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Auto Correct: Changing Batteries
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When your battery goes out, can you just pop in a new one? What do you do with the old one? Where does changing the battery fall on the “can I do it” scale?
Recent recalls:
- Tesla Recalls Nearly 130,000 Vehicles for Overheating CPU – That may prevent the center screen from displaying the rearview camera image, gear selection, windshield visibility control settings and warning lights. https://www.cars.com/articles/tesla-recalls-nearly-130000-vehicles-for-overheating-cpu-449934/
- Leaky Fuel Hose Prompts Recall of 2013-14 Hyundai Sonata Sedans. https://www.cars.com/articles/leaky-fuel-hose-prompts-recall-of-215000-hyundai-sonata-sedans-450019/
You can find out if your car has a past recall by going to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls and inputting your VIN number. Or find their SaferCar app.
In the news:
Keystone Light has partnered with camouflage clothing maker Realtree to make a blow up pool that fits in the back of your pickup truck.
https://jalopnik.com/this-keystone-light-pickup-truck-pool-is-the-only-place-1848906116
Auto Casey: 2022 Chevrolet Equinox RS
Short take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n4ssbLXSXc
Long take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxGgaP0w5GU
Coach's Tip of the Week: check your struts if you bounce
Questions:
- Might not be the battery
- Wobble
- Dashboard lights
- Stripped bolts
- Seat belt
- Injector cleaner
- Turn signal
- Transmission flush
- Catalytic converter
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