Automotive News & Information - Bennett's Auto Repair

Whether you drive a Porsche, Audi, BMW, Subaru, Land Rover, or other performance and luxury vehicles, your ball joints are an essential part of your car or SUVs performance and safety. From us at Bennett's Auto Repair, here’s what to watch out for, to make sure your ball joints are in shape and ready to go.

If you drive a performance car or SUV, you want to take every measure possible to ensure it stays in good shape and running well. For many drivers of precision-engineered vehicles like BMW, Audi, Porsche, Subaru, etc., warming up the engine is a part of taking care of your vehicle. But is it necessary?

Your fleet or commercial truck works hard, every day. Most commercial vehicles are heavy, and constantly under load. As a result, your brakes will inevitably develop issues over time. At Bennett's Auto Repair in Seffner, FL, we can fix that.

Tires may be the only part of a vehicle that physically meets the road, but your shock absorbers are next in line. Working with the suspension springs, they absorb shocks from bumps and cracks in the road, while simultaneously controlling bounce and body roll.

If you’re ever in a situation where you must remove the battery from your vehicle, it’s important to know what you’re doing. It seems pretty straight forward, and it is. However, there are some important things to remember when disconnecting the battery in your car, truck, or SUV. Here are some tips on disconnecting a car battery, from Bennett's Auto Repair in Seffner, FL.

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The operation of your transmission depends on your hydraulics. Even if that sounds like a foreign language to you, at Bennett's Auto Repair in Seffner, FL, we speak the automotive language. We want you to understand what we're talking about, so here are the basics of the hydraulic functions behind your transmission.

Automatic transmissions aren’t well understood outside of specialists like our technicians here at Bennett's Auto Repair in Seffner, FL. While it would be impossible to teach you enough to make you a transmission expert in a quick article, what we can do is give you the fundamental knowledge you need to have a good idea of what your transmission is doing and how it works. Being able to understand how your transmission works will help you identify any problems that may arise to prevent further wear and tear on your vehicle.

With temperatures dropping around the country, it’s understandably tempting to let your car or SUV idle to stay warm. At Bennett's Auto Repair in Seffner, FL, one of our goals is to keep you informed on how to best care for your performance and luxury vehicles.