Tag Archives: car parts

Q & A #43 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #43 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. We have a new round of car problems that I’ll help diagnose for readers. However, before we get started, I’d like to mention something. Last week, I was speaking to a family friend about his car. He had mentioned that his [...]

Chrysler Sebring Alternator Replacement

Chrysler Sebring Alternator Replacement

Q & A #39 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. This past weekend, I spent a little time going through the archives of this ongoing column. I was amazed by the breadth of automotive problems we’ve covered. So, if you have free time and want to [...]

Q & A #22 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #22 With The Auto Specialist If this is your first time reading my Auto Specialist column, welcome. Our purpose here is to help readers figure out what is happening under the hood of their vehicles. After all, car parts don’t last forever. The older they get, the more likely they are to [...]

Q & A #20 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #20 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the latest segment of the Auto Specialist. You might remember from the last installment that we helped a reader diagnose her car’s pinging issue. We also tried to figure out why clouds of white smoke were coming out of another reader’s exhaust. I’d like [...]

Q & A #17 With The Auto Specialist

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 #15 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #15 With The Auto Specialist Even in late model vehicles, car parts can inexplicably fail. When they do, it is another reminder that cars – and the components that we rely upon – are fallible. In truth, malfunctioning car parts are inevitable. The important thing is knowing what to do in order [...]

Q & A #14 With The Auto Specialist

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 #12 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #12 With The Auto Specialist

Image by superciliousness via Flickr Q & A #12 With The Auto Specialist With the prices of new cars rising year after year, it makes more sense than ever to continue driving your current vehicle. Regular maintenance goes a long way toward keeping your car running smoothly. Of course, maintenance alone won’t prevent auto parts [...]

Q & A #11 With The Auto Specialist

Q & A #11 With The Auto Specialist

Image by Ian Fuller via Flickr Q & A #11 With The Auto Specialist Over the past several weeks, I have received a number of intriguing questions about malfunctioning car parts and related problems. These questions are a constant reminder that the parts and systems under the hood of your vehicle are fallible. Even as [...]

Car Q & A #6 With The Auto Specialist

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 [...]