This car was purchased new by my Mom for her retirement. At 11,000 miles she made a trip to a neighboring town 20 miles away in which she heard a loud Bang under the car "hood". On the return trip she noticed the Check Engine light and the car began to run erratically. She did make it home but had done so on battery power alone because the belt was not turning the alternator. Upon my inspection I found the idler pulley for the accessory belt was missing along with the bolt that had backed out and the belt had been chewed on the crank pulley. The dealer would NOT warranty because the car was over the time of warranty so she purchased an new pulley, bolt and belt that I replaced for her although I did use blue loctite on the new bolt to try to prevent this from happening again. That was at 11k and it is still holding although now at 28k the transmission has hung in first and I am trying to diagnose this problem.
This car was purchased new by my Mom for her retirement. At 11,000 miles she made a trip to a neighboring town 20 miles away in which she heard a loud Bang under the car "hood". On the return trip she noticed the Check Engine light and the car began to run erratically. She did make it home but had done so on battery power alone because the belt was not turning the alternator. Upon my inspection I found the idler pulley for the accessory belt was missing along with the bolt that had backed out and the belt had been chewed on the crank pulley. The dealer would NOT warranty because the car was over the time of warranty so she purchased an new pulley, bolt and belt that I replaced for her although I did use blue loctite on the new bolt to try to prevent this from happening again. That was at 11k and it is still holding although now at 28k the transmission has hung in first and I am trying to diagnose this problem.
- timray, Barnardsville, NC, US