19 June 2011 | Won't start. Try jumping but end up towing to evil mechanic |
20 June 2011 | Battery Replacement (with positive battery cables) (~$500 for battery and was going to charge me $200 for sparks and wires and another large sum to "flush the fluids" which needed to be done. Ah the joys of having a towed car in your lot to replair). |
1 July 2011 | Sparks and wires changed myself for $40 and in a half an hour. |
Summer 2011 | difficulty starting on occasion and seems to be correlated with hotter and wetter days. No error codes |
1 August 2011 | still has problems starting on occasion. Still no error codes. |
11 August 2011 | Cranksaft Sensor replaced by mechanic #2 (all say he is honest and I'm charged only for parts when this doesn't work) |
1 September 2011 | Mechanic has the car for a while and it starts beautifully for him every time. Says he changed the camshaft sensor as a trial. I'm not charged since the blasted car still acts up for me. |
Winter 2011 | works fine all winter |
Summer 2012 | difficulty starting on hot/warm wet days. No error codes. Bike a LOT during the summer to avoid being stranded by evil car |
12 July 2012 | check engine light comes on, p0203 (fuel injectors). The car idles hard and jumps when accelerating under a load. With dad's advice I add fuel injector cleaner. Error code clears for a while. |
Fall 2012 | Error code p0203 again, add in fuel injector cleaner, by the next fill-up it needs more. |
23 March 2013 | Fuel Injectors replaced by my dad and myself. Error code clears. |
March 2013 | initially has occasional fuel injector error code and mild jumping, but instances growing further apart (like it's working through something) |
April 2013 | still has some difficulty starting with warm, wet weather (no error codes) and occasional re-occurrence of check engine light (but turns off before I can stop and check for codes). No jumping during acceleration. |
17 April 2013 | Check Engine with code p0233. Borrow a multimeter from coworker to check circuit, open hood and see small hose to air filter is not connected. Reconnect and error code is gone. |
24 April 2013 | Housemate drives car and gets the check engine light along with jumping while accelerating. I don't get a chance to examine car before light turns off. |
25 April 2013 | Housemate drives an apparently well-bheaved car |