Fix It and keep it

Changing the fuel filter on the Toyota Corolla is no easy task. Unlike most fuel filters that just snap on and off, the Corolla fuel filter in mounted on the bottom of the firewall right in front of the driver. You just can’t reach down to the filter and get a wrench on it to [...]

On a 1995 Toyota Corolla the power door lock on one of the back doors stopped working, the lock wouldn’t even move by hand. It was actually stuck in the unlocked position and it would not move when it was pushed down manually so there was no way to lock the door. After taking the [...]

One day when you go out to start your Toyota Corolla you may hear nothing, at first, when you turn the key, then all of a sudden the starter will engage and start the engine. As days and engine starts go on you notice that it takes longer for the starter to do anything when [...]

While tracking the gas mileage on a 1995 Toyota Corolla DX the mileage was dropping a little each week even during highway driving conditions. The cause of the mileage drop was difficult to pin down at first, we did a tune-up and all of the basic maintenance but no luck. But the problem persisted until [...]

When the window washer pump went out on my 1995 Toyota Corolla I was able to find a new one as good as OEM at the local Advance Auto Parts store. Thinking almost for sure the pump would be a dealer item I was prepared to go to Toyota and get one until I found [...]

On my 1995 Toyota Corolla I noticed a rattling noise coming from under the hood and thought something had happened to the engine or at least something came loose. After checking everything out and finding nothing I let the car idle for a while to see if the noise came back. It did not. But [...]

On my 1995 Toyota Corolla there was a persistent buzzing noise coming from, what I had thought to be, under the hood. It turned out to be coming from the front bumper cover because it had separated from the material underneath it as it aged. As a result the bumper cover was vibrating when the [...]

At around sixty thousand miles I had to change the timing belt on my 1995 Toyota Corolla. Nothing went wrong with the old belt it was just time to change it based on the recommendations in the owners manual. The first thing that I did was prepare to do the work by going to Toyota [...]

If you have a problem with your Toyota Matrix where the check engine light comes on and goes off look for one of the evaporator system trouble codes to be set. I have had that happen to me three times so far this year and it turned out to be caused by the gas cap, [...]

I have a 1995 Toyota Corolla that normally averages 38 miles per gallon. I usually keep track of the mileage at each fill-up and noticed the mileage dropping slightly every week. I really didn’t think anything of it at first I thought it could be the weather or possibly the gas itself. It didn’t seem [...]