I have a 1996 civic and have a few questions I wonder if anyone else has encountered:

1. During the winter months, when I am making a turn and use my turn signal, they dont automatically turn off after I complete my turn?

2. Occasionally, while sitting in stand-still traffic, my car will start to overheat. If I am moving the slightest bit its fine but if I'm in traffic or stop the car and let it sit for more than a couple minutes the H20 temp starts to rise. Does this indicate a thermostat sticking? Or a fan gone bad (the fans dont kick on)?

Any suggestions?

 

Hmm,
I'm not sure, but my 96 Civic the steering wheel/ column starts to shake/ vibrate when at full stop in drive. Anyone have any solutions for that?

 

SHartmann the same thing happen to me, I noticed it did it when I was sitting at the drive-thru. So I checked my radiator and the coolant was low so I added some more, no problems since. 96civic I'm not sure but I think the timing is off.

 

motor mount or timing problem

 

My 96 does this too.

 

I've noticed it doesnt happen all the time. Hope it nothing major. Noone have the problems with the turn signals?

 

nscivic. do you know what it would cost for a mechanic to double check my timing or is this something he would've caught when he did the timing belt at 90,000? As of now, I've got 93,000 on it.

 

Check your coolant level and your oil level. I let my friend borrow my car for two months and when I got it back I had to add over 2 quarts of oil. It over heated when sitting still until I added the oil. If that isn't the problem it's possibly the thermostat, but I doubt it.

 

Make sure your fan kicks on, if it does then I think it's your radiator.

 

I'm not sure what it would cost to have a mechanic look at it, especially since most of them will probably rip you off. If the shaking started after he changed the belts then he didn't adjust the timing right, but it can thrown off to by hitting a pot hole or something like that pretty hard.