Routine maintenance is the best way to keep your vehicle operating like new. At Gervais Auto Exchange, we know that keeping up with your vehicle's maintenance schedule is important to you. At our Service Center, we employ expert certified technicians who know all the ins and outs of vehicle maintenance and repairs. Here are some of the most important preventative services you should regularly get for your vehicle at our Service Center.
An oil change is one of the most common preventative services your vehicle receives, and for good reason. Engine oil plays a crucial role every time you drive. Oil lubricates the engine, ensuring that its moving parts work smoothly. Oil also cools the engine, transferring excess heat to the oil cooler, where it can harmlessly evaporate. Finally, the engine cleans itself, picking up contaminants and transferring them to the oil filter, which removes them. Oil deteriorates over time and needs to be replaced regularly, making it one of the most important services for your vehicle. During your oil change, our technicians typically replace the oil filter as well.
Tire rotation is one of the more common services in your vehicle's schedule. During a tire rotation, our technicians will swap your tires' positions. This ensures that your tires achieve even wear. Without regular tire rotation, your tires might wear out unevenly. This will cause some tires to need replacement more often than others. Uneven tires also affect performance, handling, and fuel efficiency. Routine tire rotations at Gervais Auto Exchange are an essential way of ensuring your vehicle performs optimally.
If your tires have uneven wear or your vehicle will not steer straight, you might need to get wheel alignment service. When our technicians perform wheel alignment service, they will adjust the wheels to ensure they are pointing straight. Like tire rotation service, wheel alignment helps ensure your tires achieve even wear. Wheel alignment also corrects steering issues and helps ensure your vehicle provides a smooth ride.
Coolant service does not refer to air conditioning. Instead, it maintains your vehicle's engine coolant system. Your car moves thanks to a series of small explosions, created when the spark plug ignites fuel to create the energy needed to turn the wheels. The coolant system helps regulate the engine's temperature, using coolant fluid to circulate excess heat to the radiator, where it can disperse into the air. Over time, coolant builds up contaminants and needs to be replaced. Coolant flush service helps ensure your engine stays out of the red.
When you press down on the accelerator, your car's wheels turn and the vehicle moves. The transmission is what allows all this to happen, transferring energy from the engine to the wheels. At Gervais Auto Exchange, our technicians can change transmission fluid, inspect your car's transmission for wear, and replace any components that need it.
While the transmission transfers energy from the engine so it can go to the wheels, the differential is what splits the power from the transmission to two different wheels. Differential fluid helps lubricate the gears and other components that facilitate this process, ensuring that they work properly and stay cool. Like other important fluids in your vehicle, differential fluid loses effectiveness over time as it builds up contaminants. Differential fluid replacement helps ensure that your vehicle continues to operate smoothly.
It's never a good time when you try to turn on your vehicle's air conditioning on a hot day, only to discover that it doesn't work. That is why it is a good idea to get air conditioning service for your vehicle on a routine basis, before any problems arise. Our technicians can inspect your vehicle's HVAC system to ensure that the air conditioning works properly and will continue to do so.
There are two primary air filters in your vehicle: one in the engine and one in the cabin. The engine air filter removes debris and contaminants from the air around the engine, helping to keep the engine clean and operating optimally. The cabin air filter keeps pollutants, allergens, and other contaminants from entering the cabin, so the driver and passengers can enjoy breathing clean air. Our technicians can check your engine and cabin air filters to see if they need to be replaced.
Your vehicle's brakes are essential for your safety every time you drive. The brakes consist of several parts, including pads, rotors, calipers, and the cylinder. Brakes wear out slowly over time, and the pads and rotors need to be replaced at regular intervals every few years. Brake fluid also needs to be checked and flushed regularly. Brake calipers need to be replaced, but less frequently than other brake components.
Your vehicle's power steering system reduces the amount of physical effort needed to turn the steering wheel. This makes it easier to steer, maneuver, and control your vehicle. While hydraulic power steering was the most common system in years past, most modern vehicles use an electric power steering system. Some vehicles combine a hydraulic steering system with an electric system. Hydraulic, electric, and hybrid steering systems need maintenance to ensure they work properly. No matter what type of steering system your vehicle uses, the expert technicians at Gervais Auto Exchange can ensure that it continues to work correctly.
Your vehicle has several hoses that allow important fluids to get where they need to go, or to perform other functions (like maintaining vacuum pressure or moving pressurized air). These include radiator hoses, heater hoses, fuel lines, brake lines, vacuum hoses, transmission cooler lines, air conditioning hoses, turbocharger hoses, and more. When you bring your vehicle to our Service Center for maintenance, we can check your vehicle's hoses to make sure they are in good shape. We can also replace any hoses that are damaged or worn.
No one wants to get stuck in their driveway or parking lot, unable to go places due to a dead battery. Your vehicle's battery is fickler than you might think, and factors like changes in temperature or idling for an extended period can cause it to drain quickly. Our technicians can perform a quick battery voltage check to ensure your car battery is in good condition. We can also replace it before it fails, so you don't have to experience any delays.
There are two belts commonly found in most vehicles: the serpentine belt and the timing belt. The serpentine belt transports power from the engine to multiple components, including the alternator, power steering pump, water pump, and air conditioning compressor. The timing belt keeps the crankshaft and camshaft in sync. The belts can loosen over time, which reduces their effectiveness. We can check your vehicle's belts to ensure they are working correctly, and replace them when they show signs of wear long before they risk failing.
Are you ready to get the preventative maintenance your vehicle needs? Then, visit the Gervais Auto Exchange Service center, where our expert technicians can take exceptional care of your vehicle. Schedule your service appointment on our website today.
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Lowell, MA 01851
