Sunday, October 12, 2008

My Toyota Corrolla is FINALLY fixed

Words cannot express how thrilled I am that my Corrolla is fixed. First of it took 5 mechanics to figure out the problem. Here are all the things we replaced as suggested by different mechanics. In their defense a vibration problem is hard to diagnose and for some reason my check engine light never came on until a week ago.

Things replaced/repaired:
tires rotated and balanced $20
axels replaced $150
Struts ... $200
transmision fluid changed $30
brakes redone $100 (these actually needed to be done)
diagnostic even though they didn't know the problem: $40

I can't remember if there was anything else but it finally ended up being a bad spark plug. Apparently Bosch spark plugs aren't always compatible with Toyota's. Too bad that check engine light didn't come on two years ago! So I guess my car was running on three cylinders instead of four which is why the vibration was only happening in high gear going up steep grades. Ugh, anyway, I am just happy to have it back as it should start saving us quite a bit on gas!

Hubby is totally fine with the Corrolla being his new commute car. So we shall really start cutting our gas bill almost in half!

3 comments:

  1. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    bUT IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT'S ONE SPARK PLUG AND NOBODY CAUGHT IT.

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  2. hOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    uNBIEVABLE THAT NOBODY CHECKED IT FIRST.

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  3. Yay for the fixed Corrolla!!! :)

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