Auto Correct: Car Shopping

Our guest, Renier Stiglingh, answered questions about car shopping, the auto industry, and trade ins. Allison Walker, The Lady Auto Mechanic, was on hand to steer our listeners in the right direction with their auto problems. car buying story auctions fuel pump relay transmission used cars lube jobs Here are the recalls for the week: 2018-2020 Ford F-150, 2015-2016 Ford F-150 You can find out if your car has a past recall by going to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s website: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls and inputting your VIN number. Consumer Reports has a list of vehicles that have a record of much-worse-than-average overall reliability based on subscriber responses to their Annual Auto Survey. Today, we’re going to caution you about: BMW X5 2011-2013 with various complaints Please consider reading up on the reliability of this car before purchasing it as a used car, suggests Consumer Reports. https://www.consumerreports.org/used-cars/used-cars-to-avoid-buying/ https://www.carcomplaints.com/ is another resource for unreliable car lists. If you’re interested in reviews of new cars Casey Williams is the automotive correspondent for WFYI, a public radio station in Indianapolis. He has reviewed cars and covered the auto industry for 25 years. His review this week is on the 2020 Ram Rebel Diesel https://www.wfyi.org/news/authors/casey-williams Did you enjoy the Super Bowl ads? We did! My favorite is the "Smaht Pahk" https://www.motortrend.com/news/super-bowl-liv-2020-best-car-commercials/ Follow Allison on social media: https://www.facebook.com/theladyautomechanic78/ or https://www.instagram.com/the_lady_auto_mechanic/?hl=en Here's our guest on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwb1Z5gvxbbcBbqGqsSttg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.