Q: I purchased a 2020 Kia Sportage and have noticed that when I park the vehicle for a short of time, the outside air temp gauge reads very high. Once I start driving the vehicle again, the temp ...

Q–The thermostat of my ’89 Ford Taurus 3-liter has been changed three times with three brands. After each change, the meter reached about 40 degrees above the cold mark (normal) and seemed to be fine ...

Answer:Noticing all other gauges working properly was a good observation. All the gauges use a common power source, so we can safely eliminate the lack of a full 12 volts at the instrument cluster as ...

I have a 2005 MG ZT-T diesel with 69,000 miles - up to the last 3000 miles the needle on the engine temp has always stayed at the half way bar on the gauge no matter what kind of driving. However, at ...

Q: My 1999 Pontiac Sunfire coupe is doing something something I can't easily explain. The car has 240,000 km on it and it has the stock engine, although I think I bought it with a K filter charger.

A few months back my 2004 Ford Focus 1.8 developed a chronic misfire, which was diagnosed by my Ford dealer as a blown 'coil pack' caused by 'unserviceable' spark plugs. Shortly after that was fixed ...

Recently, when driving on a motorway after 20 minutes or so, the temp gauge of my 2005 Mondeo 2.0-litre petrol automatic moved into the red. However, if I coasted downhill, the gauge came off red. The ...

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