Auto Correct | All Email, All Call - September 2025

And speaking of waking up at 4 AM every single Thursday morning before he comes in here, next

week is a big anniversary for Coach.

It will have been what, Coach?

How many years you've been doing autocorrect now?

Four years.

Coach, I've just enjoyed hosting this show with you, even though I haven't been with

you the whole four years.

How much have you enjoyed it, especially like phone calls and emails and answering questions

and stuff like that?

If you think about, for me, this really makes my week.

I come up here on Thursdays and I get to talk about cars, I get to help people day in and

day out, and it's just something I really enjoy.

It just gets me out of the main drag of the week, even though I'm retired and I got

other things going on, I make this a priority.

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Welcome to AutoCorrect, helping you correct your auto problems.

Our host is Coach Charlie Melton, ASC certified master technician.

I'm Jermaine Flood.

Hey, Coach, we are back.

We are back.

You know, what a week.

I thought the sky was falling yesterday, the day before, and then I said, well, it's

raining.

I came out and I went to your wife or something.

It did.

Chicken Little told the truth.

That's right.

Chicken Little told the truth yesterday.

I said, well, the sky is falling.

I had to look around and see what that was and it was just rain.

And then it was.

You know what I liked about yesterday's rain?

It wasn't like a crazy rain.

It was just a steady, a steady rain.

It wasn't a gully washer.

Yeah.

It wasn't a gully washer.

No, no thunder, lightning feel.

I like those rains.

Yeah.

And then it cooled off a little bit, you know, and got it.

I rode my windows down to my truck.

I was driving down the road.

Right.

Wow.

Right.

You know, I got up this morning at four o'clock and I was walking and

it was a, it was a little still humid, but it was a nice walk.

Yeah.

Coach literally wakes up at four a.m.

Abram.

Every day.

I am aware.

That is crazy.

That is not, that is not an Abram ideal that I could do.

But Abram will soon be waking up at four a.m.

And two a.m.

And one a.m.

You didn't have to say that.

I had to.

We'll be all over the place.

I had to.

Listen, and speaking of waking up at four a.m. every single Thursday morning before

he comes in here next week is a big anniversary for coach.

It will have been what coach?

How many years you've been doing autocorrect now?

Four years.

So we may have a, not cake.

I can't bring cake.

Well, we'll bring something.

I like cake.

I know you do.

I'll bring you a cupcake.

Who ate on that ice cream last week?

I got, I got a little left in the freezer like so.

I give you some.

That's, that's your, that's your pre-present.

Oh, I'll get it.

It's your anniversary present.

Yeah.

Coach, I have, I've just enjoyed hosting this show with you even though I haven't been with

you the whole four years.

How much have you enjoyed it, especially like phone calls and emails and answering questions

and stuff like that?

If you think about for me, this, this really makes my week.

Yeah.

I come up here on Thursdays and I get to talk about cars.

I get to help people day in and day out and it's just something I really enjoy.

It just gets me out of the main drag of the week, you know, even though I'm retired and

I got other things going on, I make this a priority, you know, to do on Thursdays and

I really enjoy it.

And I want y'all to know when y'all call even long form questions, coach likes to listen

to them and he likes to answer thoroughly.

That's right.

You know, we ain't trying to stop you, stop your question as much as we can.

But yeah, coach loves to answer them.

And today that's what we'll be doing again.

We'll be answering all emails in all calls.

Our email address for questions is auto at mpbonline.org.

The phone number, you can give that a call right now, 1-877-MPB-RING, we want to hear

from you.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

Coach, I'm going to start with a couple of fun emails because people always love

to email us just a little tidbit.

Just a little tidbit.

It's never a question sometimes.

It's always a little tidbit.

And this tidbit comes from Amanda Phillips.

She says, guys, always enjoy the show and could particularly relate to last weeks,

which was two weeks ago, owner's manual episode.

Since I got my new to me car, my manual has been invaluable.

Thought you would get a kick out of the following post.

She sent us a link to the Ann and Bryn show.

And she says, it seems that Earl has bought Mabel a new car.

She says, enjoy.

I'll send you that.

I bet you're ready to watch that one then.

She's excited.

Well, you know, when you're trying to help people, we try to find all types of topics

on automobiles to help people along their drive.

Well, now she's like, listen, that manual, that manual is my go-to now.

That's right.

Thank you so much, Amanda, for that email.

Here's another fun email, Coach.

This is coming from Herbert Phillips.

I don't know if Herbert and Amanda know each other, but hey, you never know.

You never know.

Um, but Herbert, uh, had a little statement about Lee Lakoka.

He says Lee.

Lee Iacocca.

Okay.

That is an I, not a L. Um, Lee Iacocca came from Ford.

He says not GM.

He was the father of the Mustang at Ford before he went to Chrysler and

invented the minivan and the K car.

He did.

Okay.

That was him.

He maybe stated G or maybe it was me knowing.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I might have stated GM, you know, uh, if you look at all those guys that were

coming from the auto manufacturing, they almost went, every one of them had

went through each manufacturer.

Yeah.

You know, if it was Ford, if it was Chrysler or GMC or Vividage, they all came

together with their ideals.

Right.

But Lee, he started at Ford maybe.

He started at Ford.

From what Herbert, from what Herbert says.

And he says PS as well, Mopar is a mix of motor and parts.

He got the answer.

Herbert emailed us from Memphis.

Thank you so much, Herbert, for that email.

Um, we've got a call on the line.

It's Bill.

He's on I 20 right now.

That's a place to be when you call auto correct.

That is a place to be.

I 20.

Right.

He's got a body assembly question.

Bill, you're on with coach Charlie.

That's a simple question.

I'm sure for a bottle shop guy and anybody else deserve a fool with it.

It's got me mystified a little bit.

The door, I got two old cars or 1000 miles on and stuff wears out and the door is tied

to the frame on both of them with two pretty massive hinges for you to rotate.

And then there's a tendency because they are old, I guess you parked up here a little bit

and you got your umbrella and you got the key and you try to get out and you push the

door wide open.

And as you're getting out, it decides to close just gravity.

And I've been looking for a way to adjust something on there, but it's not the hinges.

They're just brute force hinges.

But there's one third connection between the door and the frame.

Just a flat little piece of metal painted black usually kind of a rod and ties it together.

One ends free to pivot and it's usually bent somewhat so it'll follow the door into

the frame.

The other has got a little box inside the frame or inside the door.

A little small two-by-two-by-two probably box and it seems to supply a little tension

to slow that door slamming process down or kind of hold it open in the old position.

But I don't see any way to get in there and it looks to me like it's just two pieces

of maybe nylon or something that push together that that little rod slides on as it goes

in and out of the door.

I might try adjusting it with a sledgehammer or something, but I...

You know, on those doors, it sounds like you have an older vehicle that has heavy doors

on it that made it solid still.

And those doors are heavy and that was the problem that when you were on a hill and

it was going where the door could close, those doors would close because they were

so heavy.

You know, and like I say, there is something in there that you could probably open that box

as long as the way you're going to get in is take that panel off and you may even have

to remove the window regulator to get down in there so you can get to it.

But you can get in there and see if there's a spring tensioner inside that box that is

holding it tight.

You know, it might have lost its tension and now it just closes very easy on you.

So that's what I would do.

Take the panel off.

May have to remove that regulator and get down in there to that box.

I guess I could buy a deal with a...

I got one from Pullapart to replace it and replace it and go steal it from the old

car too.

So it didn't go down very much, still banged it.

Yeah, because like I say, they're being so heavy and all.

And like I said, it has to have a lot of tension to hold it.

You even notice about the ones today that a lot of times the tension moves.

I know my F-150 sometimes that open it all the way and the tension don't stay there and

it wants to close sometime.

You think it might be available for models all over?

What year are you looking at?

One's a 2003 Ford Expedition.

One's a 2012 Nissan...

Nissan something.

Yeah, those are all available.

You had to go to an auto parts store and just tell them what you're looking for.

Google it and just say door tensioner for your making model vehicle.

Then you probably have to find it like that.

Dorman probably has that product.

All right.

Thank you, Bill.

Listen, Coach, you've answered a good question and now you've got a whole heap of questions

to answer right after we come.

That'll work.

We're going to head to a quick break.

And then we're going to get to Larry and Hazelhurst.

He's got a question about Chrysler.

And I see Buddy and Natchez has got some key door handle issues.

So get ready for that, Coach.

The phone number is 1-877-MPB-RING.

That's 1-877-672-7464.

If you've got a question, you can also send your emails to auto at mpbonline.org.

I like those.

Give me those right now.

Send them auto at mpbonline.org.

We're tackling all emails and all calls.

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a.m.

Right now, we have got a phone line full.

What have you done, Jermaine?

It's wild out there.

Hey.

It's a wild west out there.

Everybody's driving.

Everybody's driving out there.

And it's the wild west.

Listen, if you are not able to get into this all phone call, all email episode today, shoot

me an email and I will make sure that your question will get answered.

All right.

Let's head to the phone lines real quick.

Let's go to Larry and Hazelhurst.

Coach, he's got a question about Chrysler.

Larry, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Yes.

Recently, y'all were talking about Chrysler Corporation and it seems to me I heard

a while back that Fiat had bought Chrysler Corporation.

Is that true?

Well, you think about Solaris owns, they're all, the company is called Solaris, okay?

They own Dodge, they own Fiat, they own Chrysler, they own Ram.

So all of them are under the Star-Lar-Less name now.

Yeah.

So it says, yes, Fiat gradually acquired Chrysler with Fiat fully purchasing the

company in 2014 and forming Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

It says this partnership later evolved when the FCA merged with the French PSA group in

2021, creating the multi-national automaker Stelanus.

Right.

So they're all together now, but yes, Fiat did bomb at one time.

Next question.

Did I understand you that Chrysler no longer makes any sedans?

You know, they made the 300, the 200, I don't think they really make a sedan now.

I think they make a van still.

Yeah.

It says maybe possibly with the 300 being the one sedan Chrysler has announced that they'll

have another 300 electric model.

Some of the past sedan models were Chrysler 300, Chrysler 200, future sedan models is

that all electric and the power, modern power and luxury.

So it does look like they skim back a little bit.

Yeah.

So now they're going to make a EV sedan, but they don't have a regular sedan out no more.

Yeah.

All right.

Now, I understand you just say that a French company, actually a multi-national company

took over Fiat.

Right.

They're all together.

Yeah.

Like it's called Stelanus.

Stelanus.

Yeah.

Stelanus took over.

Stelanus.

38 years old and hard of hearing, would you spell that Stelanus?

Yes, sir.

That's S-T-E-L-L-A-N-I-S.

And they own.

Stelanus.

Okay.

And they own Jeep as well.

Yeah.

They done bought up everything.

Yeah.

They done bought everything from the Chrysler era.

And that's the airbag issues too, right?

Yeah.

That was some airbag issues.

That's where the airbag issues come from.

A lot of Jeep problems.

Wow.

Okay.

All right.

Boy, you have, you've given me a lot.

You're so welcome.

You're welcome, Larry.

Glad to help.

Okay.

Let's head to Buddy and Natchez.

Let's fix these Kia door handles.

Buddy, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Good morning, fellow green smoky.

Good morning.

Good morning, bud.

All right.

Let's think that's the lettuce bunch that's trying to put everything together with white,

blue and peanut shells and paper mache, I believe.

That's it.

Alien tape.

That's the new thing.

I love that double-sided tape, you know?

Holding it on one side, holding it on the other and blow off down the road.

That's exactly right.

That's what's happening to the Kia door handles.

I'll have a 2012 Sorento and the YouTube is full of people putting on door handles on

Kia's and Hyundai's.

Well, I've had a couple of cars from every decade since 1950, and I've never had trouble

with a door handle and tell this thing.

And it's a 2012, but I have had to put all the door handles on.

I wish I had some kind of replacement parts that would be made of metal instead of plastic.

That's it.

You know, if you think about all the manufacturers you go out there right now, you look at those

nice chrome door handles.

They're all plastic.

GM had the same problem.

GM was you could replace the outer door handle all the time because it would break.

It would just break right off.

I just had to replace all the inner portion of the handle operates.

I found that all down in the bottom of the door and I was having to put a little cable

to make the door come open from the outside, but I hold it all that in and had to put

all that back in fresh and I just, you're thinking, you know, I'd rather do that with

another car.

Why in the world is Kia doing this to us?

Well, supply and demand and their cars are cheaper.

You know, if they can make it cheap cars, people are going to buy them.

I've also seen it happen with Nissan's personally.

I've seen it like in the cold.

Like if you try to pull it open, the door is frozen shut.

So the handle just rips itself off and it's gone.

Well, like I say, all manufacturers are having the problem with their

door handles breaking, you know, because they're plastic anymore.

You know, in the inside, you got that cable and the part that it goes to is

plastic as well.

So well, I'm fixing to go kick this key up to the curb.

You'll kiss my 467 like I've never had a problem out of it.

Well, hey, that's that's old school.

We like that.

I know it.

I wish I was on for two hours.

Thank you, buddy.

Thank you so much.

Abram, don't feel bad.

He's going to kick the key into the curb.

OK, it's always got to come back to me with the key is.

We always got to be like, Abram, sorry.

The keys are awful.

Like he said, got to kick it.

They're not awful.

It's just the door handle.

Now, didn't I get a didn't I give you praise?

You were kind.

And everybody, nobody, nobody ripped Kia.

Nobody ripped Kia.

Everybody was kind.

It just had to come back around at some point.

It's fine.

But he started it.

But I'm telling you, you caused all these problems.

Yeah, I'm going to tell Java on you, Jermaine.

I know it.

He probably hears already.

You know, he's the boss.

OK, let's go to George.

George is calling from Arkansas.

He's calling those hogs.

Yeah, George is on his way to Pensacola.

Listen to this, though.

He wants to know if this Ram dealership is blowing smoke.

They told him something he wants you to figure out.

All right, George, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Hey, Coach, thanks for taking my call, Betty.

I really appreciate it.

Hey, should we go?

Hold on for it.

Should we go?

Ooh.

I had to throw that out there for you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Hey, listen, I've got a 2022 Ram ProMaster van.

And here about a month ago, the instrument cluster,

the speedometer, the temperature gauge, the fuel gauge,

everything in that instrument cluster went blank.

I took it to the dealership, and they said,

they have to replace that whole insect cluster there.

And they said, they're back order.

And I said, well, go ahead and order me one.

And they said, well, no, that's

the thing that once we order it, we tell them

how many miles you've got on it, and you're not allowed

to drive it when we order it.

And I said, well, when is it going to come in?

And he said, I don't know.

They're back ordered.

And we've got now brand new vehicles on our lot

that have the same problem.

Are they blowing some smoke in here?

Or is that something to it?

And what year is it?

It's a 2022 Ram ProMaster City van.

Now, they are telling the truth about the cluster itself.

The cluster, they were having a problem with that.

And what goes wrong, those clusters,

there is a module for that cluster

inside of the instrument cluster itself, OK?

And that module, if they can't get it fixed,

they had to order new ones.

And I was going to tell you, I

thought it might have been an older vehicle.

You could have took that cluster out

and sent it off yourself and got it back in a couple of days

and it could have got fixed because I got one fixed for like $112

several months ago, doing the same thing.

Cluster went out, sent it off.

They went in it and they sent it back and it works fine.

And matter of fact, they didn't change the mileage or anything.

We drove the vehicle without the cluster in there

because you can.

But they are back order parts.

And when you have back order parts a lot of times,

what I would do, things under warranty still, right?

George, you hear him?

You still with us?

Must have dropped him.

Yeah, he might have dropped.

But if it's still under warranty, what

I would suggest if they had one on the lot,

tell them to take it out of that or give you a vehicle

until you can get it fixed because they should

have to give you a loaner.

George, I hope that help.

If not, Coach, you got anything else for him?

You think that'll do, hopefully?

Just stay on top of the dealer.

And what I would do is call the manufacturer

in the owner's manual and call similar relations

and tell them what's happening and that you can't drive your

vehicle.

They told you you couldn't drive your vehicle

and you need a vehicle because that's your work vehicle.

OK, OK.

George, if you've got any more questions,

I know you're on the road.

You can give us a call back before the end of the show.

We'll try to get those answered as well.

Let's go to Lester in Memphis.

Lester has a 4F250.

He says it's not taking gas, right?

That thing, sick, Coach.

Is it sick?

Lester, you're on with Coach Charlie.

All right, Coach.

Nice to talk to you again.

Yeah, nice to hear your voice again.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just bought this a couple of weeks ago.

It's an older model, L250, a 1999.

And a 5.8 model, I mean, a engine size.

Yeah.

But there's a taste of gas, it moves,

then it stops taking the gas.

So when I put gas in it, I drove it.

Shoot, I don't know.

30 miles, and it ran good, wanted to get up to speed.

But taking off is the problem.

And then when I, on my way home like last Friday,

I stopped and put some gas in it.

And our barrel had made it home.

It really wouldn't take any gas.

I was wondering if it's in the fuel field, too?

Well, what I would do, what the first thing I would do

doesn't have a check engine light on.

Yeah, the check engine light come on.

But so as I cut the car off, I was going to go to Auto Zone

and get on the check it.

But when that started back up, the light is off.

Yeah, but that, yeah, that code's still in there all.

If that code came up and it keeps coming up,

it's still in there.

It's called a history code.

And with that history code being in there,

they could go back and see what code is in there.

See what code it is.

And you should be able to read it.

What I would do, first of all, I would check that air filter,

make sure that air filter is clean

because if it's struggling for air, it ain't gonna run.

Okay, and it sounds like it could be that air filter

or the fuel filter or the mass airflow sensor.

So what I would do, put the scan tool on it,

see what history code's in it, and go from there.

Right, okay.

That'd be the easiest thing, okay?

Okay, all right, appreciate it a lot.

Yes, sir, thank you so much.

All right, I appreciate you, Lester.

Before we go to a break, here's some recent recalls

and we've got Sandra in Pervis.

Sandra, we'll get to your phone call right after break.

But here's a few recent recalls.

568,000 plus Hyundai Palisades are recalled

for seat belts that includes year 2020 to 25.

Also in recalls, Hyundai recalls 31,000

plus Ionic 6 EVs for charging port door

that includes model year 23 to 25 Ionic 6s.

And then in the last two, go to Ford, of course.

115,000, I know is one of them for a steering problem.

Lester, Lester's Ford isn't taking gas rights.

So Ford nearly recalls 102,000 Taurus sedans for door trim

that includes 16 to 19 Taurus sedans

and they have recalled 115,000 plus Super Duty trucks

for steering columns that includes 2020 to 21 Super Duty F250,

350 and 450 trucks.

Well, what they're talking about on that

is maybe the coupling itself

where the steering column goes down.

It goes into a swivel coupling that goes onto the rack

and that's probably something wrong with that.

Yeah, it's detaching from that steering column.

And when it attaches from that steering column,

you just get to go either way, the truck wants to go

to the left, to the right or wherever.

Flintstones, like the Flintstones car.

That's right, hey, you can pull the steering wheel up

and just keep on driving.

Listen, everybody, give us a call if you've got an issue.

We'll try to fix it.

We'll try.

The number 1-877-MPB ring, that's 1-877-672-7464.

Sandra, we'll see you on the other side of the break.

Our email address where you can send questions

is auto at mpbonline.org.

We're answering all emails and all call questions.

What's in the news?

Can you use your phone at a red light in Mississippi?

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Before we get to Sandra in the news,

can you use your phone at a red light in Mississippi?

Coach, here's what the law says.

There's two, there's separate hands-free requirements

for learners and teen drivers

with specific permits and licenses.

So here's what you need to know.

Unless you're a learner, you can hold it.

Placing a call or checking your GPS is allowed

but some things are illegal.

The ban on holding a phone while driving

or using personal digital assistant

like Siri or Google applies to people

with an intermediate license, a temporary learning permit

or a temporary driving permit.

It does not apply when the car is in park, right?

So you're allowed to read whether emergency

or traffic alerts, excuse me,

but you aren't permitted to film or post a TikTok video

or whatever video while driving,

no matter what kind of license you had.

Now, there's some argument you'll probably do

when you get pulled over and you'll be like,

I wasn't touching the phone.

I would've just said I'm looking at the weather.

Wait, yeah.

You'll be like, I wasn't touching that

but it's safer to send a text though

or whatever you're doing if you can do it hands-free.

So it's a civil violation though.

If you get caught while using your phone while driving,

penalty can be $100 each time

and then that can go up to drivers under 18

with learners or temporary permits

face higher penalties, including misdemeanor charges

and potentially a $500 fine.

If an accident occurs and the driver was handling a phone,

the consequences including fines and impact

on accident reports can be significantly more severe.

Would you think about it how rich Mississippi would be

if they stopped everybody?

Because everybody does it when they shouldn't be doing it.

You know why I put this in here?

Because it's the bane of my driving existence.

And I mean, I'm slightly somewhat sometimes guilty, right?

Oh, what I'm saying, everybody does it

but we shouldn't do it at all.

But it's to the point now where it's like,

I know you're on your phone and I pass you

and if it's dark, I see the glow.

I see the glow on your face

and now you're driving in the dark

with this bright glow on your face.

Can you see anything on the road?

Can you see any other glows?

Can you see any stop signs?

Can you see people pushing on their brakes?

And now it's to the point to where it's not even,

you remember back, they'd be like,

women put it on their makeup.

They're driving into the other lane.

Now they're not even putting on their makeup.

They're on their phone and they're scrolling.

They're scrolling and if they're scrolling

on the right side of the phone,

that's where the car's going.

On the left side.

Oh, some which way.

It's not going the correct way.

Some which way.

Now I'm trying not to get mad, Abram.

Abram's looking at me like,

I can see Jermaine's temperature.

Did you get that?

I know you well enough.

I know you're getting a little hot.

I like to, when I see them doing that,

I just go in next to them,

I drive up beside them and wave at them.

Because what are you gonna do?

People will get road rage from that if you stopped them

and like I say, if the highway patrol

and the police would stop everybody,

they would make a lot of money

because everybody's doing it.

Let me tell you something.

I know what y'all are thinking.

The ones who are out there on their cell phones

like this is important.

I've got an important phone call or text message to make.

Let me tell you something.

I'm not a part of that phone call nor text message.

I've got a whole nother motive.

I've got other things I've got to do.

And no, I don't feel like it needs to be courtesy

of me to give you room

and watch you like a child on the road

while you recklessly drive and use your cell phone.

Especially when you're at a red light

and the red light changes twice

and you ain't moved because you're still on your phone.

Wow, what are you doing?

You need to pull over on the side of the road.

Go into a parking lot or something somewhere.

I'm off my soapboxes.

That is exactly what I do.

I will pull over.

I had to make a text the other day

and I pulled over at the rest area

on the Natchez Trace and made the text

got back on the road.

If you can find the perfect reason

why you need to send more than three words

on a text message while you're driving on the road

in morning, afternoon, or midday traffic,

1-877-MPB-RING.

All right, and in summary,

we're technically in the word of the law.

Make sure that you keep your phone away from your hands

while driving.

That's right.

I'm off my soapbox.

For those that don't work 40 hours a week with Jermaine,

this is what we get occasionally.

That's when Jermaine gets passionate about something.

I can tell.

Abram, it's really safety.

It is, 100%.

Really trying to keep people safe on the road

and really trying to keep yourself safe as well

because accidents do happen.

Right, right.

I just, I won't even text somebody back.

I just, it's terrible.

I think accidents are more caused

by texting and driving now than they are drunk driving.

I could be wrong about that.

Yeah, that means we used to always be like,

you would be driving and somebody'd be swerving,

you'd be like, are you drunk?

No, now it's me.

It's all you on your phone.

Well, the distraction and you know,

you're distracted, you're not paying attention, you know,

and that's what really gets us.

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

That's right.

All right, let's head to the phone line.

Sandra is in Purvis, Mississippi.

Her 2014 Hyundai Sonata, some engine problems coach.

Sandra, you're on with coach Charlie.

Okay, I have a 2014 Hyundai Sonata

and I'm having engine problems with

but I've been told that it's not part of the refuel.

What kind of engine problem are you having?

Installing, right now it's not running at all.

Okay, so what's the problem?

Check engine light, okay.

That's the first thing you want to do,

put a scan tool on it.

If you can get somebody that has a scan tool,

put scan tool on it, see what type of codes are in there.

And I'm not sure what the recall is

that you're talking about because they,

Kia and Hyundai had a lot of recalls

because of the same vehicles almost.

So look and see what the recall is

but mostly I put a scan tool on it

so you can find out what type of code

because that vehicle is gonna pick up

when it started making that, having that problem,

it would start picking up.

It could be a fuel pump, it could be just something

like it's a battery dead or an alternator not working.

All that stuff might your car not work.

So get a scan tool on it, see what it is

and then call us back and let us know

and I can help you.

Okay.

All right, thank you.

Thank you, Sandra.

Let's go to Marni.

Marni's calling us from Aberdeen.

She's looking to buy a new car,

opinion on makes models and where to go.

Marni, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Hi, yeah.

Well, you pretty much said it all

and I also, if I buy a used car,

I'd like to know how many miles

or would you say don't go below this

or don't go above that, just to get your opinion.

And should I go to a dealer?

Is that the best way to buy a new car

or buy a slightly used car?

Well, you know, I've been thinking about,

you know, we're gonna have a show on rental cars

and I was thinking about as I was going through

getting ready for that, I was thinking about cars buying.

A lot of the cars that you get

from the dealership that are used are rental cars.

I didn't, you know, they come from the rental car

company and they have, most of them have

about 50 or 60,000 miles on them

and the sports cars have about 12,000 miles on them.

Now, if they came from a rental car place

and they were on the dealer's lot,

they will be well maintained.

But the only problem is that you don't know

really what you're getting

because you don't know who's been driving them,

just same thing with any car out there.

You know, a lot of people say,

well, it's just a one owner car.

Well, it may just be a one owner car.

The rental company owned it, but a lot of people drove it.

You know, so you gotta be sure.

But I would try to, according to what type of car

you're looking to, I try to go to a private individual

because you can get better deals with private individuals

and you do get good cars.

And the thing is, according to what year you're looking

for is according to what the warranty is going to be.

A lot of times that, just say, if somebody has a car

with less than 36,000 miles on it,

you're going to get a warranty on it.

So just gotta make your mind of what you would like

in a car and what year it make.

Well, okay, these are the ones that I like.

I mean, I have a list of them.

It's not too long, but Kia, Honda, Toyota,

or any other make, what do you call that?

The make or the model?

I guess the make.

Yeah, okay, so you're looking for a Japanese car, a foreign,

okay, so now Kia and Hyundai is not Japanese.

Those are from South Korea, okay?

So those are not Japanese, Honda, Toyota,

Mitsubishi, all of them, those are from Japan.

So those would be Japanese vehicles, you know?

And so it's according, you know,

we've been talking about Kia's last week

and, you know, we just have different things

that we talk about and if you go,

you're looking for a longevity in a vehicle,

you know, if it's not American,

you could go to a Toyota or a Honda.

That's what I was gonna say, Toyota.

I like both of those very well.

Right, well, I've had Toyota,

so I had a Camry for many years

and I just loved it and so have,

and I just have an American-made car right now.

I got it from my husband, it's a big car,

but it's just way too big for me and he's passed away,

so, you know, I just need to get something that's smaller.

I don't want a big car, you know, using an SUV.

You know, I would think you go get something like that,

a Honda, they have a nice little SUVs,

you can go all the way down to a HRV,

that's what my wife has and she loves it, you know?

HRV, yep, that's it.

Well, Marnie, I hope that helps.

I hope their car, you better be excited too

when you get in that new one.

That's right.

Oh, I will be, believe me,

and thank you very, very much.

That was a great, great advice.

You're so welcome.

Thank you, Marnie.

Listen, everybody, we've got William Long Beach on the line,

we've got John and Hazel Hurst on the line,

we're gonna get to them right after the break,

the number 1877 MPB ring,

that's 1877 6727464.

We're discussing some emails,

but we're taking all these calls.

You can send emails though to auto at mpbonline.org.

We've got a new car review from Casey Williams

coming right up and coach's tip of the week.

This is AutoCorrect on MPB Think Radio.

Here's a new car review from Casey Williams.

It's AutoCasey on AutoCorrect.

This week we're driving a Mercedes E-Class

that is not your typical Mercedes E-Class.

It's the E450 All-Train.

And the All-Train is our station wagon

with just a little bit of off-road capability.

Now, it doesn't have a lot of off-road capability.

Has an air suspension, it'll raise up about an inch,

but still has almost two inches less ground clearance

than a typical Super Outback.

But for Mercedes fans who've got to get to a cabin

or just a little bit of a gravel road,

this vehicle's perfect for that.

The best part though is it's a true Mercedes.

Inside's absolutely beautiful.

He didn't ventilated leather seats.

It's got the hyper screen, the giant touch screen,

Burmester audio, twin panel sunroof.

Underneath the hood, it's a three liter

inline turbocharged six cylinder engine,

delivers 375 horsepower, does 0 to 64.6 seconds very quick.

Still good gas mileage, 22 in the city, 31 highway.

So let's talk about price.

Well, the All-Train starts right at $76,000.

This one all in, $87,960.

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Stay tuned, it's Southern Rimini Kids and Teens

with Dr. Morgan McLeod.

I'm Jermaine Flood, our expert,

as Coach Charlie Melton, ASC certified master technician,

and it's time for Coach Charlie's tip of the week.

You know, as we're talking about emails

and phone calls this week, I was just thinking,

you know, all your emails and all your phone calls

that come in, we love to answer them.

We love to get to them, you know,

and so if your email has not been answered,

we will get to it.

It may just take a little bit of time

because we were gonna talk about them today,

but we just got full of all these great people

calling in today.

We're gonna have to maybe do an all email.

We may have to do that sometime.

We've done that before.

We have.

We have done all emails.

So you'll probably see an all email episode

come up later on this year.

Thanks, Coach, for reminding me

to put that on schedule.

That's a good thing.

Let's head to Willie in Long Beach.

Willie's got a 2018 Lincoln MKC four cylinder engine airware.

Willie, you're on with Coach Charlie.

Morning.

Good morning.

Morning, how you doing?

I'm good.

Listen, I got a 2018 MKC four cylinder turbo.

It's not the EcoBoos.

My granddaughter's up in Pennsylvania

driving a heck out of it, door dashing.

But I got a message.

I got a message that says service engine,

an issue with the emission system,

reduce power and fuel economy.

She's supposed to take it into service this weekend,

but you know I'm not sure.

But how serious could it possibly be?

Well, if it's a emission problem,

it's probably talking about the Kallit converter

or the O2 sensors.

And when it tells you to reduce power,

it may go into limp mode on its own power

and you have no choice but to take it into the dealer,

especially if the Kallit converters are stopped up

and if those O2 sensors are not working correctly,

they could be making it run lean,

could be making it run rich.

And that is what's picking it up

and all that has to do with emissions.

So I would take it in and see,

now emissions have 80,000 mile warranty on them.

So that's a good thing about that.

So you can look in the owner's manual

and see exactly what your warranty is

on those Kallit converters and those O2 sensors.

Cause all that emission system has a longer warranty

than the regular part of the vehicle.

Oh, okay.

It just hit 90,000.

Yeah.

Okay.

I hope she,

Happy birthday to that.

Yeah, you need to get her to go ahead

and take it in and have it checked

because like I say, it will go into limp mode.

That means that it'll lose power

and it'll just limp you to the station.

So you might want to go ahead

and make sure she takes it in.

Okay.

Okay, I gotta talk to her.

Yeah, I get it.

Get this game tool.

Is there been any real problems

with that four-cylinder turbo?

It's not EcoBoos, it's just a four-cylinder turbo.

Well, you've got 90,000 miles on here.

It seems like it sounds pretty good.

I ain't heard much problems with you at all.

And happy birthday.

That's right.

Yeah, it runs.

It runs.

I mean, yeah, it runs.

Yeah, she's doing a lot of stopping going

if she's doing that door dash, you know.

Yes.

All right.

Tell her to get it in.

I appreciate it.

Appreciate you, Willie.

Appreciate you.

All right, let's head to John in Hazelhurst.

And I'm going to read this description

as it is typed into this system.

It says relating to Jermaine's rant about texting,

phone not connecting to Hyundai's Bluetooth system.

John, you are on with Coach Charlie.

And the running Jermaine.

Than me.

And I want you to know, Jermaine,

I am stopped by the side of the road.

Out of my car, I'm not even in the car.

I trust you, John.

I can tell by the tone in your voice,

I can trust you.

That's right.

Girl, you scared the mess out of me.

I'm sorry.

I have a, like, I commute between Hazelhurst and Jackson

every day.

I'm on the road a lot.

I have a 2018 Honda Pilot.

My iPhone quit connecting with the voice control

where I could use my phone and, you know,

and talk hands-free.

I won't tell you how long ago.

Maybe a couple months ago.

And I was wondering like,

and it won't connect with like my partner's phone either.

So like, is that a phone thing or is that like a car thing

where I have to go back to the dealer?

Well, I just had the situation happen

to my wife this weekend that her phone,

you have an iPhone, right?

Right.

Her iPhone would not connect to a 2023 Honda HRV.

Doing the exact same thing.

Wouldn't, it would not connect the voice or anything.

Okay.

And what we had to do,

we got back out of the vehicle,

cut the vehicle off completely and rebooted.

So there must be something,

I don't know if it's with the iPhone,

because you did cut her iPhone off as well

and it all came back.

But what I would do is,

if it's not making communication,

there should be a,

once again, go back to the scan tool.

There should be something in the computer saying

that it's not making communication

and it would be under audio in the computer.

And if it didn't store a code that's flashing or anything,

one that's up on the cluster,

it would be a stored code in there, okay?

And you can go by and see what it is.

But either the car is losing the internet signal somewhere

or there's something wrong with the iPhones

because my wife did the same thing.

Now, if I could also interrupt,

is this a Bluetooth problem

or are you trying to hook up through carplay

with a cord?

Probably Apple Play.

Okay.

So yeah, that sounds like a car problem then.

Not the cord then.

Yeah, Apple Play, are you doing it

with Apple Play just by itself?

I don't know.

Yeah, me either, John.

I am such an idiot.

No, you're not.

No, you're not, baby.

It's whatever came with the car.

I think it's Apple.

Yeah, it's probably Apple Play.

What I would do is go ahead and get a scan tool

put on it to see if there's something wrong

with the audio in that car itself.

And there probably is a scan code in there

somewhere in the audio,

saying something wrong with the continuity.

Can regular, can regular,

do I have to go to the dealer

or can other people do what they can?

Other people can do it

if they can pull the history codes.

You just gotta ask them,

if they can pull the history codes.

Okay.

If it is the car,

like any idea how much that would cost?

It's probably gonna be a module in there

and that I couldn't even start to tell you that.

Okay, all right.

Well, listen, thanks, guys.

I appreciate it.

John, thank you.

I mean, you've been a pleasure to today.

Thank you so much.

Calm down.

I will.

Thank you, John.

All right, bye-bye.

Woosa.

I'm going to Woosa.

Just breathe, there you go.

Deep breaths.

There you go.

Hey, she's doing a great job now, John.

That'll wrap us up, though.

That's right.

For today's auto correct,

crew engineer Abram Nanny,

call screener Marissa Vaughn

for coach Charlie Melton, master technician.

I'm Jermaine Flood Coach.

We're talking about a car you don't like,

but I love, but I don't want to drive anymore.

We're going to talk about minis next week.

We're talking about minis next week.

It's making models first Thursdays.

My choice, the mini.

And everybody can't get in a mini.

It's little.

That's right, real little.

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