Hello all, I am completely new to the forums and for the most part cars in general. Today I bought my first car which just happened to be an SN95.0 but did not notice some of the issues, with my lack of car knowledge I did not figure any of this out until I was on my way home from the dealer.
Sorry if this was the wrong place to post, I will correct myself if it's an issue.
First of all: I did not notice this in the test drive, and I was given "control arms" that I can change on the car, but the steering wheel has a pretty extreme amount of give (Maybe a 1-1.5 inches) there is absolutely no steering in that range. Does anyone know if the control arms could really be an issue to that?
Something else that alarmed me and a couple of people I know, this led them to believe there was some deeper issue with the steering wheel or the column. The key can be removed from the ignition at any time, it does not lock in. Meaning if I am driving the car I can just pull the key out of the ignition and the car still runs.
Would anyone have any idea what this could be? If the control arms may help or if there is anything raising a red flag with the key?
My second issue, my radio gets pretty much no signal whatsoever, I do have a second antenna I could try, but was wondering if anyone had some quick ideas, I suspect its possible that the antenna hooked into the back of the head unit (however that works on a car) may have a connection issue.
As someone new to cars if there is anything you dudes could think of for me to look out for i'd be appreciative. Also, don't ask the mileage as the odometer is broken.(indefinitely at about 61,490 miles Lol) Also there is some rusting in the engine, in these places i cannot name because i'm a complete damn rookie.
Thank you whoever looks over this and also to anyone else that has anything to add or suggest.
Sorry if this was the wrong place to post, I will correct myself if it's an issue.
First of all: I did not notice this in the test drive, and I was given "control arms" that I can change on the car, but the steering wheel has a pretty extreme amount of give (Maybe a 1-1.5 inches) there is absolutely no steering in that range. Does anyone know if the control arms could really be an issue to that?
Something else that alarmed me and a couple of people I know, this led them to believe there was some deeper issue with the steering wheel or the column. The key can be removed from the ignition at any time, it does not lock in. Meaning if I am driving the car I can just pull the key out of the ignition and the car still runs.
Would anyone have any idea what this could be? If the control arms may help or if there is anything raising a red flag with the key?
My second issue, my radio gets pretty much no signal whatsoever, I do have a second antenna I could try, but was wondering if anyone had some quick ideas, I suspect its possible that the antenna hooked into the back of the head unit (however that works on a car) may have a connection issue.
As someone new to cars if there is anything you dudes could think of for me to look out for i'd be appreciative. Also, don't ask the mileage as the odometer is broken.(indefinitely at about 61,490 miles Lol) Also there is some rusting in the engine, in these places i cannot name because i'm a complete damn rookie.
Thank you whoever looks over this and also to anyone else that has anything to add or suggest.