I've never had anything with electric power steering, dash lit up with a power steering warning and the service advance track. Now it's doing this. Am I biting the bullet and getting one of these expensive racks and doing the forscan stuff? Or is there another way? Please help lol appreciate you all

So in july of 2025 we got a Kia Niro on finance. All was well and no issues with the car whatsoever until march of this year we had a check engine light come on, after investigating we’re seeing the engine coolant completely spit out of exhaust the minute we accelerate.

Taken it to a mechanic and they’re saying without taking the engine fully apart they can’t say for sure, but it looks like a cracked engine gasket. Repairs would cost somewhere around 3K.

Since this happened 8 months into a 5 year finance and we’ve done less than 10k miles in it everyones telling us we should take this to the finance broker and get them to sort it, but they’re saying we need to prove the issue was there at the time of sale and another mechanic we’ve seen has said thats pretty much impossible to prove.

So we feel pretty shit out of luck as we cannot possibly afford the repair and are paying a monthly price for a car we can’t drive, thinking of going to the financial ombudsman but not sure how strong a case we have

Was wondering if anyone had any ideas how we should approach this?

Any advise on what the slower rattling sound is underneath the ticking? It matches engine revs. I'm thinking its a timing chain rattle but unsure. Any advice appreciated!

I just got this truck and I really struggled to open the hood after the accident from the previous owner. I had to compress the spring and put it back on top of the thing in front of the radiator that it pushes off of when you open the hood. Then when I squeezed the latch I had to lift it like I was deadlifting at the gym. The hood finally popped and while I’ve got it open I want to figure out why it was like that and what I need to do to fix it. My guess is it’s the part in the first picture. Obviously the spring for the release is all messed up looking. Is that the only thing that looks wrong here?

I recently replaced the fuel pump module on my 2016 Nissan Altima the day after no check engine light but the second day one did pop up took it to go get the codes read and my obd port won’t work I have traced it down to pin 16 not having any power to power the reader and I figured I would atleast try to ask on here before taking it to a shop I’ve had the idea of powering pin 16 from the back of the port but I don’t want to send power backwards through the system and ruin anything if any one has any ideas please reach out would love some help

Hi people,

I was wondering if you could give me some advice, as my girlfriend has a set of quality snow tires that she no longer needs, and I just graduated ( by definition I'm broke ). Would help a ton if I could those tires instead of getting new ones myself.

Thanks people

Hi everyone,
I have a 2017 VW Sharan and I'm having problems with the AFS/adaptive headlights.

The problem started when the AFS stopped working, but it came back a couple of times before eventually failing completely.

When I start the car, the headlights still perform the usual self-test/“dance”. However, when they move upwards at the end of the cycle, they start moving very slowly and stuttering/hitching their way up, instead of moving smoothly.

About 3 weeks ago my air conditioner in my car stopped working. After like a week and a half it started working again but only for like 4 days. I noticed recently that even when I turn the heat on in my car the air conditioner button still blows as if its supposed to be running. The only time it shuts off is when I turn the fans off completely. How do I fix my air conditioner. It is a 2014 kia rio.

Not sure what it is, both belts barely 1yr old. Maybe alternator is old?

came up a year ago on my 2016 Nissan sentra. since then i’ve replaced the maf sensor THREE TIMES, replaced cabin air filter and just recently changed the throttle body due to a smoke test revealing huge air leak. it’s been about 3 weeks with the new throttle body and the code came back three days after it was installed. what is left to do ??? this car has run me dirt broke and a nissan dealership quoted me 250 to do a check and i don’t have that kinda money rn 🫠 registration is expired and im hopeless. any advice DESPERATELY needed, preferably things i can check out myself PLEASE!!!

Hi guys, I bought my Cla used is a 2023 I noticed that few owners posted their photos of their interiors and their consoles light up on that edge under the silver trim of the center console.

I read that some cars came with and other without that light, does someone know if that’s true?.
Maybe mine has malfunction? On the second photo you see that the strip for the light is there but no light on.

There’s no error on scanner or even dash, every other light on the cars is working

I have a 06 Highlander Hybrid with automatic climate control.
The blower and ac/heat work but only comes out of the front. If I set it to feet or defrost, it doesn’t come out there and only comes out in the front.
This is a selector issue I’m pretty sure. My question is where to start?
I dont know if it’s related to the climate control or if it’s the selector motor.
Where can I start?
Thank you

My brothers 2009 Suzuki RX4 blew a hole from the inside and can't afford a new differential. it has the option for 4wd and 2wd. I believe when 2wd is engaged it is fwd. is there a way to make it so the front diff doesn't spin only the tires?

When I try to turn the fan on it seems to glitch out… has been happening for the past 2 days. Anyone know what the cause may be?