car

my thermostat was bad. it wasnt regulating temps, causing my car to overheat and my air conditioner to turn off.

$20 part, $120 labor.

my vent fans would go off and on with a "click" and "pop" sound. sometimes they'd stay off all day. my air conditioner would be on, it just wouldnt be blowing on me.

turns out the wires going to the fan were all burned up and melted. why? i dont know. i was told the vent blower fan had shorted out, causing it to overheat. the popping sound i head was BARE WIRES touching each other from the rubber and plastic melting, causing sparks to fly.

$110 for a new blower. i couldnt find a pigtail plug to put on it, so i have some other plug clamped down on the wires.
i installed it myself (it was painfull trying to bend and work under my dash).

things seem to be working ok now. after about 10 minutes of full blast, the wires were a little warm. i dont know if its because the motor is warm, and that is normal - of if there is something overheating again.

so $230 to fix fans/heating/cooling issues that all popped up when another car hit me. my insurance company, their insurance company, and the auto body place all say that it cant be accidently related, and that it was all electrical issues that just so happened to pop up at the exact moment when i got hit.