Telltale Signs Your Vehicle Needs Brakes
That high-pitched squeal coming from the front of your car could mean it’s time for new brake pads. Experts recommend a brake inspection--before a simple replacement turns into a major repair.
Seasonal Service
Improve Performance, MPG With Fresh Spark Plugs
Spark plugs produce a lightning storm beneath your hood--if they are operating properly.
Winter weather can severely reduce the potential of these critical components and affect your vehicle’s charging system. Get a spring upgrade.
Brake Whisperer: Listening for Signs of Vehicle Trouble
Vehicle problems tend to sneak up on us, but brakes tend to offer us warnings beforehand. Paying heed to the squeaks and vibrations can save you a bundle in repairs.
Avoid Costly Repairs With Wheel Alignment
You clipped the curb while trying to parallel park and now the car drifts right. Left unaddressed, you could face an expensive repair or tire replacement. Now what?
How To Bring Some Balance To (Tire) Life
Tires aren’t complicated. Just keep them properly inflated, rotate them every so often and don’t run over the curb and they’ll be just fine, right?
Actually, no.
ABCs of ABS: Things Drivers Should Know
Ask a driver how their ABS is and chances are you’ll get a blank stare.
Anti-lock brake systems are credited as one of the most advanced safety technologies in modern vehicles yet they are an enigma to many.
How do you know if your ABS is functioning properly? It’s part performance and part education.
Routine brake checks help keep your vehicle safe
Some warning signs never flash across your vehicle dashboard. Problems such as squeals or a vibrating brake pedal could be your car’s way of pleading for service.
How quickly can your vehicle stop? Five brake warning signs
A vehicle’s braking system is easy to ignore—until it doesn’t work properly. Can your vehicle respond quickly if child suddenly runs into the street or the car in front of you makes an evasive maneuver?
Simple tricks help extend battery life
For most drivers a vehicle battery is just a black box underneath the hood of their vehicle.
To Gale Kimbrough batteries are like life itself, something to be nurtured and protected and every once in a while given a recharge.
Five safety tips for your vehicle's braking system
Families penciling road maps and compiling an itinerary for summer travel should add one additional item to the list—brake inspection. See Coupons.
Your vehicle’s brake system is a key safety component and prone to problems caused by harsh summer conditions. Heat is the main culprit, especially for vehicles loaded down with travelers and gear.
In The News
- Nicole R. Nason Sworn in as New Federal Highway Administrator
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $2 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads and Bridges in Missouri
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $9 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads in Iowa
- Federal Highway Administration Calls for Safer Driving, Safer Work Zones
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $25 Million for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads in Nebraska
- U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $53 Million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Grants
- U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $8 Million Grant to Alabama for Connected Vehicle and Transportation Technologies
- U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $8 Million Grant to Bay Area Mobility-On-Demand Project
- U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $2.4 Million Grant to Colorado for the Wolf Creek Pass
- U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Nearly $5 Million Grant to Delaware's Artificial Intelligence Transportation Management System
