Battery Maintenance Tips From Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson When it comes to your vehicle, it all starts with the battery. Proper battery maintenance is important for two reasons: First, your vehicle won’t start or run without it. Second, it is the key to the long life of your auto electrical system. If your battery […]

Breathe Free in Tucson: Cabin Air Filter Replacement at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson There are a lot of new features, both optional and standard, on Tucson drivers’ vehicles these days. One you may not have heard of is called a cabin air filter. Simply put, its job is to keep the air in the […]

It’s About Time: Following Service Intervals at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson There are a lot of things in life that Tucson residents have to do on a regular basis. We wash dishes every day, do our laundry and mow our lawns every week, and pay the bills every month. We should go to our […]

Super Slick at Advantage Auto Repair & Transmisson in Tucson: Synthetic Oil When you get an oil change, it’s always a safe bet to just use the type of oil the manufacturer recommends. But sometimes we’re asked if we’d like conventional or synthetic motor oil. We glance at the price tags on the two options […]

Does My Choice in Oil Affect Change Intervals? Oil changes are probably the most recognized service on a vehicle. Almost all Tucson residents know about them. But do we know enough? Several decades ago, oil changes were fairly standard: every three months or 3,000 miles or 5,000 kilometers. But recent advances in both engine technology […]

Automotive Detective Work in Tucson There’s a reason we use the word “diagnose” when we talk about fixing cars in Tucson. Figuring out what’s wrong with your vehicle has a lot of similarities to figuring out what’s wrong with someone who is ill. Vehicles are a mass of complex systems that can produce a variety […]

Maintenance Free Myth Sometimes we hear people say, “What’s up with all this maintenance stuff? Modern cars just don’t break down.” While it is true that today’s cars and trucks are extremely reliable, they are also becoming increasingly complicated and use more exotic materials than ever before. All that complexity demands higher tolerances for everything. […]

Handling Distractions While Driving Around Mount Lemmon We’ve all seen people do crazy things while driving to or from Mount Lemmon. A guy shaving in the rear-view mirror, a woman applying makeup, people talking on their phones, texting or drinking from an enormous coffee mug. All of these are an accident waiting to happen. The […]

Finding Vehicle Recall Information From Tucson No matter how well they’re made, cars are bound to have problems with their design or manufacturing. When the government thinks a problem is really serious, they require the manufacturer to issue a recall notice to Tucson residents and to fix the car free of charge. The manufacturer then […]

AZ Balance: Wheel Balancing and Tire Rotation Everyone in the Mount Lemmon area wants our tires to last as long as possible. Two ways to maximize tire life are wheel balancing and tire rotation. That brings us to tire rotation. The front tires on a car wear out more quickly than the rear tires. As […]