Automotive Industry News & Information - ABC Transmission & Auto Care / Auto Body

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 ABC Transmission & Auto Care / Auto Body in Atlantic Beach, FL, we can help with that.

Failed engine mounts are an irritating issue to live with causing your car or truck to vibrate and you don't know why. At ABC Transmission & Auto Care / Auto Body in Atlantic Beach, FL, we can help, no matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive and it is an easy issue to detect on a test drive.

There are a few indicators your engine mounts need to be replaced. For one, you can do a visual inspection, if they’re accessible enough - if they looked cracked, smashed, or dry-rotted, it’s probably time for new ones. If the engine visibly shakes while it’s running, engine mounts are also likely the culprit. However, if you are like most drivers you simply get in and drive on down the road until something is different or a light comes on! Then you call our shop for help!

Exhaust issues are extremely common, no matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive. At ABC Transmission & Auto Care / Auto Body in Atlantic Beach, 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.

battery warning light

It doesn't matter if you are driving a car or truck, jeep or SUV, a 4x4 or a classic when those dash warning lights go off the first thing you do is think "how bad is it?" and "how much will it cost me?" followed quickly by "when was my last service visit?"!! Driving your vehicle longer safely is all about getting it serviced based on what your vehicle manual recommends and these warning lights are alerting you to a situation that requires your attention.

While not all warning lights are a sign that disaster is imminent, no warning indicator light should ever be ignored!

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 Atlantic Beach 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 ABC Transmission & Auto Care / Auto Body, 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.

Stopped in on a rainy day for a tire to be plugged (after being told at a tire store the next afternoon would be the earliest they could see me)... ABC jumped right on it in the rain and was $10 cheaper. I'll definitely do buisness with ABC again.. Thanks for getting it done. - Chris C. (5 star review on Google)

In a nutshell, trust is not something easily earned, but the way they handled my repair, they have my trust. Quite refreshing to find a business that absolutely puts the customer first. Professional, courteous and competent all at very reasonable pricing. - Richard W. (5 star review on Google)

car wiring chewed up photo

Here at ABC Transmission & Auto Care / Auto Body in Atlantic Beach 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.