Q & A #56 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me again for the latest installment of the Auto Specialist. Since the last segment, the Toyota recall issue has taken an unexpected turn. A highly-publicized test of the automaker’s Prius showed that the car’s accelerator prevented the driver from slowing his vehicle. The National [...]
Question: I have a with 57,719 miles. A few months back, I noticed that my car seemed to be lacking power. At first, I noticed the problem when getting onto the freeway. After some time, I started noticing it on regular city streets. I took the car into a local repair shop last week and [...]
Q & A #17 With The Auto Specialist Welcome to another round of Q & A with the Auto Specialist. In this column, we continue to put your car problems under the microscope to figure out what’s wrong and how to fix it. The goal is not to be able to repair everything yourself. Rather, [...]
Q & A #14 With The Auto Specialist Automakers are building vehicles today that are more reliable than ever. They’re also more complex than they were a decade ago. That said, the economy has slipped which means more people are keeping their cars longer. No matter how durable the parts under your hood are, they [...]
Q & A #9 With The Auto Specialist As automakers incorporate more advanced technologies and systems into their cars, trucks, and SUVs, diagnosing problems under the hood becomes more difficult. In the old days, you could lift your vehicle’s hood, identify the problem, and fix it yourself. Today, even car aficionados are often left scratching [...]
Car Q & A #6 With The Auto Specialist Car parts have a way of failing or developing problems at the worst times possible. It usually happens when we’re in a rush to get to the office, pick up the kids, or take our spouses out for the evening. Unfortunately, such problems are inevitable and [...]
Mufflers: A Basic Guide To Your Vehicle’s Muzzle Have you ever heard a relatively tame looking station wagon driving down the street that sounds like 500 lawnmowers running in unison? Well, chances are, that station wagon is not modified, it just has a seriously damaged (or absent) muffler. Even the smallest, quietest gasoline powered vehicles [...]
Understanding How Car Tires Are Made Of the myriad components and systems that comprise your vehicle, the wheels are the only car part that touch the ground (hopefully). Besides keeping an eye on the air pressure and the wear of the treads, most drivers don’t give the rubber that meets the road much thought. They [...]
What Is Power Steering? Prior to the early 1950′s, you couldn’t buy a vehicle with power steering. Although the convenience of the option was very popular, some folks didn’t like the additional expense and chose to drive cheaper vehicles that didn’t have the luxury. In fact, it wasn’t until the early 1990′s that the feature [...]
4 Step Plan To Making Your Car Last (Almost) Forever Unfortunately, there’s no way to guarantee that your vehicle will last forever (though my father owned a few cars that I futilely hoped would die). Parts wear out, engines begin to stutter, and transmissions eventually take their last wheezing breath. But, there’s still a lot [...]
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