Posts by Dennis Vieira
Your Biggest Fan (Radiator Fan Problems)
Your vehicle’s engine makes a lot of heat when it’s powering you down the road, so it needs a way to get rid of that energy. That’s why your vehicle has a cooling system, complete with a radiator and one or two radiator fans, also called cooling fans. Those fans make sure air keeps moving…
Read MoreThe Turn Signal Mystery (Turn Signal Problems)
Some problems are easy to diagnose on a vehicle; others aren’t. Figuring out what’s wrong with a malfunctioning turn signal sometimes fits into both categories. By the way, if your tempted to just leave your broken blinker broken, remember you can get a ticket for not using them, not to mention you are missing a…
Read MoreGrowing Old Together (Maintaining an Older Vehicle)
More and more of us are hanging on to our vehicles longer. A company by the name of HIS Markit recently released a report that shows the average age of light vehicles in the U.S. is now 11.8 years. Light vehicles are cars, SUVs (sport utility vehicles) and CUVs (compact utility vehicles). In Canada, the…
Read MoreRear Window?Not the Movie! (Why Some Rear Windows Don’t Go All the Way Down)
Alfred Hitchcock once made a mystery thriller film called “Rear Window.” It had nothing to do with the rear window of today’s cars, SUVs, CUVs and light trucks. But there is one thing that some drivers DO find mysterious. Why don’t the rear windows in the second row of many of these vehicles go down…
Read MoreUnlock the Secret (Malfunctioning Door Lock Actuator)
What a convenience power door locks are on a vehicle. The latest don’t even require you to push the button on the key fob; all you have to do is have it with you. But sometimes there’s a component of power door locks that can fail, especially when they are used several times each day. …
Read MoreThe Byte Stuff (Your Vehicle’s Computers)
Nobody has to tell you that computers are a part of so many things in our lives. Smartphones, kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners, televisions. You name it—it has a computer in it. And your vehicle is no exception. The earliest cars relied on the technology of their time, and there was no such thing as a…
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