TheEdgeofSanity
05-03-2010, 11:59 AM
for the last 3 months, my car has been in and out of the repair shop so much, i am beginning to feel like I don't even own a car anymore!
so, my SES light is chronically on...I have an EVAP leak and the mechanic replaced everything from the gas tank all the way to the engine. he's tested every solenoid, replaced all lines, etc. He tested my car for emissions and I am meeting the requirements of the system so he has no idea. he said that it may have to do with a vacuum sensor located inside the gas tank?
secondly, my car died about 3 weeks ago where it would run, then get bad, then cut out, let it sit for 20 minutes, fire back up and run another 10 miles or so then repeat. I thought fuel pump, so did mechanic. So, he checks fuel pressure, finds out it is low, checks fuel filter and its 100% clogged. Mechanic replaces filter then says that fuel pressure is fine. He test drove it and everything is cool. He says that the clogged filter was overworking the fuel pump causing it to overheat and shut off.
Now, I pick up the car from the mechanic and everything is good until I get it home and start it about 3 hours later to go to my grandma's. The car idles at 3,000 rpms and the accelerator is not stuck. When I put it in reverse, I literally burned rubber because I was not thinking and was not pushing the brake hard. Then driving, I realized that after getting in overdrive, my car could accelerate without me touching the accelerator all the way to 55 mph and maintain it! :eek: So, at the next traffic light, I had to hit the brakes really hard to get it to stop and I shifted it to neutral and it revved all the way to 4K before settling down to 2K rpm's before I had to accelerate again for the green light. So, next morning (saturday) it is back at the mechanic. He is super apologetic and decides to look at it while I am there. He suspects it is the TPS going haywire, but had to keep the car until he has more time to diagnose it.
Overall, I go from a car that won't run to a car that is freaking toyota insane! I don't think the mechanic is purposely fucking me over, but I am starting to get annoyed that it usually leaves with a new problem once one problem is addressed (and not even fixed!). We have been using this mechanic for years with nothing but good service so I dunno why suddenly things are so bad. He claims that he sees alot of late-GM models with issues like mine.....
so, my SES light is chronically on...I have an EVAP leak and the mechanic replaced everything from the gas tank all the way to the engine. he's tested every solenoid, replaced all lines, etc. He tested my car for emissions and I am meeting the requirements of the system so he has no idea. he said that it may have to do with a vacuum sensor located inside the gas tank?
secondly, my car died about 3 weeks ago where it would run, then get bad, then cut out, let it sit for 20 minutes, fire back up and run another 10 miles or so then repeat. I thought fuel pump, so did mechanic. So, he checks fuel pressure, finds out it is low, checks fuel filter and its 100% clogged. Mechanic replaces filter then says that fuel pressure is fine. He test drove it and everything is cool. He says that the clogged filter was overworking the fuel pump causing it to overheat and shut off.
Now, I pick up the car from the mechanic and everything is good until I get it home and start it about 3 hours later to go to my grandma's. The car idles at 3,000 rpms and the accelerator is not stuck. When I put it in reverse, I literally burned rubber because I was not thinking and was not pushing the brake hard. Then driving, I realized that after getting in overdrive, my car could accelerate without me touching the accelerator all the way to 55 mph and maintain it! :eek: So, at the next traffic light, I had to hit the brakes really hard to get it to stop and I shifted it to neutral and it revved all the way to 4K before settling down to 2K rpm's before I had to accelerate again for the green light. So, next morning (saturday) it is back at the mechanic. He is super apologetic and decides to look at it while I am there. He suspects it is the TPS going haywire, but had to keep the car until he has more time to diagnose it.
Overall, I go from a car that won't run to a car that is freaking toyota insane! I don't think the mechanic is purposely fucking me over, but I am starting to get annoyed that it usually leaves with a new problem once one problem is addressed (and not even fixed!). We have been using this mechanic for years with nothing but good service so I dunno why suddenly things are so bad. He claims that he sees alot of late-GM models with issues like mine.....