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Yes, amichaels, that is correct. They will probably have to go in the transmission if they can not reverse that code for that particular shift solenoid and replace it. What it costs? I don't know. I haven't had a drastic problem as such yet. I know this because I have the GM shop manuals for this vehicle. It is why my wife and I do not have such big issues with ours. My wife and I are very ginger with ours. When we have issues I look them up and diagnose first before taking it in. It is better to know what you need to have done first before the shop does. This avoids over charge and over maintenance. Shops try to push hours out of the shop. That is how the techs get paid. We've had some issues but nothing major. Ours leaks oil and still over heats but not to the red line. We stopped that. We have an oil cooler problem leading to the radiator and, our oil pan gasket is leaking a bit but not bad enough to fix it yet. The cooler regulates temperature to the anti-freeze/radiator by keeping it cool while circulation is taking place in the system. We loose a quart of oil a month is about all. To keep this engine as cool as possible we use full synthetic oil in our block. But we had a coolant leak we could not find for a month. It wound up being a coolant pipe very close to the nut that bolted to the block down where you can't see in the block on the right side. The car does smoke when this happens. That's because the coolant leaks into the V- valley of the block and just sits there and gets red hot to evaporation stage forming the smoke and smell of anti-freeze. To see the anti-freeze you must take off the top cover off the engine. Your radiator will loose pressure. It is supposed to be 18 psi. After a pressure test that psi will drop 1 psi at minimum. It is not your radiator cap. It's the leak causing that psi drop. This one doesn't need alot of maintenance yet. Soon we will go do the fuel system in about 4 more months and trans flush and trans filter change. We have a pretty nice Aurora as of yet at 70k. We live in the Texas heat. We use a detailing clay to clean the residue off of our paint first with soap water. Then we wash it and wax it right away. We do the entire car lights and all the glass outside with that clay. Everything comes off and stays smooth and a great shine. We have no cracks or fades in our paint. The clay really takes it all off and restores that paint job. But It does not work if paint is faded or flaked off already. You must still have the clear coat on it. I hope that if someone reads this reply that it helps them because these are nice cars if you can find one in almost show room condition like we did. We are very grateful to have ours and we enjoy it very much. The first owner really took excellent care of this one inside and out. have a great day. I hope I answered the young ladies question the best I could about her smoking car. :-)

Doc Fees information: Patrick Subaru, Shrewsbury MA - $289 Metro West Subaru, Natick MA - $296 Cityside Subaru, Belmont, MA - $279 Clay Subaru, Norwood, MA - $354 When we bought a Subaru (Dec 2011) - we called the dealers above and negotiated over the phone. Clay was disorganized and Quirk was very rude over the phone as they insisted we must come to their showroom.

My Bluetooth and Homelink worked just fine. I did notice that Consumer Reports did not name the Civic as one of their "picks" for the first time ever. The "older" Hondas were great, and my problem car was my 4th V6 Accord. The first three were great or I would not have bought a fourth. My best friend is a mechanic, and still has a 99 Civic with 229,000+ miles. It is still peppy with ice cold air. Not building them the same I guess. For what it's worth.... My service mgr was helpful and a class act. He advised that Acura uses the same engine as the shimmy monster Accords, but not one Acura uses the VCM technology. It's either all six cylinders, or the car is turned off. Enjoy the new car, and best wishes to you and yours for 2012! Clay

Hi Clay, I recently purchased a 2011 Honda Accord (after driving my last one for 10 years) and have taken it in with a shuddering/vibration issues. I was told it's the way the car was engineered and that it was operating within "normal parameters". I totally disagree. My 2002 accord was a stick. This one is an automatic and feels like it needs to "shift" into gear. If I down shift the vibration isn't as noticeable but is still there. My question to you. How many times did you take your car in? In that 6 month period? Did a mechanic test drive it with you? Also, any tips you can give me to deal with this I would truly appreciate! My car will vibrate at all different speeds. I especially notice it when driving up hills on the expressway. And, once I plateau, the car will continue to vibrate. Very annoying!! Thanks for help!! Lisa

I read on Wikipedia that there was a 3rd-generation Corvair in the works, although it never got beyond a clay mockup stage, and was killed in 1968. I wonder what it looked like? I tried searching, but can't find anything. Wikipedia mentioned it looked something like a 1973 Grand Am. Also, supposedly the THM350 transmission had been modified so that it could be used with the Corvair, so that would have finally given the Corvair a 3-speed automatic. Still, I wonder if something as big and beefy as a THM350 would have robbed too much power from the small Corvair engine? And, I guess as time went by, it would have been increasingly difficult to meet emissions standards. I think air-cooled engines tend to be "dirtier" and harder to clean up than water-cooled, although I don't know if there's any truth to that. Looking back, maybe it's best the Corvair was retired when it was. Had it lasted into the 70's, I'm sure they would have made a mess of it!