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See breakdown do happen to almost all cars if you dont take good care of it...but still Korean technology has yet to mature. look wise they have changed but still durability is a issue with them My advice would be to get a Prado or even a Fortuner its basically a pickup chassis converted to a station...

@Barry look under the seats or remove the front bumper it must be somewhere there... @treks there are many american standard of automotive certification and one of it is ASE you have to take tests and practicals and rise through the ranks don't let me start on technicians at the dealerships just take note that they too are humans regarding other countries not having automotive technicians is something new I have heard of.if you ask a tyre technician to fix your radio or find a short in your vehicle then you are bound to get surprised and I am sure its not his mistake...

people usually bring cars from uk to here coz its much cheaper as compared to us lately but there are some fancy people who fly their car to germany and italy to touch up and then take it to uk from there guess you have seen gulf plates there like dxb shj qatar bahrain and saudi in posh areas revving uselessly making noise pollution and getting fines too

the hvac flappy thing or calibration i have done on tahoe and a merc s500 and on a landcruiser 11 model guess at the time you had it it just had read and erase fault menu lately they are having special functions and work support plus live data menu which pretty much gives it the bang for its buck

i have used launch x431 master for almost 6 years its the 3rd most widely used thing around but let me tell you one thing sometime the best have given up and launch has caught that module read it and also calibrated it...its a mistake if you take launch lightly its not completely tilted to one market its just well balanced i have access to maxis elite and gscan2, autoland, bosch, launch 4 @desertdude you cant scan or calibrate luxus with consult or a mazda with star...right and even if such thing gets passed which seems tough it manufacturer simply drops making parts for the models in 5 to 10 years...

Its a 4 model its has a electronic valve body and its working fine as you say the forward shifting is fine then your clutch's for reverse have gone bad...guess you have to get another or get this one overhauled...

You see those two red park light ahead of you just follow them but don't tailgate

don't worry at the deflation point there is always a radio check performed..just don't forget the code word for confirming the radio is quack quack

if you use google chrome then you have to be on same router and the router should have internet too...i guess that miracast goes direct with the smartphone but still the media you will have to source...

the matter of ifs and whats...IF the rav fires up and IF i woke up that early i hope i hop in then....

if its solar powered then you can wait a day or two after crossing a dune then continue...

jeep get it lifted i dont think it needs anything else

at garage and that long for simple jobs like hoods,fan and shaft,breaks a/c you guys actually dont need the cars thats why its taking him so long...

being there is much more enjoyable

When the jerks and jumps begin then its already too late to change the atf the oil which seems dirty contains the clutch and bearing pieces and when you put new oil its thin and clean which basically is going to wash the insides of the transmission and make those small jerks into big thuds while shifting and slippage rendering it useless..its better to live with it until it totally dies and then replace or overhaul the transmission and always flush those oil coolers in the car radiators and those mounted in front of it too if equipped...

You too

Steer clear or KIA and Hyundai brothers they have good looks but are useless in Performance and maintenance wise

mazda 6 is a strong car but its value breaks really fast and parts are not easily available if you can go for a lexus or a toyota it would be a much better option and later on you are sure to sell it off when you want to as toyotas and lexus goes very fast if price is fair

Right now that rav is off the streets and off desert for sometime

the difference between the agency and some genuine spare part sellers is the that they have made some contract with the agency that they will buy yearly parts of half or a full million in value and that way they get good discount from which they pass on some discount to us that way you get the price difference but be careful as some spare part guys put non original parts in original boxes and sell it at original parts price

no my friend this is not only caused by chinese gas sometimes the bearings inside the compressor give up and break and sometimes the shaft itself goes and sometimes the pistons or the rotors scrap and make those magical powder which then kills the performance.... and i am replacing almost the complete system only the pipes and evaporator if not leak will be reused other things like the compressor condenser and the valve will be changed

@desertdude see these its of a corolla came in today for full overhaul see what I mean it had a jammed compressor and without opening it up told the guy he had to overhaul....

bhai mustang and blazers have orifice system a/c even with the condenser at its full capacity and compressor at its optimum pressure will come to 3 to -2c in the tvx system and for that type of cooling you might have to put aditional heat exchanger at rear and toss in a additional condensor at front so the cabin temp will drop further down as the these are duct temp and cabin temperature further varies at 10 to 15c

In the old cars there wasn't this problem and even you could get compressor internal parts and the condenser and evaporator coil were serpentine system if it was blocked then easily you could find out and even could clean them but as the newer model compressors and condenser have been produced they have made it from such light materials that if a bearing breaks and the piston or rotor hits compression chamber it scrapes tiny metal particles and those particles revolve around with the oil and gas around the system and gets back in to the compressor and damages it to such extent that there is no longer pressure produced from it making it useless... Bhai your a/c is 10 to 6c at idle not like a brand new system but its that bad that its uncomfortable...

well a/c work is not like any other work in automotive system its totally different there are a few pointers which if seen is better to replace the whole system as those multi flow condensers and evaps can not be cleaned with 100 % warranty and in a/c system you cant just throw parts until its up and running if any thing goes wrong here even if a mg of dirt there in the system the you will have to start again from beginning putting all parts new again and that my friend is gonna make hole two time in that pocket... yes if its a matter of leak or condenser fan weak and compressor bearing making sound then its better to sort the leak and other issues first... if its not fully broke then let it run till the time comes... the only thing which can be reused again are those low side and high side pipes which also has to be cleaned rigorously and chemical vapor freed