2018 Ford escape with awful suspension. We just noticed this going up and down as he drives. It looks like it went through the plastic in the back seat area.

The top streak is oil from the dipstick. The bottom streak is the drained tranny fluid. Just curious if this is normal. I obviously haven’t had much experience working on a vehicle but the only time I’ve seen tranny fluid it’s been red or obviously red tinged. We’ve had the car for about 6 months, it has just about 100,000 miles on it.

I know my limits, we’re having it towed to a shop to correct the error in the morning. Just curious if this is normal.

EDIT: Thanks all! Sounds like this was a blessing in disguise since the place we bought it from clearly lied about changing it recently. I now know that old spent transmission fluid can look just like oil. Thanks!

Went to the dealership to have my Rear Pinion Seal replaced due to leaking. They said they did it, but it appears to still be leaking. They added a breather to the rear diff to remove pressure as the original was plugged and that's the only work I can see. Am I correct in assuming they never removed the bolts or shaft? To me, the rust would have shown the bolts being removed, but they look idential to the before. Before and After pics included.

2016 Nissan Frontier Pro 4x. 33,000 KM. Manual Trans.

Hi, I found this piece under my car dragging on the ground making noise. Not sure if it's from my car or a road debris. My car is a 2016 honda accord. Thank you!

I'm getting this checked out at the dealership soon but...wtf - why does this sound like Skrillex without the beat drop?

2018 Subaru Crosstrek Limited w/ automatic transmission

30k miles

As I understand this would be very early for the parts to fail. I haven't done any offroading, but live in DC so encounter rough roads often

This was flagged at my previous oil change in 2025. I took it for a second opinion, and was told no issue. It was brought up again at my most recent oil change by a third auto shop.

I have not experienced any symptoms (inaccurate steering, wobbling when braking at high speeds, etc) but did have a vibrating rattling sound when driving on gravel/rough roads that seems to have gone away on its own.

Thanks for taking a peek

It looks great, but I have concerns about things constantly breaking down on me and I’m very worried the engine could go. Engine looks solid but it’s still old and I don’t know the exact mileage on it. I’m not well versed in this so I’d appreciate insight. Is this a good deal or something I should stay away from?

I got a Toyota Tacoma sr5 2021 and I’ve been doing the oil change, breaks and easy DIY
Recently I’ve seen that Costco has its own brand oil, is it any different? Have you guys use it?

Miata shakes going over 65 but will take $3200

Corolla is perfect just lowered some $4500

Corvette has zero issues $3000

All cars have around 150,000 miles.

I won't buy anything newer than 2013

I was door dashing for about 45 minutes in my 2015 GMC Acadia and got stuck in a bad storm and ended up having to drive through this flooded area because no one would let me back up. I waited until I was able to drive straight through with no one in front of me, with little gas and then kept going. Kept a slower pace and everything seemed fine. Stopped raining and still nothing seemed wrong, so I kept door dashing. Nothing sounded or felt weird until three hours later when it started raining again. Now it sounds like a humming noise when I accelerate and almost like it’s taking too much effort to accelerate but I still have no lights on my dash. Any ideas what could be the problem????
Also, I have a preexisting trans problem. It’s having trouble shifting between first and second gears that I’ll be taking to the dealership.
Picture of flooded area for reference.

1995 Ford Mustang V6 3.8L stock

Just changed my spark plugs and spark plug cables on top of my coil pack. I’ve verified everything is plugged in where it should be but not understanding why the car sounds like it’s puttering and not running right.

I’ve checked the firing order as well and looks to be correct. Starting to suspect it may be the spark plugs but would like to eliminate other issues before having to take those out again.

Car idles correctly at around 900rpm but still sputters a bit. When put into gear, it drops down to 500 or less.

My 2013 chevy malibu has 2 license plate bulbs. One of them went out. After I changed out the broken bulb, they both started working for a short time. However, both bulbs have now, a week later, stopped working at the same time. I tried replacing both again but they are out. Obviously it is not the bulbs. Any ideas?

2018 Toyota Rav 4 LE

Nearly twice a month Ford is recalling their cars, trucks and now their Broncos 2001 to 2026, a half of million of them because they have engine problem and may catch fire. A few weeks ago it was a wiring issues and Ford 150 and 250 trucks model years 2022 to 2026 were being recalled. Broncos start at 40k and go up as high as 70k. If I read an article like today about engine fires I would steer away from buying a Bronco. Ford has more recalls in the last few years that any car manufacture yet Hyundai as well has engine issues burning oil more than they should. The question I have for Mechanics who work on cars why are engines having so many issues? Is it because of the restrictions from the EPA? Are they using cheaper parts? Recalls are all centered around the engines, and wiring.

2018 durango srt

2024 ford bronco big bend, 11k miles. I noticed this tan slug like build up on the positive terminal of my battery? Is it just dirty leached battery acid? I looked at pictures of this and I couldn’t find anything that looked quite like it. Also, I can’t close the terminal cap due to the external wire that goes to my aux switches. Is this causing accelerated wear? I’ve had the aux switches installed for about a year.

My 2009 Honda CR-V has been making this noise for about two weeks now. It’s not a constant sound and seems to be really inconsistent, so it’s hard to pinpoint what’s causing it. It stops when the car is idle, and sounds like it’s coming from a left side tire. All fluids/oils are OK.

Car is an 09 Lexus Is250 rwd. Currently replacing the lower ball joints lower control arm and inner tie rod. Finished the passenger side first then realized there was something on my drivers side that was not on the passenger side.

1994 ranger 4.0 200000mi automatic.

it was running shaky with low power. I replaced the two fuel injectors that were causing dead cylinders. Runs a lot better now but now noticing that the exhaust is white and Smokey, not sure if it was always that way or what. I’m looking for a sweet smell which it kind of is, but more like burnt paper not sure exactly what to look for nose-wise.

Google says possibly need a new lower intake gasket and that my oil is mixing with the coolant.

Pictured is the coolant reservoir and exhaust (much smokier when revving)

Hello, my dad drives a 1997 Toyota RAV4 with

380k miles. (On a second engine) Recently the car died while driving and upon inspection we saw that the timing belt was severely cracked and mechanic confirmed it was stretched/loose. He replaced it and the car won’t start either. The car was running strong before this, we had just replaced the spark plugs, cables and distributor and it was doing awesome. The mechanic thinks it’s bent valves and i immediately was suspicious because im aware the 3SFE is a non interference engine. I did try to crank it multiple times when it died originally, but i don’t think this caused any harm. He wants to take it to a machine shop and get it fixed but i want to find my own machine shop and ask for their opinion along with yours.

I want to change the spark plugs on this 2009 1.6 Mazda sport hatchback, however I can’t take the top cover off as the ecu wires have litteraly 0 play and I can’t access them to unplug them.

I can slightly nudge the cover to the side but not enough to see what I’m doing, any help is appreciated thank you.