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First I apologize if the answer is in here already but I can’t find it if it is. I have a hard fault error message “check air ride” immediately after start up my compressor will not start and my bags will not vent. The front is at proper height the back was fully extended until I manually vented...

to replace one air shock before the other? My front left is the only one leaking, they're $200.00 bucks a piece and if I wait I'm afraid I'll have a catastrophic failure before I can get enough $ for 2. Then I have to consider for a little more converting to coils but I like the air ride. Are...

I had been having an issue with the low coolant level warning, then the car overheated, i followed the directions for filling from the crossover and had not had a low coolant warning for quite some time. that is until I has the local dealership change the oil filter adapter gasket, thinking...

I'm sure with 148k miles that replacing the front bearings wouldn't be a waste and other than coughing up a lung to pay for it I was wondering how much fun it's going to be.

So my wife tells me the cars pulls hard left when she brakes so I immediately think bad right caliber, but when I drive the car the next day it works fine for me and I think the car just doesn't like her. But feeling certain I don't have a Christine on my hands I still want to make sure it in...

Now that I've got the overheating problem fixed, with your help I might add, I'm hoping your might be able to give me hope about the embarassing squeaking comming from the AC compressor. I change my belt a few months and the squeaking stop for a few days maybe a week at the most. Today I had all...

The car overheats rather quickly, I've seen in other post that people talk about checking the upper and lower hoses. I have hot upper hoses cold lower hoses. I changed the thermostat but no change, and the fan works. Not sure if it's related but I don't have have heat either. My wife tells me...

The help I'm looking for is can they be replaced without special tools? I've got a 97 Mark VIII with 143K miles, during an oil change they told me the oil pan was leaking but don't worry about that (ask them look for the leak) that the control arms are severly worn, so bad the ball joint could...

Now I'm not sure what's wrong, ::grrr:: now the car is stalling when you come to a stop, but not all the time. So far it's just in the morning when the engine is cold. No shutter, no notice, just a dead steering wheel. It's like the rpm's just keep going down. It idles fine, there's no check...

What are the symptoms of a bad torque converter? My 97 MK VIII had an episode yesterday while my wife was on her way home, the car lurched forward like a parachute was deployed, not sure if lurched is the right word but then the rpm's went up between 2-3k and car would not go above 55mph then...

I've had my Mark VIII for 5 yrs and occasionally it will not start. turn the switch to engage the starter and the anti-theft light flashes, sometimes if I hold it here it with turn over and start. It hadn't done it in quite a while and recently it had a variation where it turned over real slow...

I've got a 97 Mark VIII, the other day it got a vib all of the sudden. It doesn't start until the engine is warmed up and only does it when accelerating but does not do it at all when in park and rev'ing engine. It sounds alot like the coil probelms I've seen posted here, I checked the coil...

Hi, I'm new here and I have a question about the fuel door release, Am I supposed to press the inside release twice to get it to open? It seems to me that that once should do it and an adjustment is need but I'm not sure if I should mess with it. Thanks Tom Newcomb '97 Mark VIII