TRICO Encourages Routine Vehicle Maintenance With Reminder For Drivers To ‘Change Your Clocks, Change Your Blades’
As the fall season kicks into high gear and Daylight Savings Time ends on November 1, TRICO encourages drivers to use the time change as a reminder to inspect and replace their wiper blades. “Clear vision is essential to safe driving and changing your wiper blades regularly should be part of a standard vehicle maintenance
Hankook Tire Gauge Index Reveals How Confident Americans Are Regarding Car Maintenance
Hankook Tire recently polled Americans to see how confident they are in their abilities to maintain their cars and repair winter damage. In its latest quarterly Gauge Index, Hankook found that while American confidence is high when it comes to car care, sometimes maintenance and repair is best left to the experts. Forty-six percent of Americans
April Is Time To ‘Spring’ For Vehicle Maintenance, Says Car Care Council
Spring is the perfect time to give your car some extra attention, according to the nonprofit Car Care Council. Results of vehicle inspections held at community car care events across the country during Car Care Months in April and October 2014 revealed that 84 percent of vehicles needed service or parts, up 5 percent from the previous
TPMS Maintenance Minute: Best Practices To Follow
If you want to get the maximum life of 70,000 to 100,000 miles out of a TPMS sensor, you will have to do some maintenance and follow some rules. No Exceptions. Every time a stem-mounted TPMS sensor is removed from a rim or is disturbed, it must be serviced — no ifs, ands or buts.
WIX Filters Showcases Heavy-Duty Product Line In Latest Fuel Maintenance Initiative
With a strong 75-year history and foundation in the over-the-road market, WIX Filters is featuring its extensive heavy-duty product line in a comprehensive fuel maintenance initiative. According to WIX, the company saw a need to create a more expansive product line aimed at its diverse range of customers. The new product line includes filters, test
Documenting Inspections: Are You Leaving Maintenance Dollars On The Table?
How do you translate scribbles on a repair order into sales? There is no magic trick involved — the key is to document the vehicle inspection process. The more you know about your customers’ vehicles, and the more you are able to document repairs for their next visit, the greater the possibility that you will
Consistently Selling Maintenance Boosts Customer Satisfaction, Retention
While seasons change, your maintenance strategy should be consistent year-round. For this edition of Maintenance Chronicle, we take a snapshot of the maintenance sales of an 11-bay shop in upstate New York during a two-week period. What did we uncover? A quality maintenance-selling strategy provides consistent business all year-round, not just when the temperatures change.
Beyond the Warranty Maintenance Checklist
What happens after the bumper-to-bumper and powertrain warranties wear out? If you look at any factory-recommended service intervals, after 100,000 miles they cease to exist. What does it take to keep a vehicle going for 120,000, 180,000 or 250,000 miles? The key is maintenance and
Measuring Maintenance Service Against The Competition
How well are you capturing the necessary maintenance work on each vehicle that arrives at your shop each day? Each week? Maybe you are quick to point out a dirty air filter, but gloss over those worn out wiper blades. It pays to keep track of each maintenance task for each vehicle you work on and notice trends over time. But even then, how many maintenance tasks should you expect to see each day? And, maybe more
Mitchell 1 ProDemand Maintenance Module Updated With Improved User Interface
Mitchell 1 has updated the Maintenance Module of its ProDemand repair, diagnostic and maintenance information program with an improved user interface so that customers can more easily understand and access maintenance services.