Рік: 2018

The best OBD-II car scanners 2023. What is it and how to use it

The Check Engine light came on, and it can really affect our plans and financial expenses. An inexperienced driver is confused: does this mean that the trip is canceled? Or is there a simple solution to the problem? Without an expensive trip to the service station, there is only one way to find out why the Check Engine light came on: an OBD-II scanner.

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Buying a used Dacia Duster: problems and failures

This SUV has perfectly recommended itself in Europe as a reliable, inexpensive, unpretentious car for everyday use. Dacia Duster with a mileage of 100 thousand km and today is in demand at the secondary market. However, when choosing a specific instance, it is worth to look closely at the experience of ownership and characteristic failures, kinks and inborn diseases. At least, not to buy frank garbage.

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TOP 10 best-selling cars in the world

Thousands of different car models are being produced by hundreds of car factories right this moment, while we are reading these lines. Of course, not everyone buys. The best-selling cars are those that have existed for more than a dozen years, but there are exceptions. For example, the Volkswagen company sells about 16,500 cars per day, and 1,350 people decide to buy Chery cars and crossovers every day. So, in the 60 minutes we were looking for authoritative car sales statistics, 42 Minis were sold on planet Earth, or 995 Toyota sedans, hatches, SUVs or crossovers.

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Fault code P2096 OBDII. How to fix, solutions

The appearance of error P2096 is associated with the fixation of exceeding the limit of fuel-air ratio control. This is the official wording of many manufacturers, and what the error code p2096 means, how to solve it, what leads to its occurrence and how to reset - we will understand together.

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OBD2 code P1246 on Ford Focus 2. Fix it yourself

The battery charging system on the Ford Focus II rarely fails. As a rule, the main sign of malfunction is a voltage drop at the output from the alternator or at the output from the engine control unit. All this is accompanied by a burning alarm lamp on the dashboard (with the image of the battery), and when scanning the system pops up error P1246, the failure of the input load circuit of the alternator. Let's deal with the error on the Ford Focus 2 together.

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OBD II Code P1000 on Ford engines. How to fix it quickly

The appearance of error P1000 when diagnosing Ford Focus, Maverick, Fusion engines worries many drivers. The peculiarity of this service message is that there are no changes on the move, Check Engine pops up very rarely, but it is almost impossible to reset error P1000 if you do not know some nuances. Now we will learn them and error code P1000 will not bother us anymore.

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Cabin air filter for Ford Focus 2: replacement without removing the acceleration pedal

Some drivers consider the cabin filter on the Ford Focus 2 useless, motivating it by the already normal air circulation. They do not think about the fact that through the windows comes gassed masses, as the car is surrounded by clubs of exhaust. And not just gases. Dust from worn pads and clutch frictions, particles of rubber, bacteria and microorganisms, all this penetrates into the salon freely. Changing the cabin air filter on the Ford Focus 2 is a necessary operation, because comfort and microclimate in the cabin depend on it.

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The Mysterious Beetle. Unknown pages in the history of the most popular Volkswagen

“Whatever the future development of this type of car in Germany, there is no doubt that Hitler's government will help to popularize it”, an excerpt from an article by W.H. Millgate in The Detroit News, April 1933. Of course, you guessed that we're talking about prototypes of the VW Beetle, an absolute bestseller that, by and large, won't be out of production until July 2019. However, there is one page in the history of this car that few people are familiar with.

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