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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:23:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>2001 VW Jetta Seats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With less than 70,000 miles on the Odometer, the Leather seats in my car are falling apart.

[att=1]
[att=2]

I don't keep anything sharp in my pockets.
I imagine I should email VW about it. Does anyone have any tips about how I should word my complaint?

Seats shouldn't start falling apart on an 8 year old car, should they?
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Mom and Crockett...... I miss you both!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-30 17:04:40</pubDate>
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<title>Have wiper blade refills become extinct?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23420952</link>
<description><![CDATA[For the last 35 years or so I've no problem purchasing wiper blade refills and installing them.  But in the last year or so, it seems that no one carries them any more.  Instead, you have to replace the entire wiper assembly.  Why aren't the greenies having a fit over companies forcing them to replace the entire assembly on their eco-mobiles instead of just replacing the rubber?  ;)  What a waste.  :(]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-12-01 15:10:05</pubDate>
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<title>2 post or 4 post car lift? recommendations</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23416854</link>
<description><![CDATA[Im getting a new man cave 14 foot ceilings and have room for a car lift. Does any one have experience with them and can you give me some pros and cons between both based on that experience, as well as what brand is best.
thank you]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-30 20:42:54</pubDate>
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<title>no acceleration, metal/metal sounds</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23410018</link>
<description><![CDATA[82 camaro

So yeah, the other day my car was having problems at about 3k+rpms, loss of power etc, i kept it under otw home, in the end i basically ended up just coasting home at idle because it got to the point that i couldn't accelerate, just lots of bucking/the noise

initially it would accelerate fine up to that set rpm(about the 3k) in the end i could just barely hit the accelerator to make it back(any higher and it would start bucking/metal on metal)

tried not to accelerate at all for fear of damaging it

only known problems are a vacuum leak, and rear main seal leaking, fluids all look good, and subsequently it's parked until i can get it towed to a garage tomorrow, but figured i'd see if anyone has any ideas

edit, i also checked, noise is made even when in park/neutral, and thats about as far as my diagnosis got :P

also car sat for 5 years, etc etc, so been fixing everything already :P

also note, car was fine driving to work earlier in the day, had to slam on brakes cause of a moron driver.......got gas after work, and started doing it otw home]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-29 14:20:25</pubDate>
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<title>[Help] PCV Valve - 1999 Merc Mount (Ford Explorer)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Trying to *find* then replace the PCV valve on my 1999 Mercury Mountaineer (Ford Explorer clone). 6cyl 4.0L SOHC.

I found this (see pictures) but it is NOT the PCV valve. From everything I've read online and in my Haynes manual it should be located immediately where I highlighted.

So, where is the PCV valve?
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"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons..." - T.S Eliot "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." - Publilius Syrus Ma blog: http://www.johndball.com]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-12-01 12:29:30</pubDate>
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<title>[Help] Very trong odor after engine degrease-making me sick!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My 2005 Subaru Outback was serviced for 60,000 miles on Tuesday Nov. 24.  They changed the antifreeze and told me they had to use a degreaser to clean up a spill. I am a bit confused about this process, as they had called me asking if I wanted a procedure done which would "clean out the carbon".  I asked if it involved anything smelly  that would get into the cabin. I was told "no". Then when I went to pick up the car they told me they had used Carquest degreaser and there would be an odor that would "burn off" in a few days.  The car was smoking out the front when the mechanic came back from his test drive. 

I am very sensitive to chemical odors and can get really sick if exposed to them.  My husband has driven the car around a lot and it still stinks.  If the defroster is used, the odor fills up the inside of the car.  This car is/was my sanctuary- I have a hard time finding a car that hasn't been detailed or spreayed with perfumy odors or smoked it.  I really don't know where to go from here.

Thanks so much for any advice anyone can offer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-29 17:45:00</pubDate>
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<title>Why not just turn off the ignition?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23393584</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fom another thread which I did not want to hijack:

 quote:A family member in the runaway Lexus made a frantic 911 call moments before the crash, telling emergency responders that the accelerator was stuck and the driver couldn't stop the car. The call ended as someone was overheard urging others to hold on and pray, followed by a woman's scream.


  Why not just turn off the ignition?  On all the cars/trucks I've owned that have locking steering columns (I'm an old-timer, so I've owned some that didn't have locking columns), you can turn the key back one notch which will kill the ignition without locking the steering.  

  Or just slip the trans into neutral/depress the clutch.  Sure, you may blow up the engine if it doesn't have a rev limiter, and maybe even if it does.  But that's still better than killing four people, no?

Comments?    ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-25 10:15:50</pubDate>
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<title>Question about Dexcool</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23408401</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've heard that Dexcool is bad stuff and any car with it should have its system flushed and replaced with conventional coolant. Any truth to this?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-28 23:48:41</pubDate>
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<title>[Help] 1994 Concorde MAP/TPS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[hello,

I'm having issues with my 1994 Chrysler Concorde,  It has the 3.3L V6 and about 155K on it.

The other day I went out to start it up and it would run sorta start to run then die out.  I've discovered that if you give it some gas before it dies it will keep running, once the engine warms up a tiny bit it will sort of idle,  if you give it any gas after that it will rev up then drop and start to die again, but if you get it to idle under its own will and stay off the gas it seems to idle sort of alright, I've done my best to pull error codes through the ON, OFF, ON, OFF, ON key method but they kinda blink quickly and i'm pretty sure I got a few of them wrong but, I've had a shop take a look and they couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong but they mentioned a error code for the MAP sensor and Throttle Position Sensor.

These parts seem some what simple to replace, I know the throttle position sensor is on the opposite side of the throttle body from the throttle cables.  I've heard the MAP sensor is on the passenger side firewall?  Where is it and does this seem it could be the issue?  It happened a few days ago while i was on the road but the next day all seemed well again, not the case this time.

Any helpful advice would be very much appreciated!

~CD]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-28 14:34:01</pubDate>
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<title>94 Pontiac T/A 5.7L LT-1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hey guys,

 I'm having trouble understanding just what I got a hold of here.
 when I bring #1 cylinder up on the compression stroke and pull 
 timing cover off,the camshaft timing mark is at the 12o-clock position instead of the 6o-clock position, and the distributor rotor is pointing at the #6 cylinder.

 the camshaft gear and crank gear can only go on one way,due to 
 a dowel pin in the camshaft and a key in the crankshaft,
 the distributor also has a keyed shaft that drives off the cam gear
 and only fits one way into the distributor.

 this to me is 180 degrees out of time(camshaft).
 

 Thanks for the help.

 huntdog]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-28 12:49:05</pubDate>
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