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Sunday, December 27, 2015
How do I remove the rear brake drums on a 1999 Dodge Ram Van 1500 ?
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Thursday, November 26, 2015
Windshield fogging inside on a 1996 Dodge Caravan
Response:
This depends on IF the van has an operational Air Conditioning System. This "Fog" is caused from Air Density changes. When you first start it up and turn on the Defroster(hence the name) it also turns on the A/C Compressor. Pop the hood and watch the compressor clutch. Especially these past few days. But this SHOULD evaporate within a couple minutes unlike Anti-Freeze.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
I have a noise in the front end of my '03 Dodge Caravan
Response:
Check your Struts. That is ...... Read Entire Article
Monday, October 5, 2015
ABS Light is on and I don't want to spend anymore money to fix it
Answer:
Yes and No. This truck does not have bulbs, it is equipped with LED lights. But you can take the dash apart and remove the circuit board from the gauge cluster and clip one leg of the LED and it will no longer light up. I do not recommend clipping both legs in case you want to reconnect it later.
Friday, August 28, 2015
P0340 and P0353 are currently present codes were cleared and came back do you think its a wiring problem or both components are defective
I have a 1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager. P0340 and P0353 are currently present codes were cleared and came back do you think its a wiring problem or both components are defective
Answer:
P0340 : Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction
P0353 : Ignition Coil C Primary/Secondary Circuit Malfunction
Looks to me like one of the coils needs to be replaced and would probably take care of the other issue. I would replace the coil/plug/wire ( which ever one you need) and then clear codes and test it again. You can swap around parts from one cylinder to the other to test them.
Answer:
P0340 : Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction
P0353 : Ignition Coil C Primary/Secondary Circuit Malfunction
Looks to me like one of the coils needs to be replaced and would probably take care of the other issue. I would replace the coil/plug/wire ( which ever one you need) and then clear codes and test it again. You can swap around parts from one cylinder to the other to test them.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
1997 Dode Caravan - popping noise from engine on acceleration
I have a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan and I took it to a mechanic and he said that there was low compression in the first cylinder what would cause this and how do i fix it there also appears to be no apparent leak as I have no loss of fluid? I have just recently picked up some K&W Permanent Metallic Block Seal Head Gasket Repair is this something that I should try ? Please help I am desperate as this is my only vehicle and I have four children. Sorry I feel like the biggest idiot i just talked with the mechanic about my car and i was not given all the info as my mother in law was the one that grabbed it for us and relayed the info he said that it was due to a bad valve and that i needed a valve job done on it which is expensive so because when the problem first presented it was making a popping noise so what he did was take off the plug to the first cylinder so it doesn't make the popping noise.
Answer:
The Block seal will not help the issue you have. A valve job or replacement of a valve in the #1 cylinder is eminent. Removing the plug wire from that cylinder will keep the engine from popping but it is important to make sure the Fuel Injector was also unplugged so it doesn't continue to inject fuel into that cylinder and cause the rings to wash out.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Daimler targets sales at double industry growth rate
Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks, aims to increase deliveries twice as fast as this year's worldwide auto-market growth rate as the latest models of the E-class and S-class sedans attract buyers.
“Our global sales target for the year is ambitious but realistic,” CEO Dieter Zetsche said today at the annual shareholders meeting in Berlin. The sales gain includes a projected 50 percent jump in sales of the E class, including sedan, station wagon, coupe, and convertible versions.
Carmakers' deliveries will increase 3 percent to 4 percent this year, Daimler said in February. The Stuttgart, Germany- based manufacturer is seeking to close the gap with luxury-car market leader BMW AG while fending off efforts by Volkswagen AG's Audi division to become the world's biggest high-end automaker by 2015. Zetsche didn't specify Daimler's car-sales target for this year.
Daimler is targeting earnings before interest and taxes of at least 2.3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) this year after an Ebit loss of 1.51 billion euros in 2009. The manufacturer stuck to a forecast today that revenue in 2010 will exceed last year's 78.9 billion euros but be “significantly” below the 98.5 billion euros of 2008.
The global economy is “too fragile” to allow Daimler to commit to a timeframe for raising the automaking division's Ebit as a proportion of sales to 9 percent, Zetsche said. Munich-based BMW reaffirmed a target last month of achieving an Ebit margin in carmaking of at least 8 percent by 2012.
Sales at the Mercedes-Benz Cars division, which includes the Smart minicar and Maybach luxury nameplates, rose 11 percent to 271,200 vehicles in the first quarter, the company said on April 6. Including deliveries to dealers, Mercedes-Benz brand sales jumped by almost 27 percent in the period, boosted by a surge of more than two-thirds for the top-of-the-line S-Class, Daimler said today.
Daimler rose as much as 52 cents, or 1.4 percent, to 36.52 euros, the highest intraday price since Jan. 20, and was up 1.2 percent as of 1:59 p.m. in Frankfurt trading. The stock has declined 2.1 percent this year.
The company is also the world's largest truckmaker with Freightliner vehicles in the U.S. and Fuso models in Asia. Daimler said first-quarter truck sales rose 8 percent and orders nearly doubled, even as markets remain “weak.” Bus sales increased 23 percent in the first three months of 2010, and van deliveries jumped 62 percent, Zetsche said.
Reacting to rising international tensions with Iran over the country's nuclear research, Daimler said today that it's abandoning a 30 percent stake in a diesel-engine venture with Iran Khodro Co. Daimler also withdrew an application with the German government to export three-axle trucks to Iran and will halt delivery of such vehicles indefinitely.
“The policies of the current Iranian leadership have compelled us to put our business relationship with that country on a new footing,” Zetsche told about 5,000 shareholders. “Our business activities with Iran will now be limited to meeting our existing contractual obligations and continuing our cooperation with established customers.”
Cooperation With Renault
The manufacturer, seeking to expand its line-up of small cars while holding back costs, announced plans a week ago to cooperate with the Renault-Nissan alliance on developing compact Mercedes-Benz and Smart vehicles. A new line of Smart city cars, including two- and four-seat versions, will share a platform with Renault SA's Twingo. The French partner will supply 3- and 4-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines for Mercedes-Benz cars.
The cooperation represents “a decisive strategic step” that will help Smart enhance its position as a “young” brand, Zetsche said. While the project will help Mercedes-Benz hold back the expense of introducing smaller models, the brand “will not tolerate any compromises to our claim ‘the best or nothing,'” Zetsche added.
Working with Renault and Nissan Motor Co. may not bring the benefits that Daimler is planning, Ingo Speich, a Frankfurt- based fund manager with Union Investment, said at the meeting.
“We have grave doubts that the new partnership will be a success,” Speich said. “The traces of missteps run like a red thread through Daimler's cooperation history.”
After losing ground to Munich-based BMW in reducing vehicle emissions, Daimler aims to almost double annual spending to develop batteries and fuel-saving engines, to 1 billion euros in the next two years from an average 567 million euros in the past three years, Thomas Weber, the company's development chief, said on March 3.
Electric-car projects
The German company plans to develop an electric car for China with BYD Co., the Shenzhen-based automaker backed by billionaire Warren Buffett. It's also building a factory in eastern Germany to produce lithium-ion batteries by 2012 and has taken a stake in Tesla Motors Inc., the Palo Alto, California- based manufacturer of electric sports cars.
“Daimler aims to be, and will be, a pioneer in the field of electric mobility” as the car industry phases out oil-based powering systems, Zetsche said. “When alternative drive systems go into mass production in a few years, we will be ahead of the competition.”
A net loss of 2.64 billion euros last year because of the global car-market contraction prompted Daimler to cancel its dividend for the first time since at least 1999. Daimler posted the loss, its first for a full year since 2001, even after reducing spending by 5.3 billion euros by building fewer vehicles and cutting pay in response to the recession.
Daimler reiterated that it plans to resume dividend payments after returning to profit this year.
“Our global sales target for the year is ambitious but realistic,” CEO Dieter Zetsche said today at the annual shareholders meeting in Berlin. The sales gain includes a projected 50 percent jump in sales of the E class, including sedan, station wagon, coupe, and convertible versions.
Carmakers' deliveries will increase 3 percent to 4 percent this year, Daimler said in February. The Stuttgart, Germany- based manufacturer is seeking to close the gap with luxury-car market leader BMW AG while fending off efforts by Volkswagen AG's Audi division to become the world's biggest high-end automaker by 2015. Zetsche didn't specify Daimler's car-sales target for this year.
Daimler is targeting earnings before interest and taxes of at least 2.3 billion euros ($3.1 billion) this year after an Ebit loss of 1.51 billion euros in 2009. The manufacturer stuck to a forecast today that revenue in 2010 will exceed last year's 78.9 billion euros but be “significantly” below the 98.5 billion euros of 2008.
The global economy is “too fragile” to allow Daimler to commit to a timeframe for raising the automaking division's Ebit as a proportion of sales to 9 percent, Zetsche said. Munich-based BMW reaffirmed a target last month of achieving an Ebit margin in carmaking of at least 8 percent by 2012.
Sales at the Mercedes-Benz Cars division, which includes the Smart minicar and Maybach luxury nameplates, rose 11 percent to 271,200 vehicles in the first quarter, the company said on April 6. Including deliveries to dealers, Mercedes-Benz brand sales jumped by almost 27 percent in the period, boosted by a surge of more than two-thirds for the top-of-the-line S-Class, Daimler said today.
Daimler rose as much as 52 cents, or 1.4 percent, to 36.52 euros, the highest intraday price since Jan. 20, and was up 1.2 percent as of 1:59 p.m. in Frankfurt trading. The stock has declined 2.1 percent this year.
The company is also the world's largest truckmaker with Freightliner vehicles in the U.S. and Fuso models in Asia. Daimler said first-quarter truck sales rose 8 percent and orders nearly doubled, even as markets remain “weak.” Bus sales increased 23 percent in the first three months of 2010, and van deliveries jumped 62 percent, Zetsche said.
Reacting to rising international tensions with Iran over the country's nuclear research, Daimler said today that it's abandoning a 30 percent stake in a diesel-engine venture with Iran Khodro Co. Daimler also withdrew an application with the German government to export three-axle trucks to Iran and will halt delivery of such vehicles indefinitely.
“The policies of the current Iranian leadership have compelled us to put our business relationship with that country on a new footing,” Zetsche told about 5,000 shareholders. “Our business activities with Iran will now be limited to meeting our existing contractual obligations and continuing our cooperation with established customers.”
Cooperation With Renault
The manufacturer, seeking to expand its line-up of small cars while holding back costs, announced plans a week ago to cooperate with the Renault-Nissan alliance on developing compact Mercedes-Benz and Smart vehicles. A new line of Smart city cars, including two- and four-seat versions, will share a platform with Renault SA's Twingo. The French partner will supply 3- and 4-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines for Mercedes-Benz cars.
The cooperation represents “a decisive strategic step” that will help Smart enhance its position as a “young” brand, Zetsche said. While the project will help Mercedes-Benz hold back the expense of introducing smaller models, the brand “will not tolerate any compromises to our claim ‘the best or nothing,'” Zetsche added.
Working with Renault and Nissan Motor Co. may not bring the benefits that Daimler is planning, Ingo Speich, a Frankfurt- based fund manager with Union Investment, said at the meeting.
“We have grave doubts that the new partnership will be a success,” Speich said. “The traces of missteps run like a red thread through Daimler's cooperation history.”
After losing ground to Munich-based BMW in reducing vehicle emissions, Daimler aims to almost double annual spending to develop batteries and fuel-saving engines, to 1 billion euros in the next two years from an average 567 million euros in the past three years, Thomas Weber, the company's development chief, said on March 3.
Electric-car projects
The German company plans to develop an electric car for China with BYD Co., the Shenzhen-based automaker backed by billionaire Warren Buffett. It's also building a factory in eastern Germany to produce lithium-ion batteries by 2012 and has taken a stake in Tesla Motors Inc., the Palo Alto, California- based manufacturer of electric sports cars.
“Daimler aims to be, and will be, a pioneer in the field of electric mobility” as the car industry phases out oil-based powering systems, Zetsche said. “When alternative drive systems go into mass production in a few years, we will be ahead of the competition.”
A net loss of 2.64 billion euros last year because of the global car-market contraction prompted Daimler to cancel its dividend for the first time since at least 1999. Daimler posted the loss, its first for a full year since 2001, even after reducing spending by 5.3 billion euros by building fewer vehicles and cutting pay in response to the recession.
Daimler reiterated that it plans to resume dividend payments after returning to profit this year.
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