Rust. TPMS issues. I ignored a clicking CV joint for many years and eventually junked the car with said rebuilt axle in it.
What "issues" do you just "live with" on your older vehicle?
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A piece of the turn signal stalk is broke on my 1991 Corvette. Replacement part was discontinued a few years ago. I just don’t use them anymore
I keep my cars to pretty high miles.... I do what's needed to keep them safe and reliable, and at least somewhat aesthetically pleasing. I've lived with busted windshields for years at a time because here in WA it seems as soon as you replace a windshield, bang another major chip
The Focus.. issue's LOL I'd break the internet with the issue's it has. My wife is bent on driving it till it either blows up or burns no matter how many problems it has. The Escape/Dakota/Festiva/RV all have tire issue's where they vibrate. Now the RV might be fixable with new tires but the others I just can't find anyone that balance a tire. I've wasted too much $$$ trying to get it to stop, thinking of getting balance beads. The Focus/Escape/Festiva has cracks in the windshield but I don't have a problem with it. Except the Focus all our vehicles are mechanically good and run great and stop even better, the brakes a phenomenal on all our vehicles!
parktronic beeper thing doesn’t work
Fixed it.The button on the hatch to open the hatch doesn't work.
When I find the time I will open it up. If I can replace the microswitch, I will. If I can't, it'll go back on broken.
For the last two years I have had "unlock trunk separately" checked in the car settings.
Unchecked the block and the button on the hatch works.
CRV might have an easy fix: it sounds like the cooling fan might be acting up.
Only two things on the Challenger: big one is the radio reception is weak, probably due to the PO's rear window tinting. (Antenna is in the glass.) Also, the lousy PVD chrome wheels are, as the commonly do, peeling.
Also has a distortion in the windshield, but that will be fixed as soon as the shop gets the replacement in.
Also has a distortion in the windshield, but that will be fixed as soon as the shop gets the replacement in.
Squeaks and rattles, I can't chase them all anymore
I've been putting off Shin Etsu lubing the weatherstripping
But it's low on the list compared to major mechanical refreshing that's way overdue
NYC is tough on a car mechanically and cosmetically, and paint +10 years on is usually damaged beyond repair
I've been putting off Shin Etsu lubing the weatherstripping
But it's low on the list compared to major mechanical refreshing that's way overdue
NYC is tough on a car mechanically and cosmetically, and paint +10 years on is usually damaged beyond repair
My '02 Ranger has half the dash lights out (I bought the bulbs to replace the burnt out ones last year but haven't found the time), and the shifter is sloppy and points between D and 2 when in drive (likely a broken clip under the dash that holds the cable that I can fix when I take the dash out to do the bulbs on the dash).
Our bought new by us 2010 Honda Element SC. Approximately 210K miles in these pictures, both taken about a year ago. Absolutely terrible paint.
Scott
Scott
Do you by any chance know thw size bulb this cluster takes because on my honda i replaced the dash bulbs with 74s and they are not as bright as the original bulbs
My daughter drives the '07 Civic Hybrid. We acquired it very reasonable from my niece/sister. It has 144k miles, and runs good. It has a bent subframe, and can never be aligned. It still drives great/straight, but will wear tires prematurely. We've been rotating them often. It also has very noisy shocks in the rear, but they aren't shot. The front windshield side moldings are gone. I've stuck auto-grade foam/rubber seals in there.
Our Jeep isn't old, and only has 44k miles. The auto start/stop works maybe 2% of the time. We are fine with that, as we always disabled it anyway. There are no codes/errors. The little battery may be shot?
Our Jeep isn't old, and only has 44k miles. The auto start/stop works maybe 2% of the time. We are fine with that, as we always disabled it anyway. There are no codes/errors. The little battery may be shot?
My daily driver ´88 Escort has a rather sloppy rubbery shifter feel, but not bad enough to make it intolerable.
Everything works properly on the 02 Camry. I call it a beater because it's old and not worth much but it isn't in beater condition. It's dead reliable and dead boring. Nothing much to fix there. Reliability will go away eventually but the boring won't!
Used to have an ‘04 Mazda 6. Bought new. Racked up 197k until it quit. Absolute beater toward the end. It was running on pure pride.
-Sagging headliner.
-Rusted hood and fenders.
-Various fluid leaks.
-Clutch chatter/ squeal
-Factory original suspension which was shot, but too rusted to disassemble.
-Rusted frame rails. Unable to place on jackstands.
Engine ran great until out of nowhere it started clacking like a diesel and lost almost all power. Suspect some sort of cam chain failure. Before that, it never threw many codes. Heat and AC always worked like a champ. Chicago winter just had its way with it, and it was one giant pothole away from breaking in half.
-Sagging headliner.
-Rusted hood and fenders.
-Various fluid leaks.
-Clutch chatter/ squeal
-Factory original suspension which was shot, but too rusted to disassemble.
-Rusted frame rails. Unable to place on jackstands.
Engine ran great until out of nowhere it started clacking like a diesel and lost almost all power. Suspect some sort of cam chain failure. Before that, it never threw many codes. Heat and AC always worked like a champ. Chicago winter just had its way with it, and it was one giant pothole away from breaking in half.
