Torrance Area Auto Repair

• It makes your car care more convenient because it can be scheduled instead of an untimely breakdown.
• Saves you at least 46% compared to repairs.
• Extends the life of your vehicles.
• Improves the resale value of the vehicle.

Key Benefits: Prevents very costly major repairs, extends the life of the car’s engine, reduces your worries about engine failure.

Cost of Neglect: Neglect here can be very expensive. common repairs can cost between $1500 and $4000 (sometimes much higher). Additionally, the car is out of service for several days. The inconvenience and expense of a breakdown and towing also have to be considered.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Every 3,000 to 4,000 miles change the oil and the oil filter.

Key Benefits: Extends the life of the car, prevents a major repair, provides smooth operation and a solid feel that can be lost with wear and neglect and gives you peace of mind about your car’s dependability.

Cost of Neglect: It is common to see repairs that cost between $1500 and $4000. Additionally, the car is out of service for several days. The inconvenience and expense of breakdown and towing also have to be considered.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Every 15,000 miles or once a year.

Key Benefits: Extends the life of the car, prevents a major repair, keeps the engine cooler and reduces your worry about engine failure.

Cost of Neglect: It is common to see repairs that cost between $1500 and $4000. Additionally, the car is out of service for several days. The inconvenience and expense of breakdown and towing also have to be considered.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: 1: Check once a year, and flushed every 15,000 miles. 2: Have all your hoses and belts checked each year. 3: Throughout the year, check your coolant level. We commonly do this (among other important checks) each time you bring your car in for services such as an oil change.

Key Benefits: Improves car’s stopping ability, improves safety, extends the life of the car, prevents expensive and inconvenient repairs, relatively inexpensive to service, improves pedal feel.

Cost of Neglect: Brake, hydraulic and ABS repairs that range from a few hundred dollars to $2000.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Check the fluid system every year, check the brake pads and linings at least every year, have the fluids flushed every 20,000 to 30,000 miles.

Key Benefits: Provides factory steering feel which over time and neglect can become noisy and rough feeling, prevents expensive repairs, extends the life of your car.

Cost of Neglect: Pumps, hoses, rack and pinion unit repairs range from a few hundred to few thousand dollars.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Every 20,000 to 30,000. or at least every other year.

Key Benefits: Like-New performance, increased fuel economy, increased reliability and quicker startups.

Cost of Neglect: A plugged fuel filter can damage a very expensive fuel pump, costing you up to $1000.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Every 15,000 to 30,000 or at least every other year.

Key Benefits: Prevention of a costly and inconvenient major repair.

Cost of Neglect: Repairs here range from $900 to $2000 plus time, towing, car rental, etc. Expect a minimum of 3-4 days of downtime for the repair of this problem.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Check every year, service every 20,000-30,000 miles.

Key Benefits: Longer tire life, smoother (like a new car) handling, increased fuel economy, improved safety, and sometimes quicker stops.

Cost of Neglect: Premature tire wear, increased fuel costs, reduced safety and reduced handling.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Check every year, service every 15,000 to 30,000 miles, vehicles driven off-road should get checked more frequently.

Key Benefits: Optimum air conditioning performance, extended system life, prevention of a major and expensive repair, improves driver comfort.

Cost of Neglect: Average repair is between $500 and $2300.

Suggested Maintenance Intervals: Check every year, service every 15,000 to 30,000 miles, vehicles driven off-road should get checked more frequently.