VIDEO: Missed Drivetrain Maintenance Opportunities
Take time to look up the service interval information. This video is sponsored by Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper.
Auto Care Factbook: Americans Are Delaying Car Maintenance To The Tune Of Nearly $25 Billion
Summer driving season is upon us, which means at one moment you’re driving down the highway, the next you’re slamming on your brakes when you hit traffic. You trust yourself to stop, but do you trust the person behind you?
VIDEO: Worn Battery Cables Can Cause Driveability Issues
Can a battery cause a driveability problem? Andrew Markel shows how worn battery cables can cause a voltage drop, damaging the battery and vehicle modules. Sponsored by Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper.
Drive Belt Checklist: What Are You Missing?
You might have only one chance to sell a customer a new serpentine belt. With belts lasting roughly 90,000 miles, proper inspection at the time of failure is critical not only for selling the belt, but also for ensuring add-on sales and better customer satisfaction.
Winter Maintenance Tips From Some of America’s Coldest Cities
Staying on top of your inspections is important, but there are some parts of the U.S. where winter maintenance takes on a new level of importance.
Changing How You Upsell Maintenance Service
We talked with three shop owners about how their shops maximize sales by educating the consumer and refining their in-house processes.
Induction Cleaning Service For Direct-Injection Vehicles
You may have seen it before: misfire codes, stumbling and suspicious fuel trim numbers. On a scan tool, the engine may show a loss in volumetric efficiency. The driver may complain about a loss of power, poor fuel economy, hard starts and a rough idle. But this is not a 12-year-old engine; it is only
What To Do With Used Hybrid Batteries
The nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery is the best and most common hybrid battery so far, and the sheer volume of them is staggering. NiHM batteries have been in use for well over 15 years, and out of the more than 7 million hybrid cars on the road worldwide, 90% have NiMH battery packs. Then,
What’s a Battery?
The first documented battery that used two dissimilar metals with an electrolyte between them was invented in 1800. Known as the voltaic pile after its inventor, Volta, this early battery consisted of copper and zinc discs piled on top of each other, separated by a layer of cloth or heavy paper soaked in a