Saved me $300 - what a great site! my dishwasher stopped working and after I made a few phone calls to a bunch of local repairmen, most wanted $60 just to come to my house and estimated the total repair would be around $250. I googled the problem and landed on fixya and saw several similar issues. I decided to post my specific question and within 15 minutes got an answer. All I had to do is reset the pump valve and since then it works like magic! Thanks Fixya, you saved my day (and bank account:)

It may be a useful tool but... It may be a useful tool but for me, pc slowed slowed down and froze. Had to clear out cache and as that became a regular thing on visiting, I no longer use them. If it is too good to be free, then its not! Not keen on their cookies and stuff as I believe it was seriously affecting my pc.

Someone doesn't want some issues fixed Seems someone doesn't want some issues fixed. I posted a way to give Yahoo mail users a simple way to change their display language via the address bar and the question and answers were deleted. The problem started in 2012 and continued to 2018 unresolved. I thought I'd share my fix and put the issue to rest -- and now it's been inexplicably swept under the rug.

Fixya or 6ya Fixya or 6ya. They're the same. Posted question on Fixya over 2 years ago. Only "answer" was link to 6ya who wanted to sell subscription before looking at question to see if they actually had answer. Not trustworthy. Fixya gets around their statement of not charging for answers by referring customers to 6ya. Question has been listed as "Solved" but that "solution" was the reference to 6ya.

I was looking for direction on where I… I was looking for direction on where I might Find A short in the blower motor wiring on a 1992 dodge Dakota pick up! I told them up Front that the blower motor and Blower motor resistor had been replaced with No condition change and they told me I had a short in my system which I already Knew and that I should check my Blower motor for high amp draw If these people Had Ever worked on Dakota pickups they should have been able to point me to some places they have found in stead of giving me generic answers I do not Believe these are Mechanics But Just People Posing as Mechanics and scamming People Out Of Money For Giving Generic Answers! I Did Find My Short And Fixed it With No Help From Them