for opening a new discussion doesn't appear on my Maintenance & Repair screen. I've observed that this omission occurs sometimes, although usually the link for opening a new discussion is available. Anyhow, that's why I haven't been able to do it. Has anyone else mentioned this? Do you have any suggestions regarding how I can obtain a link for adding a discussion?
Thanks for your assistance on this matter.
Anyway, tell me what you'd like the title to read and what you'd like the topic to be about, and I'll start it up. Then you can go into response #2 or so and get it rolling.
Also we'll link it back to Hybrids so it will appear on their topic list as well, and so some of those people might jump in.
You can e-mail me if you'd like: mr_shiftright@edmunds.com
best
Shifty
Ok, I have a 1988 Honda Civic, 96,000 miles and she runs beautifully. Just one little problem, the Person I got the Car from had it sitting in their Yard for a couple of Years after her Father passed, it was his Car. Long Story short, the Car had been sitting in Water for all that time and I knew it had serious Rust Damage underneath. I always joked and said that this Car will run until one Day I'll be driving along and the Body of the Car will just fall apart.... well, it did kinda..last Night I was pulling out the old Carpet, and along with it came the whole Floor Board, just started breaking in large Chunks. After cleaning and removing all damaged Area I ended up with most of the Drivers Side Flooring gone, it runs Driver's Side Door, up just underneath the Brake and Gas Pedals. Needs full Piece approx. 2' x 4' of Metal.
Soooo, take it away, I am clueless here...HELP....!!!!
Since you are more equipped with Knowledge and Experience I will gladly let you catagorize accordingly.
Please feel free to email me at uziflee@comcast.net.
Thank you
A fellow worker also drove a Chevy for several years where you could look thru a hole under his feet to the road. Of course, this car did have a full frame.
Same guy also didn't do any filter maintenance on his home furnance. It got so dirty and stopped the normal flow of air that the fan pulled the flame off the burner and out the front of the furnance, fortunately burning up all the wiring and shutting inself down before setting the house on fire.
Another fellow worker didn't quite understand the need for filter maintenance on his auto, and after who know how many miles, the filter totally blew off the car.
People otherwise pretty smart do stupid things, especially with their autos.
P.S. I agree, try to find a salvage auto without a motor and do a transplant. Or sell this one for salvage. Or, try to find a very good welder that will take on the job constructing and welding in new floor pans, both side, front and rear. When people do restorations of 'classic' cars, repairs like this are done all the time.
I think any 20 year old car should be checked for structural problems, especially cracking in areas near suspension anchoring points. Automakers never intended for modern cars to last 20 years and as a rule they don't percentage-wise get even close to that.
I'd include a safety check as part of the maintenance of any car that old--visually, and giving it a "nut and bolt" as we say---tightening and testing every fastener in sight.
Any advice is much appreciated
front view
side view
You could put the pictures on a picture hosting forum such as photobucket.com (free accounts) and link to them here. Or you can put the pictures onto your carspace account here on edmunds (upper left corner of the page has a link to "MyCarspace") and link to them in a post.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
http://s540.photobucket.com/albums/gg348/robd543/
This will not be a cheap repair.
They are sug gestind to replace the whole A/C systeme,is there any solution?
The main components are
compressor
evaporator
receiver/dryer
condenser