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Hi everyone- I know that this is a pretty common problem, but I can’t seem to find any past posts with exactly the same issue. My 2004 V8 has the occasional hard shifts, but nothing major. Yesterday I put the car in to reverse to back out of my driveway and the car didn’t want to go into...

My 2004 V8 has been making the same rattling noise upon startup that several people here have had. I initially thought that I may have a bad tensioner, but the more I investigate it seems like the camshaft phaser issue. I've looked at the service manual and it looks like replacing it might be...

Hi everyone! I really have to dig into my 2004 V8 LS and find the solution to this one. I've seen these codes listed on the V6 and people seem to suggest that the PCV is the culprit. Not sure about the V8. The chec engine light is on and I'm pulling P0171 and P0174 codes. There are a couple...

Hi everyone - Can anyone give me their thoughts on this: Over the last few days my 2004 V8 has been acting up. Normally the temperature gauge sits perfectly at the halfway point. A couple days ago a few minutes after I started driving in the morning the fan came on. Engine didn't get...

Hi everyone- I looked in the archives but didn't see anything that looked like the answer to this question. Lately I've had a noise that occasionally comes from my brakes. It sounds, oddly, like a creaky mattress spring. It happens occasionally when depressing the pedal. Anybody ever...

Hi everyone - New poster here but long time reader. My name is Tim and I have had a 2004 LS V8 since 2010. I've done a bit of maintenance on it myself but just joined to ask a specific question in th LS forum. Really glad that this forum exists! Thanks everyone! Tim

Hi everyone- First time poster here, although I've been reading this forum for quite some time. My 2004 LS V8 developed a really strange problem today and I can't find anything similar in the previous posts. My wife came home this morning and said on her way to a meeting the steering wheel...