Car Servicing
We bought a 2007 Mitsubishi Pajero, and after driving locally the engine light came on. We rang the dealership and were told that the engine light was not covered by warranty. So therefore, the light indicating a problem with engine is not recognised.
How can this be fair if it's telling you something is wrong with engine itself! Now we are being treated unfairly because we paid for a diagnostic test and it shows that the DPF needs replacing.
Can they brush this off; as we think they have just been resetting it so it goes off long enough til you're out of their yard.
I purchased my 2013 Jeep Patriot in 2015 as an ex demo. It was built in 2013, complied 2014, and registered in 2015 with 9000 km on the clock.
The car is now at 58,000 km and 10 months out of warranty. I have had to have a diagnostic report done on the gearbox. They found at my last service that there was a failure of the gearbox bearings. I have taken it in to have the gearbox removed to find the problem.
They have reported that I will need to spend $2500 to have this replaced. I find this very confusing with such low km. Have you had any other cases with this model you can tell me about? Also their customer service has been horrible, they have had my car for over seven days and finally I have some feed back.
They have suggested a goodwill case, but I have to say I'm not hopeful.
Firstly, my 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer is in perfect condition with only 130,000 km on the odometer.
Last year I took my car in for the airbag recall at the Mitsubishi service centre. After collecting my car it would not accelerate above 20 km/h and the engine light was on. I returned to the centre and complained. Mitsubishi washed its hands of the situation. Basically, they told me that since I had not serviced my car through them in three years they don’t know what had been to my car.
Mitsubishi blew the on-board computer system, which was costly to replace. I received another recall for the airbag this week, but I’m terrified the same thing will happen. My car is valued at $6000 est. I don’t want to pay another $2000 to fix their costly mistake. What should I do? I’m furious I have to go through this again.
Two months ago I bought a 2011/2012 Kia Cerato hatchback that had been unregoed for nine months while the owner was overseas.
The car has got 70,000 km on the clock, is in great condition, the engine was so quite I could hardly hear it, but after buying it I checked the oil and it was black, so I changed it with 5W-30 full synthetic oil and filter all recommended by Kia. When I started it there was loud tappet noise that was not there before, so put tappet quiet in the oil, but still made the noise, after two weeks I added engine flush, drained it out and put in 5W-30 full synthetic oil plus tappet quiet stuff. But it’s still making a loud tappet noise.
Can the tappets be adjusted, or is this the usual sound of this model?
Please explain the different types of automatic transmissions, i.e., "conventional", continuously variable, DSG etc. What are the differences in driving and reliability of each?
Ford has had problems with some of its (DSG type I think), VW also, and as I recall Nissan had problems some years ago with its CVT.
I’m planning a long trip in my 2014 Kia Sorento CRDi towing a camper trailer. It has 60,000 km on the clock, has been regularly serviced, and is solid. What should be serviced before departure?
My mechanic has diagnosed a failure in the automatic gearshifter on a 1999 Holden Barina. During this repair the centre console was removed to allow him access to the shifter. While the mechanic was looking to see what parts needed to be removed next, he moved the wiring loom connected to the SRS computer aside. He only moved this roughly 5 mm to 10 mm to see what was behind the loom in case there was a hidden cable or bracket. As the wiring loom was moved, both airbags were deployed. My mechanic is stating this was a problem with the wiring and this should not have occurred? The vehicle was written off. My mechanic is stating it is Holden's issue? Thoughts?
We have just upgraded from a 100 Series Toyota LandCruiser to a 200 Series and we noticed a vibration in the body, and not via the steering wheel. I researched the problem and found it is very common, but not in every 200 Series. Apparently, Toyota has a fix, but I cannot find it. Some say it is the engine mounts. I will report to the dealer we bought it from, but was hoping you might know what’s going on.
The manual for my 2012 Subaru Forester says 0W-20 oil; mechanic says 5W-30 for a mild climate. Which one?
How to change the oil on a Toyota Corolla?