Automotive Industry News & Information - A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service

If you drive a lightweight car, truck, or SUV, the torque converter you have installed is probably just fine. For those of you with more heavy-duty applications, like high horsepower setups or towing rigs, the stock converter may not be enough. At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we can help you determine if your torque converter is right for the job you need to be done.

Exhaust issues are extremely common, no matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive. At A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine, FL, we can get your exhaust back in shape in no time.

Exhaust issues tend to be neglected, and we get that; there are just other parts of your vehicle that you'd rather focus on. Besides a clogged catalytic converter, there isn’t much risk of damage from a bad exhaust system - it negatively affects your gas mileage, and the sound is annoying, but other than that, it’s an issue many people learn to live with.

Repairs are costly and we all want to avoid them including our team here at A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service! It's our job and we take it seriously. Here, it is all about keeping your car or truck serviced and looking for problems "before" they happen to avoid those high repair costs and ensuring you avoid any breakdowns when it's hot outside or cold outside as either is a problem for our St Augustine drivers! Nobody can forsee a flat tire or blowout due to running over a nail, but we can avoid some of the regular issues we see all the time such as....

There are multiple types of tires on the market for almost every car, truck, or SUV. The type of tire you want depends on a variety of factors, from climate to how you drive. Here’s a short rundown of common street tires that’ll suit your needs.

When you are having trouble with your car or truck starting and you open the hood up to take a peek to see this....you'll see what an overly corroded battery looks like. This happens naturally over time on vehicle battery terminals. If you are like 99% of normal St Augustine drivers, you don't check your oil or your battery so you don't keep an eye on the amount of corrosion that's building up on your car or truck battery. Here at A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service, we do and there are solvents that we can use here in the shop during a battery maintenance service that will help slow the corrosion process but nothing that can prevent it 100%. Way before it gets to this point, we will be suggesting you consider replacing the battery.

Sometimes it is EASY to see if your car or truck needs to come into our shop for professional repairs!
1. You see steam rising from the engine!
2. The Check Engine Light is on!
3. The engine starts, but there is an odor that is not right.
4. You hear grinding or thumping noises.

Here at A-Ford-Able Auto Repair & Tire Service in St Augustine we often do diagnostics and sometimes the problem is obvious after hooking the car up to the computer and reading the codes. However, sometimes it isn't obvious during a test drive or after hooking it up to all those computer programs! You know there is a problem and a Check Engine Light is on with the fleet customer telling you the car has been having issues starting and the light has been going off and on depending on several factors. No pattern, no simple answer but the problem becomes obvious when you start following the "threads of the issue" thanks to all that ASE Technician training.

Kristi DeRossett

Customer Review

★★★★★

My family and I have been with A-Ford-Able Auto for YEARS. We would never even consider going to another mechanic. It is so difficult to find one that you can TRUST! Jim, Danny, Jenny, and the crew have always been nothing but kind, HONEST, generous, and beyond helpful. Is auto-repair work expensive? Sure. Absolutely. But they have never overcharged us and have taken care of us like family for nearly two decades. They tell you exactly what's going on with your vehicle and what your options are. They do not push at all ~ they simply give you information and your options and they let you decide what's best for your budget at the moment. Their work is always top-notch but if on the off chance, there are any issues with a repair, they take care of it immediately. A-Ford-Able Auto sets the bar and standard extremely high. I'm so grateful for them and always will be. I have so many instances where they've gone above and beyond - like helping a family member get back home when his truck broke down out of state! I've lost track of the number of times I've called to describe a noise or something I thought was an issue and Mr. Jim very patiently explained what it most likely was and every single time he was correct. For example, I was backing out of my driveway early one morning... my brakes ground pretty audibly and I was concerned that I needed new brake pads. I called Mr. Jim and told him what I heard and he explained that it was more than likely just the coating of rust that had formed overnight grinding off. He told me to just pay attention that day and if it continued to happen to come on in and they'd check it out. Well, he was right and it didn't happen anymore. Now, if he was of a dishonest sort he would have had me bring it in any way and charge me for new brake pads that I didn't need. I love A-Ford-Able Auto Repair and I'd never go anywhere else.