My taurus stalled on me. thought it was alternator, so installed new battery so I could get home to install alternator, it gained power, started and all power failed in minutes again....but when I charge with battery cables car continues to run fine. Why would it run on battery charge but not a new battery?Read More
I have a 1998 Chevy Venture, 85K miles. I keep it clean and garaged, and rarely have driven on gravel roads.
I was disappointed to find that rocker panels on both sides of the van have rusted through in a small area about 6" in front of the rear tires. I think this is really poor quality to have such severe rust in only 7 years.
I got a quote from my Chevy dealer for $1900 to replace both rocker panels. I called Chevy's customer service to see if this would be covered by their 6 year 100k mile warranty. Got nowhere with that.
Are there any other alternatives? What about just having the rust ground out and repaired. Would this last?
Thanks, TimRead More