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The Under the Hood Show Dear Motor Medics, I’ve wrecked my car and my insurance company wants to total and take it from me. If I do that, I’ll have to spend another $2,000 to $3,000 to get something comparable.

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Dear Motor Medics,  I just bought a 2010 Ford Explorer and it’s the first 4x4 I’ve owned that has electric shift on the dash instead of the floor.I’m more of a manual shift kind of guy but now that I’m a bit older, I’ve traded the full size F350 for something a bit smaller. It was the wife...

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Dear Motor Medics,  Please help me out with cabin air filters.I have a 2009 Honda Accord with one and I must replace it about every six months when the air starts to blow slow because it gets so clogged with dirt from my gravel road and being parked outside.Do I really need one?

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Dear Motor Medics,What is your favorite car?Michelle W. in Elmira, New York  Dear Michelle,  We’d have to say there’s more than one. We asked the staff of our “Under the Hood” radio show, and after hearing everyone’s answers, we realized many of our favorites are cars from movies and television.

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Dear Motor Medics,  I’ve got a Nissan Titan and it has a ticking noise in the engine. It has had this for about a year and it doesn’t seem to get any louder, but it makes me nervous about taking it on trips far from home.

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The Under the Hood Show Dear Motor Medics, I have a 2014 Ford F150 truck and I’ve lost the 4-wheel drive. The front end of the truck started to grind for a while before it finally stopped completely.

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Dear Motor Medics,  I have a car that needs a timing belt, and it is going to cost over $1,000 to change. That sounds crazy to me.  I have had belts changed before on my cars and they have never been more than $50 but none of my cars have had timing belts.