Have We Fallen Out of Love With Our Cars?

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - Hour 2 - October 24, 2026 Have we fallen out of love with our cars, or has owning one just become too expensive? Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor, opens Hour 2 with a question worth thinking about. A customer spends nearly $6,000 repairing a nine-year-old Chevy with just …

Why Your Mechanic Might Send You to the Competition

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - Hour 1 - October 24, 2026 Sometimes the best thing a mechanic can do for a customer is send them somewhere else. Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor, opens this hour with a real story from his repair shop. A customer brings in a 2010 Honda for what seems like a simple tire r…

The Mystery Rattle, the No-Start Corolla & Winter Wiper Blades

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - Hour 2 - October 17, 2026 Winter is coming. Are you and your car ready? Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™, tackles one of the most overlooked safety items on your vehicle: windshield wiper blades. Joining Ron is James Croston, Senior Product Manager at PEAK, for a convers…

Up to My Eyeballs in Quicksand: A Mechanic's Week From Hell

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - October 17, 2026 - Hour 1 What happens when a simple brake job turns into a repair shop nightmare? Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™, takes listeners behind the scenes of a week that went sideways. With his only technician unexpectedly hospitalized, Ron finds himself work…

An $18,000 Headlight Repair? Have New Cars Gone Too Far?

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - October 10, 2026 - Hour 2 Have modern cars become too complicated—and too expensive for the average driver to own and repair? Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™, tackles that question after a listener from Iowa raises concerns about the growing cost of automotive technolog…

A 25-Year-Old Suburban, The $20 Test & The Call From Saudi Arabia

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - October 10, 2026 - Hour 1 Sometimes the simplest tests lead to the biggest answers. Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™, takes listeners inside the shop with a remarkably clean 2001 Chevy Suburban showing just 31,000 miles—but suffering from a mysterious multiple-cylinder mi…

Have Cars Become Too Complicated? Hybrids, High Gas Prices & the Search for Simplicity

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - Hour 2 - October 3, 2026 This hour, Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™, looks at an automotive world caught between technology, fuel economy, affordability and reliability. Hybrids are gaining ground as drivers look for better mileage without completely changing the way the…

The Accident That Never Happened — Until the Mouse Gave It Away

Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - Hour 1 - October 3, 2026 Sometimes a trouble code is like waking up with a pain in your neck. Your body knows something isn't right — and so does your car. This week on Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™, Ron follows the clues on a 2021 Ford Escape Hybrid that keeps reveal…

The Most Expensive Number in Car Ownership

BEST OF THE CAR DOCTOR  - Hour 2 - September 26, 2026  What’s the most expensive number in car ownership? It’s not the sticker price. It’s not the monthly payment. It’s not even the repair bill. It’s cost per mile—the number almost nobody calculates until it’s too late. This hour, Ron explains …

When Modern Cars Fight Back: The Weekend Wrencher

BEST OF THE CAR DOCTOR  - Hour 1 - September 26, 2026  This Hour of Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor™ is for the Weekend Wrenchers—the driveway DIYers, toolbox in hand, trying to save money and keep their vehicles going as cars get more complicated by the minute. Ron looks at how modern technology is …