Hampton Roads Club Mini

My guess is they would cover the seat heater issue. It's only a quick phone call away to find out before the 16th comes and goes.

Thanks for the help!

The brakes are still a little noisy but no where near what they were and since I put Ceramic pads on this time I realize it may be a little noisy for another few hundred miles until they break in fully.

There is some whining and other noises but I think I may have found the root of that problem which is the Power steering fluid.  I'm pretty sure someone tried to top off the fluid with the wrong stuff.  I checked a few discussions on the web and apparently the pump can make some pretty nasty noises if the fluid is wrong or low.  I already bought a huge can of P/S fluid that is the correct match and plan on swapping that out this weekend to see if that fixes the issue.

The rear calipers when a friend and I did them would move, we were putting decent pressure and turning at the same time for about 15 minutes and then decided to start measuring and it never moved.  The only way we got it to go back in was to literally put both of our strength into it and finally it gave way.  This makes me think that the rear calipers may be bad or just need to be services and cleaned.  Not really sure on that one yet.

The air bag lights go on an off, it did it the first week I had the car and then didn't happen for several weeks.  So I'm sure its a wiring issue that may be the same as why the seat heater doesn't work on the passenger side. 

I have found that these cars require a project at least every other weekend.  I have no problem with this because in makes me really happy to be able to work on this car!

The Warranty that I thought I had was a scam sent to me in the mail.  I had a sneaking suspicion about that but was being optimistic that the previous owner bought an extended warranty on the car that hadn't expired. 

Well as far as the power steering I just used a Turkey baster to draw out the OBVIOUSLY bad fluid.  It was a dark brown color and the new proper stuff was a semi clear green/blue liquid.  I will most like flush it out later but doing that twice pretty much cleaned it out.

The brake fluid is my next project which I'm hoping isn't too much of a mess or is very hard lol  I heard that you have to be careful as make sure there are no air bubbles in the line so I will be working on that.  I have replaced the air filter and cabin filter which really helped since there was a funky smell coming from the vents.

The main problem now is something that I would have never expected.  I went to change my oil this past weekend and the oil filter housing was extremely hard to get off but it eventually released.  The biggest problem was after that was done I went under the car to release the plug and it would not move.  I mean at all!  I tried everything, I tried a 12 point and a 6 point socket.  Neither one would work and I was putting about 80-100lbs of pressure trying to get it off.  Well it finally got down to a friend helping and he tried to get it and completely stripped the bolt.  So at this point I'm stuck, I replaced the oil filter but now the only way it seems to replace the oil is to drill out the bolt which I'm really hoping doesn't show stripped threads in the oil pan.