A Hot Mess (AC System-Compresser)
October 20, 2024
Air conditioning used to be a real luxury in a vehicle, but now it's standard in most. Your vehicle's air conditioning system is built to last a pretty long time, but like anything mechanical, sometimes it fails. It helps to know a little about how the A/C works. There's a compressor that press... More
Giving CV Joints the Boot! (CV Joint and Boot Replacement)
October 13, 2024
Ever wonder how your vehicles transmission is connected to your wheels? After all, when you hit a pothole or some other uneven part of a roads surface, there has to be something that can maintain the connection between the transmission and the wheel yet keep everything moving at the same speed. ... More
Keeping Yourself in Suspension (Control Arm Assembly Replacement)
October 6, 2024
When you are pointing your vehicle straight down the street, it should go straight. Thats pretty straightforward, right? Sometimes, though, you may notice you have to keep adjusting the steering wheel to keep going straight. While that could be caused by many different issues, one possibility i... More
Maintenance on My Mind
September 29, 2024
Ask any Whitehall man or woman if they've taken their vehicle in for preventive maintenance lately, and the answer may well be no. Surveys indicate that over 80% of vehicles on the road today are in need of some kind of repair or maintenance. Now, ask that same person why he hasn't taken his car ... More
If You Drive Like a Maniac (Aggressive Driving is Bad for a Vehicle)
September 22, 2024
When someone mentions driving like a maniac, they're not talking about you, surely? Besides the safety issues of aggressive driving, you should know that your vehicle will last a lot longer if you'll just mellow out a little. Here are four traits good drivers follow if they want their vehicles t... More
The Vivacious Vernal Vehicle (Preparing Vehicle for Spring)
September 15, 2024
Most of us look forward to spring because the days are longer, the weather's warmer and we can finally get our vehicles into warm weather mode. Here are a few things that will breathe fresh energy into anyone's car, SUV, truck or van. First thing is a good cleaning, especially underneath. If you... More
Cool Breeze: Air Conditioning Service at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Whitehall in Whitehall
September 8, 2024
Most Ohio auto owners know that their vehicles need regular preventive maintenance like changing the oil and filters, rotating the tires and refilling the washer fluid. But did you know that your air conditioning system needs routine maintenance as well? Taking care of your air conditioning syst... More
How Much Does It Cost? (Variations in Vehicle Repair Costs)
September 1, 2024
Ever wonder why it costs so much more to fix a similar problem in two different vehicles? Let's say you now own an SUV and before that, you owned a car. Your SUV's air conditioning system needs a new evaporator, but the cost for the new one is way more than you remember it was for your car. How... More
Breathe Free in Whitehall: Cabin Air Filter Replacement at Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Whitehall
August 25, 2024
There are a lot of new features, both optional and standard, on Whitehall 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 passenger compartment of your car nice and clean.A cabin air filter is similar to the ... More
What Is a Differential and Do You Have One?
August 18, 2024
With front-wheel drive being so common these days in Whitehall, Ohio, the differential is just taken care of during a transmission service, so most Whitehall drivers don't even have to think about it. And rear-wheel drive differentials don't need to be serviced for years, so it's understandable ... More