The Right Time For These Three Vehicle Maintenance Services

mechanic with maintenance checklist

When it comes to your biggest financial investments like your car and your home, it is always best to be proactive about maintenance and repairs. The reality is that, if you let your vehicle go too long between maintenance service appointments, you could find yourself with a hefty repair bill on your hands. You, of…

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Essential Vehicle Summer Maintenance Services

Summer is finally here and that means it’s time for sun, vacations, and road trips with the family. This summer is truly one to remember as people are coming out of quarantine and taking to the roads more than ever as they look to get out of the house. If your car has been sitting…

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Three Tips To Improve Winter Visibility

Wet and foggy window creates a winter visibility hazard

Winter weather can really take a toll on your vehicle, especially if you are unprepared for the snow. The lack of visibility that comes with harsh cold weather is one of the main reasons for the upswing in crashes and breakdowns seen every winter. You can easily take care of all of your winter weather…

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Top Three Reasons Your Car Is Overheating

Stressed woman looking at her smoking engine.

Summer is here and that means that it is time for summer fun, summer weather, and summer heat. Summer also means that you will be pushing your car hard on road trips and weekend getaways through all the heat and humidity that comes with the season. If you haven’t taken care of your car, or…

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Top 10 Things to Keep in Your Vehicle During the Winter Season

Car Windshield covered with snow and the word help written on it. A Winter Driving safety kit would have had a scraper and brush.

It seems we tend to over-prepare for winter storm predictions that never amount to anything and downplay the ones that end up wreaking havoc.   The best thing we can do is be prepared in advance of any inclement weather prediction.  A good rule of thumb is to use Halloween as a reminder date.  On this…

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Safe Driving – Survive a Car Accident

auto accident

Traffic laws, safety regulations, and vehicle safety systems play a large part in making car accidents survivable, but driver habits may play an even larger role. Even if you don’t drive a newer car with more safety features, here are five driver habits you should consider making part of your routine to survive a car accident.

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A Short Hybrid Cars Primer

hybrid car or truck grill

In modern times, usually the word “hybrid” immediately calls to mind vehicles like “Prius” and “Volt,” but the history of hybrid cars goes much further back, and the breadth of hybrid cars is certainly much wider! Today, we’re looking at hybrid cars, what they are, how compare to regular cars, and how to drive them.

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How Vehicle Safety Systems Work – Part III

auto safety systems technology

In the last of this three-part series, we’re continuing to look at how safety systems keep you safe on the road. We’ve covered adaptive cruise control, traction control, electronic stability control, blind spot warning, backup camera, and parking assistance systems. We’ve also covered anti-lock brakes, brake assist, seatbelt pretensioners, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and post-collision automatic braking. This week, we’re considering a few more.

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Automatic Transmission, An Anatomy Lesson

automatic transmission gear shift

Made up of hundreds of both moving and stationary parts, a bevy of sensors and solenoid valves, pumps, clutches, brakes, gears, all of it bathed in hydraulic fluid, and one TCM (Transmission Control Module) “to rule them all,” the automatic transmission can be difficult to comprehend, but not for the technicians who work on them.

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How Vehicle Safety Systems Work – Part II

back up camera safety system

Previously, we talked about a few vehicle safety systems that you’re likely to find on a modern vehicle and how they work. We covered the basics on anti-lock brakes, brake assist, seatbelt pretensioners, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and post-collision automatic braking, but there are many more. Here are a few more vehicle safety systems that are at work keeping drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and animals safer on the roads, today.

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