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Show Fall ( sir Pas 6 ( are, THK DAILY HI RAM). Wednesday, tMubtr 16. 19 'The Medic' may help solve car questions By AL HAAS Newspapers r Krught-Ridde- Q. We hae a 19X8 Mitsubishi Gallant Sigma with automatic transmission problems. The trans-mito- n has already been replaced once Now. it has developed a problem where it uill suddenly down shift on the highway, which is pretty scary, or fail to shift down when the car slows or comes to stop, w hich makes for pretty lay pickup. We've had it to a Mitsubishi dealer, who checked it out. The smice people acknowledged we had a problem, but couldn't figure out w hat it was. The car is fine otherwise, and we'd like to keep it a while. But, it's hardly driveabie the way it is. Do you hae any ideas about what's wrong with it? A. Bud Margin, service manager at Faulkner Mitsubishi in the Northeast, suspects the culprit is either a glitch in the computer that controls the transmission, a malfunction of one of the sensors that tells the computer w hen to shift, or an intermittent short in the sensorcomputer circuitry. Margin's shop uses an electronic diagnostic tool called "The Medic" to pinpoint problems such as yours, and suggests you find a Mitsubishi dealer w ho has one. Q. If a person is Iwking for a 1990 car with six cylinders, four doors, air conditioning, a fairly comfortable ride, a smooth engine, good acceleration. low maintenance, good mileage (20 or so a gallon), a reasonable price (S5.000 lo S8.000). and a low depreciation rate, what are the top two or three cars he should be looking at? A. You Roridian used-ca- r buyers are a pretty exacting bunch. I think a Toyota Carry or Ford Taurus ought to fill the bill. You should be able to get a clean, relacar in your tively price range. And, I wouldn't worry about depreciation. At seven years old, a car's value is already based largely on condition rather than age. Q. My wife and I will be away for a month, beginning in early January. Our car will be parked outside while we're gone. It can get fairly cold here in Connecticut. Could that cold weather damage my battery over that period? A. It shouldn't hurt the battery if it remains reasonably close to fully charged. The electrolyte in a charged battery acts like anti freeze. But the electrolyte in a discharged one can and ruin the battery . freeze So, if your charging system has been keeping the battery properly charged, and you don't have any direct shorts or sticking interior light sw itches that could drain the battery while you're gone, it should be UK. 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