My Car

[cbayer]

I wanted to talk about my car. Last week i went to get in my car to go to town. I tried to start it and it did not start. (what a great way to start the day) So I asked a friend to give my car a jump. Needless to say after it got started there was some thing wrong with my car. I was  ... I called around to get help to fix my car and well that was not happening either. So I had to call the only person i knew that could fix it. No he came to pick it up and i still dont know what is wrong with my car. I hope it does not cost me an arm and a leg..

[ktheodos]

I hope you figure out what the issue is!

[singletonb]

I hope that your car is a simple fix or something you can afford.

[aflyingmonkey]

I'm so sorry... it's always a stressful time when a car acts up because the price to fix it can skyrocket based on the unknowns. Is it going to be crazy expensive or just a simple reasonable amount.  I had a car that wouldn't start & it turned out to be the ignition switch.   Hopefully it's a simple fix. 

Keep us updated on your car....  I'm sure most of us here have had car issues & are empathetic to your plight, scary times

[judylucas]

car fixes mostly turn out expensive  sad to say

[Nancy5]

Sorry to hear this.  I know how expensive it can be if something is wrong with your car.  Last week I closed the passenger side door and the mirror fell out and broke.  I’m afraid to go back to the dealer to get a replacement as I know it will cost a lot, my mirrors are heated.

[NRAJOE]

I got that 5.4 Triton (2005 F150) that had the sparkplug issue....bought the truck new in '05 but only has 62,000 miles on it.
Started bucking and kicking and rattling....wound up being two bad coil packs but plugs needed to be changed...6 of the plugs broke off and had to be drilled out....with that and two coil packs tune up was $1,200 dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most expensive tune up in my whole life! 

[dogsleash]

good luck i hope it gets fixed.

[cathy37]

This happened to me one time.  I came out of work and it wouldn't start.  Someone gave me a jump and it started but it was jumpy and not running right.  I had it checked out and all it took was cleaning the battery posts.

[vickysue]

Think  Heavens I have a great nephew  that can and does  keep my car  running great.  He has his own repair and does mostly tractors but is great on my car.  I only have to pay for parts if needed but is getting close to having to buy another one. And I refuse to buy a new one. I like to buy used ones. Bought a new Honda  one year and  drove it less then 2000 miles and was about 200 miles from home and the timing belt  broke and messed the motor up as it was a side winder. Had to get it towed  all the way home. Now that was a bill. Took it right to the dealer. They gave a problems but in the end they had to replace the whole motor. , paid the towing and my motel bill plus meals as the tow truck  would not tow it that far in the dark. So we went to the first town and spent the night and then on home.

[timvolley]

i too hope you get your car fixed quickly and cheaply

[fillfran82]

I wanted to talk about my car. Last week i went to get in my car to go to town. I tried to start it and it did not start. (what a great way to start the day) So I asked a friend to give my car a jump. Needless to say after it got started there was some thing wrong with my car. I was  ... I called around to get help to fix my car and well that was not happening either. So I had to call the only person i knew that could fix it. No he came to pick it up and i still dont know what is wrong with my car. I hope it does not cost me an arm and a leg..

Hello!

I don't drive so I don't know anything about cars. Nonetheless, I hope fixing your car will be inexpensive for you. Shop around for the best deals so it won't be too expensive.

[Skyisbluetoday]

Might be the battery or the starter. Those would be the simple things to start with. If those don't work would check fuses they have a connection to starting as well. Good luck! 

[MichelleHW101]

That's just horrible.  What's even worse is trying to find an honest person who will fix it right.  My brother has a 2010 CRV from Honda and when he took it to pepboys they listed a zillion and one things wrong with it.  He then took it to a friend he knows the the friend told him most of the things that need to be done with the car don't even need to be done.  Car dealerships are notorious for this sort of thing.  My friend lost his job at a GoodYear because he went and told the customer that he couldn't do an alignment because the alignment machine was broken.  This was after (and without his knowledge) the manager (who knew the machine was broken) made the customer pay for an alignment.   

[demaina]

Good luck.  Car troubles suck unless you can do the work yourself.  You never really notice how much you appreciate a car until it's taken away from you.