Another late-night gas station call. The tablet simply said: “VW overheating.” No other details. When I arrived, I found a disappointed Golf owner standing beside his car. He was nearly …
It’s just after midnight. A metallic blue 2018 BMW 320d rolls into a gas station on the edge of the city. Black wheels. Tinted glass. Lowered suspension. The sort of …
You jump into your car.Turn the key…but key won’t turn.And now… it won’t come out either. That’s exactly what I got called out to on a Kia recently. These ones …
Late call. “Three women trapped in a car at a McDonald’s drive-thru.” You don’t get that one every day. What I Rolled Up To A BMW sitting in a dual-lane …
You’ve just come out of a funeral.You’re already drained. You get back to your car…And the alarm is screaming. That’s the job I rolled up to on an old Subaru. …
You’re called to a high-security site.Gates. Sign-ins. Escorts. Turns out it’s an Amazon data centre build. And sitting in the middle of it… A Maserati that won’t start. Not your …
It’s raining. You hit the wipers. One sweeps across like normal. The other just sits there doing nothing. Most folks jump straight to “motor’s gone.”Not the case. If one wiper …
Cold start.Dash light on. Scan it. P0118. This one sounds technical. It’s not. It usually means the engine computer thinks the coolant temperature is way colder than reality. And that …
I’m parked up, having a break in the van. Young lady walks over. Says, my car won’t start. I’m stuck at a gas station about five miles back. I ask, …
Late evening call. Getting dark. Audi A4. Backcountry road. Job note says, driving fine, turned on the lights, car died. When I get there, he fills in the detail. Came …
Got called to a car at the customer’s house. Complaint was simple. Steering felt heavy. Car pulling to one side. Just didn’t feel right. Good news was, they hadn’t driven …
You’re cruising along.Then you notice the steering wheel starts to wobble. Or the whole car begins to shake. Not violent. But not right either. That’s your car telling you something …
You see the temperature gauge climbing.Warning pops up. Then it happens. Engine overtemperature. P0217. This one is serious. This is shut it down territory. What this code means P0217 means …