Stuck Shifter
I have a 1997 VW Passat with a 1,8-litre four-cylinder engine and a fivespeed manual gearbox. It works just fine most of the year, but...
Category Archives: Car clinic Q&A
The Shark Fin
An aeronautical engineer told me that for the shark fins on cars to aid in stability, the car would have to travel in excess of...
Halting Progress
More and more manufacturers are touting stop/start as a feature to save fuel, but I was always told that most engine wear occurs on start-up......
Fading pixels
Unfortunately, LED displays from the 1980s into the 2000s were not as good as what we have today. Over years and years of thermal cycling,...
The sap problem
A pine tree at work dropped a few 5c-size sap spots on my 2011 Jeep. How do I remove them?...
A great bad idea
I can enthusiastically tell you that yes, it’s totally worth it to fix up a ’70s-era Italian money pit… but I say that with enormous...
Seatbelt Tension
Toyota’s mid-’90s belt-locking mechanism relies on the inertia of a ball bearing in a shallow plastic cup to move a small plastic lever......
Speed wobble
Having trouble with curving around the corner? It could be a suspension problem or you could need new wheel bearings....
Temperature tantrum
2011 GM sedan not giving an accurate ambient temperature reading? Here is why....
Shocking ride
Tyre pressure could be the culprit in causing your car to be a harsh ride....
Back to basics
The hardest learned lesson in vehicle repair is that the big parts aren’t what slow you down – it’s the little fiddly bits....
How to fix a dodgy sunroof
How to fix your ailing sunroof....
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