Understanding Your Vehicle Battery

Understanding Your Vehicle Battery

If you have ever experienced a dead battery in your vehicle, you know that sinking feeling when you turn the ignition or push the starter, and nothing happens.  Dead batteries are a major inconvenience because unless you can get it re-started with a jump, you need to have your vehicle towed or arrange on the spot replacement.  In this month’s blog, we review what you should know about your vehicle battery to better understand how and when the battery may stop working. (more…)

Vehicle Health Resolutions

Vehicle Health Resolutions

Did you know that 84% of new year’s resolutions made by Americans are about their physical or mental health and well-being (Forbes)?  It makes sense to reset your focus on what is important, and that includes your vehicle health.  As you plan your personal resolutions you may want to think about how you can establish a vehicle health resolution for this upcoming year.   In this month’s blog post, we show you how easy it is to establish a vehicle health resolution that you can keep! (more…)

Your Vehicle’s Differential

Your Vehicle’s Differential

Most drivers have probably never given much thought to the physics of driving.  However, the law of physics plays an important role in many functions of driving, including how your vehicle safely handles curves and turns.  A key component in this process is part of the axle assembly, your vehicle’s differential.  In this month’s blog post, we feature the differential, its role, and what happens when there may be a problem with the differential. (more…)

Belt and Hose Basics

Belt and Hose Basics

If you look under your vehicle’s hood, you will see various belts and hoses that are part of your engine.  But what do these hoses and belts do for your vehicle?  In this month’s blog post, we look at the basic function of belts and hoses and easy ways to keep them maintained. (more…)

Vehicle Messages

Vehicle Messages

You don’t have to be a professional mechanic to know that something may be wrong with your vehicle.  If you stay alert to vehicle messages and use your senses while driving, in many cases you can identify when there is a problem.  In this months’ blog, we share how you can use your four key senses of sight, smell, touch, and hearing to easily spot a developing issue in yourvehicle. (more…)

Shock and Strut Problems

Shock and Strut Problems

Your vehicle’s suspension system is critical to supporting the weight of your vehicle while cushioning the impact to vehicle occupants from the uneven surfaces of the road.  If you have ever experienced a bumpy, bouncy ride, there may be a problem with your suspension – specifically your shock absorbers or struts. In this month’s blog, we explain the difference between shocks and struts, how to identify a possible problem, and ways to minimize damage or wear to these critical suspension parts. (more…)