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Overfilled Transmission, Broken Wires
A second-generation Honda Insight came into the shop with a complaint of low power when accelerating, and the transmission “D”…
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Rebuilding My Truck’s Rear Brakes Part 2
New blog post or video every Monday, plus pictures throughout the week on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Watch Mechanical Malarkey…
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Corroded Airbag Sensor Wire
A Honda Civic came into the shop needing an SRS light diagnosis. This light indicates that there’s something wrong with…
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Scraped Bumper, Broken Wire
A Honda Accord came into the shop with only a few thousand miles on it and a check engine light.…
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Chewed Injector Wires
I was given a Honda Ridgeline with a check engine light to diagnose. It came up with two codes, one…
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Speaker Failure Diagnosis
A Honda CR-V was in the shop, and one of the customer’s complaints was that the two rear speakers didn’t…
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Parking Sensor Problem: Blown Bulb?
A Honda Odyssey came in to the shop for diagnosis of the “check parking sensor system” message displayed in gauge…
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Not Worth Fixing Electrical Hack Job
It started out as a typical check engine light diagnosis. A 2006 Honda Accord came in needing diagnosis, and the…
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Loose Grounds Cause Strange Problems
A Honda Civic came into the shop with a very strange problem: the backup camera would turn on every time…
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When Big Jobs Get Bigger
It all started as simply taking over a used car that another tech had looked at but was out sick…
