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As cars become more technologically advanced, the importance of your vehicle’s battery becomes more important. In the old days, a car battery essentially worked, or it didn’t; if it was good enough to start the car, it was good enough. Moderns vehicles are a different story. A faulty battery can cause a variety of issues, including engine codes, sensor failures, irregular transmission behavior, and the list goes on.

Battery failure often causes issues that are commonly misdiagnosed, and in the hands of the wrong auto repair shop, a mechanic may spend hundreds of your hard-earned dollars chasing problems that don’t exist. At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, our mechanics are familiar with modern vehicles and the problems that accompany them.

At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we’ve got every answer to your transmission questions and needs, and answers to a lot of things that fall outside of that realm as well. Today, we’re talking about the ABS light - an issue that plagues many modern drivers at some point or another.

You may have heard the term CV axle before in reference to your car but aren’t entirely sure what it means. Here’s your answer, from A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, as well as a guide to determining if yours need replacement.

At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we have seen our fair share of preventable engine failures. Frequently, engine disaster could have been avoided if the driver had known beforehand what the warning lights or gauges on the dashboard indicated. While some dash lights are fairly benign, others indicate imminent trouble. This guide from A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL will prepare you for the next time your vehicle shows you a warning you shouldn’t ignore.

At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we enjoy providing you with useful knowledge that pertains to the ownership and maintenance of your car, truck, or SUV. You may have noticed more and more electric cars hitting our roadways over the past few years. With that in mind, here’s a brief, but interesting look at the history of electric cars.

If you’ve owned a vehicle long, particularly one with a few miles on it, you have probably encountered a peculiar smell that grabbed your attention. Scents that you encounter while driving (emanating from your vehicle, not the horse farm down the road) are indicators of your vehicle's health and often the first warning that something may be wrong. A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine has assembled this list to prepare for you for the next time you smell something odd, so you’ll know what’s going on next time you notice a funny smell.

When you see tires advertised, you’ll often see the word “radial” attached to it. What does this mean, and where did radial tires originate? A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL is here, with answers to questions you weren’t even asking.

Sluggish. Squealing. Unreliable. Vibrating. If any of these descriptors fit your vehicle’s recent behavior, it just might be trying to tell you something – like it’s time for a tune-up.

Today’s vehicles differ significantly from their decades-old brethren that required a tune-up every 10,000 or 20,000 miles. With newer vehicles, it’s increasingly common for manufacturer-recommended service intervals to stretch to 100,000 miles before certain maintenance items, such as replacing the spark plugs, should be completed.