Your check engine light went on and you notice a reddish colored fluid underneath your car. You know those are not good signs, but you have no idea what they mean or how serious they are. Before taking your car to a Greensboro auto repair shop, you decide to research the problem on the Internet. You type in the symptoms and conclude it’s your transmission. To know for sure, you should take your car in for a diagnostic by a certified expert. Fred Bowen, owner of Cottman Transmissions repair of Greensboro offers customers a free inspection with their TransCheck 21 PLUS ® Service to determine if those symptoms mean a transmission issue.
Most people are busy and don’t realize that performing general maintenance on their cars can go a long way to preserving the life of them and keeping repair costs down. Maybe you get your oil changed, but have you ever thought about checking your transmission fluid? Checking and changing your transmission fluid when necessary doesn’t need to occur as often as an oil change but is just as important to your car. Changing the transmission fluid is just one of a few things you can do to avoid potential issues with your transmission.
Perhaps time isn’t an issue but you’re on a tight budget and are putting off taking your car into a Greensboro transmission repair shop for maintenance thinking if there isn’t a problem, why spend the money? People believe, mistakenly or not, that whatever happens to their car will be expensive. And when it comes to car repairs, the fear that the technician will find a host of issues and pressure the customer into making fixes that may not be necessary might lead some people to neglect their cars even if they know something is wrong. But Bowen warns, “Many electrical problems will turn into mechanical problems if the customer does not get the electrical problem corrected.”
This is why it’s important to take your car in for scheduled maintenance. There may be some more upfront costs, but detecting an issue while it’s a minor one will save you more money down the road rather than waiting for it to become a major one. Much of the work done by Greensboro transmission repair shops is due to lack of maintenance. Here are some maintenance tips Bowen recommends:
- Checking and changing transmission fluid
- Replacing the transmission filter
- Replacing pan gasket when necessary