Spanish Fork Auto Repair

Why Is My Car Shaking? Everyone has felt it, you jump on the freeway and as soon as you get up to speed the steering wheel starts to shake back and forth and never stops until you slow down There are a couple reasons that a car would shake when driving. Uneven tire wear, separating tires, and out of balance tires will all cause a shaking condition when driving. The shaking condition is usually noticed at higher speeds and will generally get worse the faster the vehicle goes. The most common problem that can cause a vehicle to shake is out of balance tires. Tires are balanced whenever they are replaced with new tires, however over time as the tire wears down the balance points change and the tire and wheel needs rebalanced to correct it. How Are Tires Balanced? We use a state of the art Hunter tire balancer, that allows us to simulate the tire actually driving on the road with its road force balancing program. This allows us to not only balance the tire but provides us with even bett ... read more

The brake pads are one of the most frequently replaced and serviced parts in your vehicle. But why? The reason is that their purpose is to be used up and worn off by the contact they make with the rotors. That contact makes you stop or slow down, and if they don't have anything left on them, they are useless.  That's the reason brake pads are changed so often, but when exactly should you change them? One way is by following the owner's manual's recommendations and inspecting them often. Another way is by spotting signs of wear. Here are a few of them that shouldn't be ignored in any case: 1. Longer Brake Time An increase in the time needed to fully stop is a clear sign of brake system problems. Most of the time, it's the brake pads being almost completely worn-off. Another reason can be uneven wear which can also be fixed by simply replacing the brake pads. 2. Shaking Or Vibrations While Braking Shaking or vibrations w ... read more

Why Is My Car Blowing White Smoke? When vehicles start to blow a visible smoke out of the tail pipe this is usually an indicator of a bigger issue going on with the vehicle. The color of the smoke is also very telling of what type of problem the car is having. White smoke generally means that the vehicle is burning coolant in the combustion chamber. A blue colored smoke is an indicator of oil being burned in the combustion chamber. Today were going to talk about white smoke, and how coolant ends up in the combustion chamber to begin with. How Does Coolant Get Into The Combustion Chamber? Every gasoline powered engine has coolant that circulates through the engine block and radiator to keep the engine cool and operating at a normal temperature. So how does it end up inside the combustion chamber when only fuel and air should be in the cylinder? There are multiple gaskets that keep the coolant sealed off from other areas of the engine compartment. How ... read more

Why Is My Car Not Starting? There are multiple reasons why your vehicle won’t start from time to time and there are a couple different sayings we use to determine what kind of no start condition the vehicle is having. A no crank no start condition is used to describe when you attempt to start your vehicle and nothing happens, the engine isn’t turning over and there are no sounds when trying to start. A cranks but won’t start condition is when attempting to start your vehicle and the engine is turning over or cranking but it won’t run on its own. No Crank No Start Condition? A no crank no start condition is usually, either the battery is no longer providing proper electrical power enough to turn the engine over, the starter has gone bad and is no longer cranking the engine over, or the engine has had a catastrophic failure and has seized. Cranks, But Won’t Start? When a vehicle will turn over or crank ... read more