Allison Walker, The Lady Auto Mechanic, spent the morning representing MPB at the Mississippi Capitol Building. She answered questions on the air from from the of folks she met. Auto Correct also, in inadvertently, continued with the \"critter\" theme that two of our sister broadcasts tackled: Fix It 101 http://fixit101.mpbonline.org/episodes/fix-it-101-house-pest and Creature Comforts
We ended the show with some bad habits that might have you hurting your car:
Not performing maintenance and not reading your owner's manual
Other topics:
Here are the recalls for the week: 2018-2019 Mercedes-AMG E-Class, S-Class, G-Class and GT63, 1998-2001 Audi A4, A6, A8 and TT, 2019-2020 Ram 2500, 3500, 2006-2011 Hyundai Elantra, Elantra Touring, 44,000 2019-20 Lexus and Toyota Cars and SUVs, 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, GMC Sierra 1500, 2016 Mazda CX-5, 2020 BMW X7, 2018-2020 Honda Odyssey, 2013-2018 Ford Flex, Taurus, Lincoln MKT
You can find out if your car has a past recall by going to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s website: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls and inputting your VIN number.
Consumer Reports has a list of vehicles that have a record of much-worse-than-average overall reliability based on subscriber responses to their Annual Auto Survey. Today, we’re going to caution you about:
VW Passat 2013-2014 and 2002 & 2003 2002 for oil sludge resulting in engine failure.
Please consider reading up on the reliability of this car before purchasing it as a used car, suggests Consumer Reports. https://www.consumerreports.org/used-cars/used-cars-to-avoid-buying/ https://www.carcomplaints.com/ is another resource for unreliable car lists.
If you’re interested in reviews of new cars Casey Williams is the automotive correspondent for WFYI, a public radio station in Indianapolis. He has reviewed cars and covered the auto industry for 25 years. His review this week is on the 2020 Genesis G70 3.3T https://www.wfyi.org/news/authors/casey-williams