What could be wrong with my car?
(2012-01-16 15:20:06) 1. Says: I have a 2000 Nissan Altima. First time it broke down, I was driving and it just came to a stop, wouldn't start. I got it towed and my mechanic put a new starter in it. He also ran a combustion test and found out that I was running on 3 cylinders and he said that at some point my car would just stop running. Then just a few weeks later, I was driving and my brights flashed on and off, my horn honked, and my car came to a stop. It's been sitting for months and months and finally I got it taken to this mechanic who works out of his house. He looked at it and told me that the problem was not my motor, that it was electrical.So I have no idea what this means, but will it be expensive? Like more than $1000? What could the problem possibly be? And if I get that fixed, will my car run on 4 cylinders again instead of 3?2. Says: runs on 3 cylinders you say ? it could be a bad plug wire or the distributor cap. that,s a compression test, not a combustion test. he was checking the compression on the cylinders. you also could have a plug not firing.by the lights flashing and horn blowing sounds like a short someplace. yes it should run on all 4s if what i said was wrong with it. sounds like you will need another alternator, starter or battery for it.3. Says: The problem is the alarm system disabled the car . The ignition or the antitheft system went wonky? You live in the UK? I only ever heard a power balance test called a cumbustion test by a British guy. The horn honking and the lights flashing tell me it anti theft related and it might be beyond the scope of a guy working out of his house. A vw shop might charge a few hundred to fix it or a couple of thousand after the guy fries something else in there.4. Says: There's no such thing as a "combustion test." Are you sure it wasn't a "compression test?"
Electrical problems are usually the result of a bad ground, and harder to diagnose than fix. If it's a bad ground, it should be a cheap fix.5. Says: it sounds like to me you car is infested with ghosts and you should see and exorcist!! Tag: What could be wrong with my car?