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Man you were right about two months ago my Coolant Outlet Flange cracked. Luckily I was close to my neighborhood shop and was able to get it fixed fairly quick. Probably should have ran a pressure test as soon as the coolant was low. Another lesson learned.

Had the rear pads replaced about a month ago. Apparently shop didn't tighten all of the lugs as only one was loose. Definitely keeping an eye on the coolant.

Loose lug nuts on rear driver side. Overheating = low coolant. (Slowly crawling back into my hole......smh)

I'm hearing a loud knocking noise (from the rear) when I take my foot off the gas pedal. Checked my lugs and they were good. I only hear this noise when the car is in drive and I'm not accelerating. Car began to overheat today and "reduce engine power" msg appeared. I have no clue what this...

This has happened to me as well. I used a steamer to clean out the drain tube and placed a zip tie around the drain tube to prevent this from happening again. That zip tie info was courtesy of the good folks on this forum.

No I did not bleed the brakes.

I had this same problem today. Left rear wheel was smoking hot after driving. Took the tire off and noticed the pads were eating the rotor. Caliper was sticking too. I removed the brakes and turned the caliper the wrong way. Had to get a bucket to catch the brake fluid that came out when the...

This is by far the worst post I have made in this forum. How I missed this issue I will never know. Long story short, one wheel stud on the right rear passenger tire broke off (hence the noise). Cannot figure out for the life of me how I missed this, took off the front tire and remounted on...

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I have searched the forum but didn't find anything on an issue I'm having. I hear a knocking noise that appears to be coming from the right rear of the vehicle. It almost sounds like it's coming from the rear passenger tire but I can't pinpoint the noise. The noise is really clear when I'm...

My gear shift lights have been out for a while. Could this be as simple as a blown fuse or more complicated than that? Is there a fuse for those lights??

Just fixed mine on Sunday. A while back I asked a guy at the dealership about the short hoses and he said sometimes dirt gets clogged in the hoses so if you clean them out it makes the reattachment a lot easier. I used a steamer to clean my hose and it worked like a charm. I was able to attach...

Mechanic couldn't get the car to overheat today...go figure. On the way home CEL comes on and I get the P1299 code. Autozone says its the coolant temp sensor which appears to be easy to replace. But I do not know where this is located. I have seen a couple of posts but nothing definitive. Is...

I believe my degas bottle cracked today. I want to change this myself but the last time I bleed the system I do not believe I did it correctly and I caught hell getting the engine fill cap off. I took it to a local shop and they replaced the thermostat and flushed the system no more issues until...

Where did you find the cap at? I have not had any luck finding one.

Man this thread has scared the hell out of me. My car just started overheating this week. I replaced the thermostat but that didn't do the trick. I'm going to add more coolant today and probably bleed it again. Hopefully that does it. I really think it's something dealing w/ my fan b/c my AC has...

Replaced thermostat today and engine is overheating once again. I searched some posts and I saw some comments stating I would need 2 gallons of coolant but it only took a gallon initially. But my degas appears empty now. When my car was overheating I safely removed the degas cap and the coolant...

9. remove engine fill cap ( on top of thermostat housing/coolant tree pipe). It has an allen type fitting on the top. I used a T55 IIRC to open it. Is there another way to remove this cap other than the method listed above?

Sometimes the A/C works great and sometimes not at all (blowing only hot air). It seems like a fan issue but this is the first time I have had an overheating issue along with my A/C. My a/c has done this numerous times before without an overheating issue to accompany it which makes me think this...

Took my 02 LS to the shop today to check the A/C. It usually blows hot if the outside temp is > 90. Or it works when it wants to very frustrating. The mechanic said the compressor was shot and it would cost $1300 to repair (as stated in the initial post of this thread). Recently my car has...