**The Importance of Regular Car Maintenance**

When it comes to maintaining your vehicle, there are several key components that require regular attention to ensure optimal performance and safety. One often-overlooked area is the wheel bearings. According to our expert mechanic, "the left wheel has a hole coming out of it, so you'll get out of the way before you see the right wheel." This highlights the importance of regularly inspecting and replacing worn-out wheel bearings to prevent damage and costly repairs.

In fact, many drivers tend to neglect their wheel bearings, assuming that if one bearing is worn out, the other will eventually wear down as well. However, this assumption can lead to serious consequences, such as decreased traction and increased risk of accidents. Our mechanic advises, "if you change one, then change the other." This approach ensures that both wheels are properly maintained, reducing the likelihood of mechanical failure.

Additionally, some car owners may experience unusual noises or vibrations while driving, which can be attributed to worn-out wheel bearings. In the case of our 2011 Frontier owner, experiencing a "wheelbarrow noise," the mechanic suggested replacing the right front bearing. However, when the problem persisted after replacement, it became clear that the water pump was likely the culprit.

The water pump plays a crucial role in regulating engine temperature, and its failure can have severe consequences. With a worn-out water pump, coolant may not be flowing correctly, leading to overheating and potential engine damage. In our owner's case, replacing the radiator did not make a difference, suggesting that the issue was with the water pump.

In some cases, other components may also contribute to the problem. For example, airbags can malfunction or fail due to poor manufacturing quality or inadequate materials. The recent recall of certain Audi models highlights this concern, as the ammonia nitrate used in their airbags was not stabilized correctly, leading to premature failure and potentially catastrophic consequences.

When it comes to airbag safety, it's essential to stay informed about recalls and take proactive steps to ensure your vehicle is properly maintained. Our expert mechanic advises checking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website for any recalls on your specific model year and make.

Finally, seat belts are an often-overlooked aspect of car maintenance, but they play a critical role in preventing injury or fatality in the event of a crash. By wearing a seat belt, drivers can significantly reduce their risk of serious harm. Our mechanic emphasizes the importance of prioritizing safety on the road and ensuring that all necessary components, including airbags and wheel bearings, are functioning properly.

**Additional Tips**

* Regularly inspect your vehicle's wheel bearings for signs of wear or damage.

* Replace worn-out wheel bearings promptly to prevent damage and costly repairs.

* Consider using a flow meter to test your radiator hose for optimal flow rates.

* Check the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website for any recalls on your specific vehicle model year.

* Wear a seat belt at all times while driving, as it can significantly reduce the risk of injury or fatality in the event of a crash.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enrev up your engines and general motors is still out of making crap now they had to recall 24 000 buick regals because the brakes might not work right this is why too much technology is sometimes bad it turns out the electronic brake control software may be bad and that it won't work right you get all the software all these computers they screw up the old-fashioned ones where you stepped on the brake that pushed a vacuum booster that then gave power to the brakes so you had power brakes pretty simple reliable system you start adding computers on top of it crap happens in this case they say it's a software issue they always try to say it's a software issue because then they don't have to place any parts they just reprogram something right a hardware problem and they're just covering their butts because i've seen this over the ages they'll say oh the automatic transmissions aren't shifting right because it's a software we're just going to reprogram and then my customers get them reprogrammed they still run like crap and eventually the transmissions need rebuilding because they wouldn't built right in the first place software fixes are always the cheapest way to fix it so they try that first and pray that they can get away with that and they don't actually have to physically replace things that's going to cost them hundreds of millions of dollars well here's another typical gm screw-up they had to recall a bunch of vehicles but they don't have enough parts to fix them with 2014 and 2015 chevy equinox and gmc's terrains are recalled because the windshield wiper modules need completely replaced and they just wear out and the wipers don't work anymore to top the ball joints inside the wiper assembly let them go up and down the ball joints like in your elbow that'll go them down they wear out and then they don't work and gm says that quote we announced the recall but we are not executing it because we need to have our suppliers build the parts to begin repairs so if you've got one and the windshield wipers stopped working they don't have any parts to replace them with so you're just gonna have to wait maybe if it's raining outside don't get in your terrain they might fail and you won't be able to see and gm doesn't have the parts to fix it with because there are so many of them that are under the recall hundreds of thousands of them and fernie says should i sell my o5 saab 93 for a newer volvo saab has 100 000 k it's been good but things are starting to go out fuel pump ac lake in should i keep the 17-year-old cars or i'm looking at a 2019 volvo s60 what do you think obviously maybe you're swedish you seem to like swedish cars right sobs aren't being made anymore the 93 was probably the car that destroyed saab they weren't very good cars yeah so if you can get rid of that stupid thing and get a 19 volvo s60 go ahead and do it if you can get rid of that sock parts are hard to get in the united states you got 100 000 miles on it you see it's starting to have problems and you've spent money on it already i would definitely get rid of it maybe you can find some fool that'll want to buy the thing or you could trade it in because see it's worldwide too so carmax whatever a lot of times they ship them out of the country so if they give you good money and they ship it out of the country who cares you know you get money for it the saabs went out of business for various reasons and those nine threes are one of the worst cars they ever made it drove them over the edge into bankruptcy and volvo's still going and the s60s are good cars you know they're still european cars and they're high tech they're expensive to fix when they break but they're a lot better made than the saabs were there's no arguing that whatsoever done said which car would be a better backup car an o7 nissan versa hatchback with 190 000 miles or 2006 nissan murano with 89 000 miles all right well i'd have to say the mirando i wouldn't buy either myself but it's only got 89 the other ones got twice as much and the versas were cheaply made cars they're no fun to drive around and the muranos ride better but the very fact that one has a hundred thousand miles more than the other i would not get that one i wouldn't the versa with 190 000 miles is probably on its last leg the transmission's probably starting to go out now the only reason i would pick the versa over the miranda would be this if all that mileage was put on the highway highway mileage is equivalent to 10 percent city say that was a highway 190 000 equivalent like 19 000 stop and go city driver if that was the case and a mechanic checked it said the trend is working good that might not be a bad car to buy but it would have to be proven that it was driven on the highway almost entirely because if it's stop and go city driving that versa is on its last licks like you said i wouldn't buy either vehicle but you're using it as a backup vehicle if you can get a cheap enough price i definitely go for the one that's got a hundred thousand miles less on it warrior rob says when i drive over 60 my dodge ram 1500 vibrates but my steering doesn't seem to be affected by what could it be if it's your front tires out of balance the rims bend or whatever the steering wheel will do the shank and you say it's not the steering but the whole vehicle the main things that do that are if your back tires are worn out around your rims are bent they're out of balance the whole vehicle will shake but not the steering wheel it'll make the whole vehicle shake but also two other things that is a dodge product one is they have relatively weak transmissions and if your transmission is going out at a certain speed that'll make the whole vehicle shake but a cheaper fix that often happens is that's a truck it's rear-wheel drive you've got a big drive shaft and there's universal joints on it when the joints square you get to a certain speed the drive shaft starts shaking and it makes the whole vehicle shake so pray all you have is a bad tire in the back or a bad balanced or bent rim or one of the u-joints is one you can watch my video i'm replacing new joints get under you grab them and if you twist them and they go clunk or clunker see which joint is clunking and have that joint replaced often it's a u-joint that goes bad on those trucks that'll make them shake like that and it won't make the wheel shack it'll make the whole vehicle shake faith member says i've got 2011 honda inside the ac isn't cold enough when it idles and when i drive it takes forever for it to get cold sometimes it goes hot then cold again i checked the pressure was actually a little high and had yellow dyeing i released a little work better but what should i do all right well what if it had too much refrigerant in it that can damage the system but also it could have had air in the system you get air in the system that makes the pressure go higher i would advise you to do this and that's what i always advise especially with the honda have a mechanic or yourself evacuate the entire system out so there's nothing in it for about an hour that'll get all the air and moisture out of the system then fill it with a factory load like if it's 570 grams you put 570 grams of refrigerant in it then see what happens if that fixes it hurrah might have air in the system who knows what these idiots but if it's been damaged and it's full and you run it now knowing hondas the compressor's probably been damaged or it just flat wore out itself they do have very weak ac compressors but you do say you only got 77 000 miles so it could have been somebody screwed it up empty it out fill it up see what happens it might work perfectly fine then that often fixes the whole shooting match i am neil said should you replace wheel bearings in pairs do you have to change them in pairs like brakes or can you change only the one that's bad see here's the thing all four wheels are going down the road they have different things that happen to them especially right versus left you're in the driver's seat at least in the united states you see the left wheel there's a hole coming you'll get out of the way you don't see the right front wheel as good you often hit holes and curves with the right wheel so normally i replace a lot more right wheel bearings than left because people hit things they hit curbs they hit big potholes and if one's worn it makes a noise what the heck you can just replace it it doesn't matter if the other one eventually wears out make noise you can change it later it isn't going to affect how the car drives or anything like that now let's say you got a car that's got 350 000 miles what the heck you might as well change them both because they're both going to be pretty well worn out but you don't have to but i've got a lot of people say i got wheelbarrow noise i can really hear the right front one they replace the right front one and then they hear the left one because the right one was louder than the left but the left one's still making noise so if you change one and you're still getting noise then change the other one you don't have to do it but you know you get noise then it's a good idea to change nathaniel j says the normal operating cooling temperature of my vehicle is going higher 2011 frontier it used to go 192 to 197 now it's going 201 to 206. i replaced the radiator to see it fixed if it would i notice if i stomp on the gas the temperature goes on quickly what could be wrong numero uno on that would be your water pump is just weak a lot of times it is the radiator but you replaced it made no difference so that just means that it's not flowing correctly because the pump is getting weak i would replace the water pump you say you got 151 000 miles i'm sure the bearings are starting to wear and everything wears out eventually now very few mechanics have this but if you can find a mechanic they do make an actual flow meter you can take the radiator hose off put the meter in and then see what the flow is and see whether the flow is high or low if you really wanted to test it but one hardly anybody has one of those machines i don't even have one and they're going to charge you a bunch of money to use it so what the heck i would just say put a water pump on it and you'll probably find that'll fix the whole thing because you changed the radiator it made no difference and the only other thing it could be it's not going through good enough because the pump isn't pumping it correctly so yes i would say replace the water pump that'd be the most logical thing you did the logical thing usually it is the radiator can't dissipate heat because it's old they're made out of aluminum it doesn't rust but it corrodes and it corrodes inside where you can't see it so they can't dissipate heat correctly but you tried that and it made no difference so what the heck put a water pump on it well if you think all the airbags in the world are bad they were made by takata other people make crappy ones too out he's recalling a bunch of their a8s and a4s because they think they didn't put the right type of materials in their airbags and that the ammonia nitrate that they having to make them blow up wasn't stabilized correctly so that it may not work when it's supposed to or it might absorb moisture and blow up by itself when it's not supposed to so it's not just the cotter that made crappy airbags he got one of these audis check it out national highway traffic safety association.gov website check it out see if yours is a recall and you can take it in and get new airbags put in it isn't just a cotta that made bad airbags the germans obviously did it too and now they're recalling a bunch of theirs this is older 97 98 audi's and knowing out is probably a bunch of them aren't even on the road anymore they're in junkyards people got sick of paying for repairs and just gave up on the car so there's probably a bunch of them that don't even roll it down the road anymore but if you do have one check into it see if you need to get new airbags and whatever you do make sure you keep your seat belts on because if they don't work you get killed and at least if you have the seat belt on and it blows you're going to be held in place better than if you're moving all over the place so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos remember to ring that bell you\n"