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post Mar 29 2004, 02:46 AM
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I have a 93 acura legend. It went through quite a few major repairs. Particularly, this last one. Here is the run down history of repairs on this car. About 2 years ago, i've noticed my dashboard light is dim. It got to a point, I had a tough time starting my car. Always had to turn the ignition twice to make it start. Finally, the dashboard lights were dimming and it started to do this while I was in heavy traffic. Made it safely to Sears, where it would start but not stay idle. Thinking it was the battery, asked the mechanic to check the battery. Already he said no. It wasn't the battery. Turned out to be the ignition switch. Had my cousin replaced the switch and everything worked fine. I then had to change my radiator (coolant leaking)and the braking system (all 4). To keep costs down, I asked the mechanic to change what is necessary (hoses were left untouched). Big mistake, I'll tell you this later on. Late last year, the ABS light started to show up, then my A/C and fan light went off. I got worried. Right in the middle of traffic, the temp guage started to rise. Thinking my car was overheating, my radiator was filled with coolant. Nothing was leaking that was the obvious. Decided to take my car to the dealer. The dealer said the ignition switch wires were loose which cause all the lights to go on/off. Came out spending $300. Sometime Mid February, overheated in traffice. Put in water and drove off. All is well. It came back again. Decided to take it to Goodyear. Found the problem. The remaining 2 small hoses that was never replaced was the cause. It was leaking. That made me happy. Although, 5 minutes close to home, the temp gauge started to rise even higher this time. Brought my car back to goodyear and informed me that they found the leak. They had to change the water pump at the same time, timing belt was to be changed. Then goodyear called and recommend I change the camshaft. So i had them changed. A week without a car was such an inconvenience. Picked up my car, turned on my A/C and radio. Was happy to drive off. Oh but wait. While I was in traffic, the temp guage was rising. Drive off into one of them neighborhoods, turned off my car. Waited for 10 minutes, turned it back on, the temp guage went on. I remember a friend telling me to turn on the heater, this will bring the temperature to go down. Brought it back to goodyear, the mechanic was baffled to see me back so soon. He said they changed the thermostat and it wasn't doing the problem. He said he will open it up. Hasn't been overheating since then. Left goodyear spending $1000. 2 weeks later, I noticed my dashboard light is getting dimmer, which is not the norm. Brought it to goodyear giving them the symptoms and they could not identify the problem. They suggest I look for a mechanic that does electrical. What bummers. I don't think its the battery, cause that would mean it would not start. I notice its displaying the same symptoms right before I had my ignition switch replaced. It doesn't make any difference if I were to adjust the dimmer to make it brighter, cause my clock light has no effect at all. Please reply what would be the fix.
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post Mar 30 2004, 06:41 PM
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does anybody have any ideas?
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