Q: A temporary “fix” to the catalytic converter problem: Give anyone whose converter was stolen a period of time, maybe a year, to get it replaced and allow the vehicle to be driven during that time. This could help with the replacement converter backlog.
The problem is not caused by the vehicle owners, but they’re being punished.
John Pearl, Walnut Creek
A: Unfortunately, this won’t happen. When a catalytic converter has been stolen, the car sounds like a locomotive coming down the road.
Q: We had a problem with Tesla and wonder if anyone else has had this happen. We have a Tesla 3 and got into an accident in Pacific Grove in March. We waited four hours for a vehicle to tow it to an approved Tesla repair garage. There were 10 cars ahead of ours waiting for Tesla parts.
We got the car back last week, after 6½ months of agony, all the while making loan payments and insurance for a car we could not drive. It seems like all parts are being used for new cars, but none are available for repairs. What the heck?
Jeri Sulley, Brisbane
A: Tesla has had problems providing prompt repairs for its cars. Your wait for a repair is one of the longest I’ve heard of.
Q: Since the completion of the Mathilda Avenue overpass/Highway 101 interchange in Sunnyvale, there is a problem at the intersection of Ahwanee Avenue and Mathilda Avenue.
There are three lanes: left to southbound Mathilda, straight across Mathilda, and right to either the lane for an entrance to southbound 101 or across to the lane for northbound Mathilda Avenue. A “no right turn on red” sign was installed. Unfortunately, this sign is posted several feet before the intersection, on a curve, and is missed or ignored by most drivers.
Often, those of us who wait for the green signal are passed on the left by drivers who don’t or won’t wait. The risk lies with those who cross the part of the Mathilda lane leading to 101, on the red, as cars zoom through the intersection.
Would you please alert whoever is in charge? Installing a “no right turn on red” sign on the overhead traffic light bar would provide better visibility and instruction.
Cathryn Floyd
A: This is a complicated intersection. The overhead traffic light pole is not designed to handle the wind load of more signs. The City of Sunnyvale will make sure nothing is blocking the “no right turn on red” signs there now.
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