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The problem here is there are very few mechanics. I could probably count the decent mechanics I know on one hand. Most of the “mechanics” here are low paid labourers who have never even opened a book. I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve hired and fired this year already. People come and tell you they have been doing the job for 10 years, but when it comes down to it, they recommend changing a whole assembly at 5,000 dhs rather than change a 10 dhs bearing because they’re just not educated and have no interest in learning anything technical. To be honest, if I was earning 2-3k per month I probably wouldn’t be all that interested either. And the problem is only compounded by cheap bastards always searching for the lowest price rather than getting a quality job, even if it means getting an engine held together with silicon and shellac.

Yes I still like to get my hands dirty. Car shows is only part of it. We still have to repair cars to pay for all the crazy builds we do. You should drop into the shop some day and have a look. I know you like jeeps. We’re building a stupid crazy SWB wrangler rock crawler at the minute. Small block Chevy, lengthened and widened chassis, 48” tyres, air ride suspension, 3 differentials, yes 3, each front wheel has its own differential. If you’re into engineering the front suspension setup will blow your mind. Stupid crazy car.

Not your fault, you are not familiar with the dealers here. There is no such thing as repair in their vocabulary. It's only replace. I wouldn't be too surprised if they say the whole trans has to he replaced at a price which probably exceeds the price the vehicle was bought at.

It's not always change there is repair also here in the market but it always depends on the durability and customers budget... diagnosis is not limited to hooking up a scan tools and retrieving codes there are wirings to be checked, live data to be viewed and many other aspects only after that it's decided what to do about it...you have to make time and drop the car for a good old check-up...

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You can put a cover or atlernative if you install some wind deflectors that would help

I would not start replacing solenoids just yet. P1595 means that there are issues present in one or more circuits (as opposed to failing solenoids). However, finding this issue is PITA on Jeeps and many Chrysler products, since it involves testing the brake light circuit, and dedicated circuits between the solenoids and the PCM. To do this you need Jeep/Chrysler specific scan tool that has the ability to activate each suspect solenoid individually. If @Barry has the time, I suggest you have him do this, or if he does not have the time, to take the vehicle to the dealer. These circuits have to be tested in a particular order of steps, and if you get this order wrong, you can spend days looking for the fault and never find it. Good luck!

Hi After being on vacation and driving another SUV for a while i noticed when i got back that my steering is real heavy, it was like this before too i just didn't realize. For you other guys driving Pajeros is the steering heavy or is it the same as any other car?

I drove a 2010 Pajero for 9 years and its steering is heavy compared to most other cars. So if your steering fluid levels are ok, I guess you will have to live with it

Jack the front of the car up so both wheels are off the ground. If it’s still tight when you steer, you might have a bad ball joint or track rod end or something. If it feels ok, you maybe just have a car with heavy steering. I’ve driven a lot of pajeros and I wouldn’t say they have light steering. Try that test and see what happens but it’s probably ok, it’s a pajero not a Range Rover.

Back than in Turkey i was having a Peugeot 206. For few days i traveled with my mother`s Benz. When i come back i thought something happened to my steering but i was normal. It was the difference of electric steering vs hydraulic steering. I think Pajero also dont have electric steering maybe thats why you think it is too heavy.

As soon as i get the seals i need i will change it. Already oil and filter waiting in trunk.

Or flush and refill the ATF which might actually get some crud out of the way ans improve the situation

When you consider the price i bought it yes it just not worth it to change. Better to drive until it dies and throw it to scrapyard.

checked the fluids a while a go i will do it again to make sure, good idea, cause its heavy enough to make me think that there is something wrong....

It depends on which car you were driving to compare with? I always feel my Pajero steering is tighter than my Range of wifeys trailblazer. Still as a first rule of thumb, check and top up your power steering fluid with car properly warmed up and do few steering left and right to let the oil in the canister circulate and release any bubbles (if any). Top up the the max line on the dipstick and drive around, if it helps.

Repair costs and that stuff is standard when you have a car but the issues i have here is if the garage is rely doing what they say they are! I have helped a friend with a car and i knew that the break pads needed changing that was fixed it looked like but 1 month later when he goes to the same garage same mechanic they tell him the pads need changing cause they are worn?????

Unexpected cost mainly, Just broke the motor inside the power mirror. and the spare part shop doesnt have a motor replacement, instead a complete mirror for 590 Aed. currently removed the power mirror connection.

This is not only the mechanics to blame. This is market here like this. Whatever you pay you will get that. For the money i am paying no one is going to sit on computer and make research for me for hours. So i am trying to do it myself. Even if people trying to be better, making research, trying to make diagnosis for every small item who is going to pay for it in this country or lets says for these beater cheap cars. For cars like you are dealing currently, case is totally different.

Not yet just sensor changed

Insurance costs have lately been on the low side especially for tpl

So you didn't do the flush and oil refill?

Ok if anyone wondering what happened. I bought oil, filter and sensor. When we start working Jalil found out there are leaks on transfercase seals and leak between gearbox and transfercase. We decide to not open the pan until i get the needed seals for solving the leaks. But we change the sensor. Currently i can say there is %80 improvment on situation. Most of the time it is shifting very nicely and even if does it it is much better than before. Cruise control issue not solved with sensor. It gives P1595 code which is speed control selenoid circuts. There are way to test it online. I will see what to do. But i am thinking when we drop to pan it is better to chage the governor pressuare sensor and governor pressuare selenoid, if i can get it here available(I would like to hear from our mechanic members ideas about changing this 2) In UAE people like changing things complitely. In America people going inside and looking what causing the issue. I think my case here will be a sample for people who has Jeeps to solve their gearbox issue without changing the gearbox.

Biggest headache for me , is fix cost...I.e. annual registration cost and increased insurance cost .

After reading forums and websites i guess i know what is wrong. I hope i am right about it. When i write about my problem to Jeep facebook pages they asked me if my cruise control working and it was working till yesterday night. Yesterday while i am coming back from drive my cruise control was working at the begining than it stop working. Here is the theory. There are 2 sensors on transmission. One inlet and one outlet. They known as speed sensors. When i made my transmission over heat, heat damage the sensors and they start not reading correctly. These sensors telling the gearbox to shift or not shift. Since they are failed transmisson dont know is it need to shift or no. Thats why it is keep going between 1 and 2. Also the same sensors being used by cruise control. Since sensors are not good cruise control is not working. Tomorrow i will replace oil, filter and sensors than we will see. I read from forums many people solve their similar cases with this. https://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/12/symptoms-of-a-bad-or-failing-transmission-speed-sensor/

Recently we changed atf oil and 2 filters on a Jeep 4.7 grand it was working good after the oil change smooth shifts then I gave the car to customer then drove the car to Sharjah next day it was fine till he decided to return back it started to jump like a stallion and reached home like that after pulling the codes and checking the car we decided that the gearbox has gone cucu we had to put engine and gear together because the engine also was drinking some water...

^^^^ That, when a really high mileage already riddled with gunk and on it way out tranny you put in new clean fresh oil it might lead to shift shock. If you don't attack this issue now, then its only going to get worse from here. And its a sheep! What were you expecting it wont burn a hole in your wallet! Lol So a fluid flush is the cheapest way right now to try the remedy the issue.

When people say that flushing older stuff isn’t good, what they really mean is the transmission is already banjaxed and all the dirt and gunk is blocking leaks and hiding noises which would otherwise not be noticeable. A transmission doesn’t get used to an oil. It’s a specialised piece of equipment built to high tolerances. It needs a proper flow of clean oil to work properly. Better to flush it and fix it properly instead of hiding and ignoring problems.

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As we always tell everyone that never to go alone in the desert, it's because you need another vehicle help to pull you out if you are stuck unless you are ready to move the dune with a shovel. I have done that once when someone left me alone in the night drive. Good point @Fuad, to always go with bare minimum 3 cars, as two cars can get stuck too while recovering each other with a stuck rope and you need a third car and a second tow rope to fix the situation. I have an interesting theory to share for NOT going alone in the desert: When you are driving in convoy for X amount of drives or years and never or rarely got a stuck and this time you think you are ready to venture alone and on your first drive and within 1 km you get stuck. It's called Murphy's law - "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Naaaah. The reason why you got stuck because it wasn't your bad day but your subconscious mind telling you to not to do something all the time against your wish. This resulted in scary throttle, bad judgement, confused sand reading letting you stuck in a simplest of a dune or a crest, that you could have crossed in a blink if you were in a convoy with a peace of mind that you have few equipped cars behind you all the time. Conclusion: How to overcome this fear.....? Off course by not going alone in the desert, the simple and easiest one. OR learn how to fool your subconscious by saying that you have 15 cars behind you all the time.