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Hopefully someone can offer some advice to help me out. Vehicle is a 2006 Toyota Sienna AWD. The Brake, ABS, VSC and Low Tire Pressure lights came on after I noted some ABS activation when pulling away from a stop. I researched this and came to the conclusion that I have an ABS problem. I...

Hopefully someone with more knowledge of central air conditioning can help with my situation. The system has been working fine this cooling season, until now. When leaving the house this morning, I noticed a humming noise coming from the outside compressor of my first floor central air...

My daughter drives a 2008 Ford Taurus with roughly 200,000 miles. We live in northern NJ. Lately she has been commenting about how the power steering is a lot stiffer with the cold temperatures. She says that until the car warms up, she must return the steering wheel manually to straight ahead...

Maybe this has been posted before. If so, I apologize in advance. I just read an interesting article about a new style of valve actuation for internal combustion engines. Here is the link: Intelligent Valve Actuation A British company has developed a technology that decouples the actuation...

My daughter is away at school in RI and will be coming home this Columbus Day weekend. She has mentioned an infrequent problem with the 2008 Ford Taurus AWD that she uses for transportation to student teaching on a daily basis. She describes the problem as severe slipping. The engine will race...

I borrowed my son's truck today. It is a 2003 F-250 4WD with 95,000 miles. It has been sitting for roughly 2 months before today. When I got onto secondary roads, I could feel a bucking type sensation when I let off the gas. Seemed to be coming from the rear. Didn't think much of it as this is...

My 2006 Toyota Sienna LE AWD has 203,000 miles. Yesterday I changed the passenger side ball joint. It fought me the whole way. I had to basically grind it out. Eventually, I got it replaced. I took it for a test ride and all was good for the first few hundred yards. After that, the tranny was...

It seems as though the left rear wheel bearing on my 2006 Toyota Sienna LE AWD minivan is going bad. The low, growling noise volume varies with speed. When the highway makes a long sweeping turn to the left, the noise goes away, and when the turn is to the right, the noise increases. The van has...

My son bought a used 21 speed Mongoose mountain bike last year to use at college in Indiana. The bike sits outside from late August until mid May unprotected. There is no possibility to bring it inside to keep it out of the rain and snow. I am sure he won't take the time to cover it. The frame...