Sent to NBC Nightly News: With all the reports on Toyota's stuck accelerator problem, no one has really said a lot about how to control the car if it does get away from you. These are common-sense rules for handling a Toyota recently on recall, and general rules for any car on which the...

My 1970 Cougar has a FMX automatic tranny and it shifts late (at partial throttle, engine revs up and it doesn't shift until it almost quits accelerating and then hits pretty hard. Is there a way to adjust? Does vacuum control this? Thanks, bobby

Having a hell of a time finding the 215/75, everyone says that it is only a "trailer tire" and will not put them on a car. The other one is strictly a car tire, but is a 70 series. My car rides terribly because the tires that I have (195/75) are too small for the weight and are overloaded. Would...

A woman testified before Congress that when her Toyota began accelerating uncontrollably she "put the car in neutral and it had no effect, I stepped on the brakes and it had no effect, I applied the emergency brake and it had no effect, I even tried to put the car into reverse and I...

knock it off you al qaida goof!

Have an '89 Cressida with 160K plus miles on it, running the factory fuel pump. No issues currently but looking to take a long road trip and seems like a good idea to do some pre-emptive wrench turning. Autozone had two, an "Asian Manf'd" for like $160 something, and an Airtex for $130 something,...

what does it means that a car motor is injection motor? What is the difference between it and a traditional motor?

I hate my 92 F150... so much. Here's the problem I'm most concerned with: My clutch engages right off the floor. Causes me to stall quite a bit when pulling out. Quite annoying. What do you folks think the problem might be, and is it anything I could do anything about myself? I'm quite broke and...

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As a total lay person I decided to replace all motor mounts in my camry :) I was not sure what to expect, and even if this can be done in the garage. I put the car on two jackstands and lifted motor pushing on the oil pan up with a screw jack and a piece of wood. Everything went fine with almost...

KIA 2008 Rondo 2.7 Liter V-6. Still trying to solve my P0302 (misfire cylinder 2) problem. Replaced the three easy spark plugs, erased the codes, car ran fine for about 5 minutes and then the code reappeared. BTW, I also switched the three coils hoping the problem would prove a bad...

ESC is considered to be the greatest advance in safety since the seatbelt. It will be required on all 2012 cars, but it's still optional or not available on some 2010 and 2011 models: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_stability_control#Effectiveness

any opinions on Amsoil?

About 7 months ago, I mailed to Blackstone Labs a used motor oil sample that came out of my oil pan's drain plug when I did an oil change. Here are the results of the UOA (used oil analysis). OCI means Oil Change Interval. PP means Pennzoil Platinum, a synthetic oil (Group III...

THIS VIR REPORT COMPLIMENTS OF WWW.SMOGTIPS.COM. 1981 PONTIAC TRANS AM 4.9 LITER ENGINE. SMOGTIPS SMOGSMART REPORT #1121236. Your vehicle appears to be running rich and causing a rich misfire. Your vehicle produced high CO at 15/25mph with high HC at 15/25 mph. Possible rich mixture. Potential...

why do car engines get noisier with age?

My driveway angles at a sharp angle to an infrequently used road such that I almost never have to even look to see if there's traffic (because there's only traffic about once a month at the time I'm entering the road). Still, that's not a safety margin so I have to stop all the time (of...

Hi all, I have a 2002 Dodge Caravan automatic transmission, currently with 80K miles (mostly highway). Since about 20K miles I started feeling some "bang" noise down shifting to second gear. The dealer says all is OK. They replaced pump, changed computer settings and flushed computer software but...

I would like to have your opinions on this subject. The following criteria should be taken into consideration regarding your answer: o Only engines within the last 50 years o Give preference to engines that get good MPG (v8's do sometimes!) o Try to use some facts! And give examples to justify. o...

Recently looked at some 2012 Camrys at a local Toyota dealer and was somewhat shocked to see that none of the power plants had exhaust manifold covers. While the average Joe/Jane probably wouldn't notice anything amiss, this was the first thing I noticed after popping the hood. The salesman...