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Practice Proper and Routine Tire Rotations

When you're driving around in Brooklyn, it's really important to have good tires. A significant part of having good tires is keeping your tires properly maintained. In order to maintain your tires, you need to have them inflated properly, and you need to have your tires rotated.

Most manufacturers recommend having the tires on your vehicle rotated every 6,000 miles or every other oil change. Tires are rotated from front to back and from left to right. This allows all the tires to wear evenly and not have excessive wear on one part of the tire.

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Replace Your Vehicle's Belts and Hoses as They Wear Out

If you hear a hissing sound while using your vehicle, it may be that you have a hose that is leaking air. If you notice that your vehicle does not run smoothly or that it just is not working as it once worked, you may have belts that need to be replaced. You should seek out help when you notice anything going on with your vehicle.

We can take on your belt and hose needs in our service center and figure out what is going on with your vehicle. You can trust our team to figure out if you have…

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Your Brake Fluid Is Responsible For Stopping Your Vehicle

Everyone knows what their brakes are, but many drivers do not actually understand how they work or that they are powered by a fluid that needs to be kept at a particular level. It is very important to keep the right amount in the reservoir, but it is equally important to know what it is that you need to put in there.

Your brake fluid is a hydraulic fluid that is similar to but different than oil. It resides in a reservoir under the hood of your vehicle and when the brake pedal is depressed the master cylinder pushes the…

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What Helps Your Wheels Turn at Different Rates?

The amount of power or torque your car generates will obviously always be the same to the main drive shaft. After all, you would need separate motors in each wheel in order to achieve different amounts of torque. However, your car’s tires need to have different amounts of power delivered to them depending on which direction the vehicle is turning and how fast and severe the turn is. This is where your car’s differential system comes in, and it is one the many parts of a vehicle our fantastic service team here at Premier Ford is able to…

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Prepare for Cold Weather with Winter Wipers

As the seasons change drivers need to prepare their vehicles for harsher weather. One such preparation is buying a set of winter wiper blades. Many motorists do not appreciate the risk of driving in cold weather without an optimum pair of wiper blades. Regular wiper blades might not be strong enough to push off snow, can be damaged by ice, and can leave large streaks that hinder visibility. Winter wipers are specifically designed to combat all that.

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Being Able to Identify Brake Trouble in Your Vehicle

When the brakes in your vehicle are experiencing trouble, whether they are old or new, it is important you identify these signs and take action. These are a few things to be concerned about with your brakes.

 
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Scheduled Maintenance on Your Vehicle Helps Keep Your Vehicle Healthy


It is important to our health to get regular checkups to keep our bodies in good shape. This is the same with your vehicle. Maintenance on your vehicle is a checkup for your car. A regular maintenance schedule helps keep your vehicle running smoothly. It keeps you from having to get larger and more expensive issues taken care of.

Routine scheduled maintenance consists of having such things done as your tires rotated, engine fluids changed and topped off, transmission inspected, and brake system repaired, to name a few. Your owner's manual will have a schedule of when you should…
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Old Oil Is Bad For Your Vehicle—Get It Changed


Picture this: you are riding around in your vehicle, and you start to think about the fact that you have not had your oil changed in a long time. Now, what you fail to realize is that the old, dirty oil could be causing damage to your vehicle. It is a fact that oil keeps all the moving parts of your engine working correctly. It is for this reason that you need to keep up with an oil change on a regular basis.

Years ago you could only use natural oil but, in these modern times, we have choices like…
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