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Paulagada:
My 2005 Toyota Corolla (bank type) make rattling and annoying noise anytime I apply brake while on motion, what could be the cause? Help me please car gurus in the house.

J0hnTrevolt:
Hello ma! My Toyota avalon 03. It was having loss of power when I was driving then all of a sudden the car started to jerk, then sound of exhaust changed when I fire.
I took it to a panel beater he said the problem is not from the muffler. He loosened my catalytic converter exhaust manifold and the one right under it to check if something blocked the cats luckily the cats were free and the catalysts intact. He coupled the exhaust back and tolde to start the engine and I did. The exhaust was still blowing. He went under and checked and came out to say the exhaust were turning red. That they are blocked that he has to take it to a welder to cut open and remove things inside. I became afraid that this might lead to my car to start consuming fuel so i told him to fix everything back and drove away with my car. When I start my car the heat that comes out of the manifold is too much.
Please Ma what should I do? I'm not so buoyant to buy a new cat at the moment.

InfinityEstates:
Sorry Boss, I didn't know it rained last night too till I drove out this morning. But my area never bad reach your side...

Meanwhile guys, here's my challenge. So my car engine (COROLLA 2006) got too bad about last month and I opted for changing it as against "ringing". Finally gathered the money to buy it this week.

However, one of my major challenges then apart from the 'usual' oil shortening, smoking and noise it was making was that if the car is parked anything more than 30minutes, I can't just start the car and drive away immediately. Once I start the car, it starts JERKING slightly after about 30seconds, then after like 5minutes it 'BALANCES' then I can drive away. If I try loading before the 5minutes elapses or before it balances, the car goes off and then I start the process again.

The thing is, I thought if the engine is changed the issue would be resolved but I thought wrong. The issue still persists, minus the noise and smoking. They tried scanning but the codes coming were P0016, 0300, 0310 (can't remember exactly).

Please if there's anyone with experience handling this, kindly assist.

CC: radautoworks gazzuzz izzou pope191 et. al...

valarinz:
Truth is : for every car model in this planet, if you look hard enough you'll find sites with negative consumer complaints to screenshot, doesn't prove anything.

It will be fine if we left the dick measuring contests though and concentrate on the cars that brought us here

sultaan:
It has become a dick measuring contest, soon might turn to how far can your pee go contest.

None of these distraction will give meaningful content to other users trying to educate themselves about cars.

This is the thread for Fords and three are others for other brands.

Takata airbags affected a lot of brands.
If Ford use transmission from Aisin that is partly owned by Toyota, and Jaguars, Toyota has transmission from the same supplier how do you claim for is bad?

I think we should stick to the possibilities of what can go wrong with a ford model and the cost of correcting such things.

seunoj:
One thing I know and have come to realize is this.
An average Nigerian don’t like saying things the way it is. They package things and make it look less critical that it is.
1. When they see blunt Pple, they are quick to say things like; no respect, insult and bad mouthing, running pple down etc.
2. we don’t read to understand the intention of the writer. Rather than ask for clarifications and be sure of our understanding of the writeup, we respond based on the assumed meaning
3. there is this thing about the opposite sex. Men no Dey like make women Dey question their competence o
4. Lastly, u speak from Factory settings point of view which we r not used to (Automobile authority). We are used to bypass as far as it works (Even when it does not last).

Lastly, I hope I understand ur request by my explanation above�

Ikenna351:
You do realise you contradicted yourself. If you knew all Brands/cars have their pros and cons (positives and negatives), how come you didn't point out the positives of the Edge he indicated interest in? Instead you condemned the car completely with the long "No". An expert on the Ford brand will point out the positives and negatives concerning the Edge model the person is interested in and let the perosn decides if he/she is comfortable with the negatives and excited with the positives or simply walk away from the car for something else. You didn't give him that chance to make his choice and decision from options he is to be made aware of.

The thing with Japanese fans is they see nothing wrong with their brands yet always eager to jump in and condemn other brands. You claimed there were a lot of recalls on the car, what about the thousands or millions of Japanese brands/cars they recall yearly. You forgot to mention that as well? So if it's safe for people to buy the frequent recalled Japanese cars, why is it a problem to buy recalled Ford vehicles? Why singling out Ford only as if the Asian brands are saint in this matter you raised?

This idea of reliability when it comes to cars is stuppid to me, because its subjective. Hundreds, if not thousands, of foreign used (tokunbo) Japanese engines and automatic gearboxes are brought into Apo markets here in Abuja weekly. Yet, they are sold off within a week or so and another hundred or thousand batch are brought in the coming or subsequent weeks. Who are buying off these Japanese engines and automatic gearboxes from the sellers? Do people purchased and replaced a perfectly working engines and automatic gearboxes with used ones if they didn't fail? Yet these people would tell you there cars are so reliable even though they probably have replaced the engines, auto gearboxes or both twice, including everyone around them.

I know some Toyota Camry users that carry spare engine oil in their booths daily for top up. They top up their engine oils weekly more than they top up fuel tank, yet they only see problems with other brands and not theirs staring them back on their faces up and close.

If you are all for Japanese cars, there is nothing wrong with that. But understand that no matter how good you think they are, some people will prefer something different. Not every man wants to live by other people choice. I for one is a living example.

Ikenna351, Lion King - Monk.

radautoworks:
I agree with you 100% if you want to get a lot of features for cheap, ford is your brand. ... I have owned only ford excursion, expedition and many E350s that we even exported to Nigeria because I know them from experience to be durable even if gas mileage SUCKS. The expedition for me is borderline but the excursion and the E350s are the best Fords.

radautoworks:
No doubt they load them with features on the cheap but fit and finish and quality is just not there. .

radautoworks:
They make some NICE looking cars but when it comes to reliability they get crushed. Again, I said for the MODEL he asked for, a resounding NO. it's a money pit.

EDIT: I should add that when it comes to the big engines (V8 and up) and DIESEL, ford is ahead of the game. Their F350 trucks and E series vans are workhorses and will last forever as long as you do routine maintenance.

Femtopford:
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NO NO NO NO . I will not let you diplomatically slip out of this. Now you are telling me that pros and con apply to all vehicle's brand,where as you have been adamantly condemning ford to be inferior to other brands right from the beginning of this contest now you are trying to group them together systematically , i won't let you slip out of it easily .You have to give me and all ford lovers a concrete conviction why ford is inferior to other brands you have already told the whole world that even in american workshops ford are bread and butter and scrap cheap, so you can't go back on your own word's.
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HBP can never know my door step, because ford is already given me passion and a lot of happiness .

nurey:
No you are not an a****le you are experiencing reply of shock of occupation. Example when you go to the buka and find out the cook is a man in Nigeria, it surprise us or when you enter a public bus and find a woman as the driver or conductor.

Now the manner of approach and level of enlightenment will determine the response one will get.

EgunMogaji2:
Sorry Madam, but I’m lost Ma.

nurey:
Concerning what really?

Some men look at a well learned and well informed opposite sex as a competition/threat may be to some, you are

SalesTobiMotors:
If this is true then this is a very interesting development.

One of our prime logistical issue have just been resolved, at least in the short term.

Will you be offering commercial accounts like we enjoy now at the Irwindale, California Store?

Shalomc:
Nice research.... But how can we order parts remotely without visiting your place physically?

seunoj:
Madam,
Leave Nairaland warriors. You are only responsible for what u post, you are not responsible for the interpretation.

dongc:
yeah partial reading.....start off demeaning and end off with an addendum and call it partial reading .....i dont normally eat BUT sometimes i do take breakfast and lunch....

dongc:
this is condescending per say ..so you mean in essence there are no longer loyal staffs anymore .nigerian ecosystem irrespective how bad it is cannot produce just one honest worker/assistant ? not even a family member ..nawoo

Boyhood:
But amdman is not in Nigeria he is in Canada

valarinz:
Aunty Radu, biko are you like this in real life or you're just doing this on Nairaland deliberately to gain popularity and draw attention to your biz.

ojesymsym:
Hmmmm... Another wahala.

However you need capital and international contact for this kind of business, something an assistant will likely not have.