Car Repair
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Are You Dealing With Leaky Hydraulics?
Does your clutch go flat, rendering your car useless until you fill the reservoir back up? Are you tired of the spongy feeling in your pedal, and the mess on your driveway? At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we can fix that for you.
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Benefits of Auxiliary Transmission Coolers - Does Your Vehicle Need One?
Auxiliary transmission coolers are one of many ways the aftermarket can improve the quality and durability of your vehicle. From Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, here’s some information concerning auxiliary coolers, why you might need one, and what it can do for you.
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Benefits of Treating a Fuel System
Like anything else on your vehicle, keeping various systems clean and in good shape is essential to long life and reliability. Your fuel system is especially important - parts are expensive, problems can be difficult to diagnose, and it doesn’t take much contamination to cause a huge issue. It’s much easier to keep your fuel system clean than it is to clean a dirty or problematic system. Performing regular fuel treatment can prove very beneficial to the life of your vehicle.
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Brake For Great Service
Brakes are one of the most important components of your vehicle. You need the confidence of knowing that when you press your foot to the brake, your vehicle is going to stop. That's why it's important to keep these tips in mind to help keep your brakes functioning properly. Schedule an appointment with us at Five Point Motor Company for a brake service checkup today!
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Check Engine Light On? We Can Help
Is your check engine light on? Whether you can tell a difference in the way your car, truck, or SUV is running, your car is trying to tell you something. At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we can help.
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Common Heater/AC Fan Switch Issues
At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, we know how important climate control is to your driving experience. Not only does a fully functional heat and AC system keep you warm in the winter, and cool in the summer, it is vital to defrosting windows and keeping the air in your car circulating.
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Coolant Flushing to prepare for the cold weather
Whether you drive a BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche (some exclusions apply), Subaru, or other performance automobiles, your car has a cooling system. With winter right around the corner, at Five Point Motor Company we want to make sure your cooling system is ready for the cold.
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Customer Service is Our Top Priority
In the automotive business, the customer is just as important as the vehicle and the customer service is just as important as the auto repair. That is why at Five Point Motor Company , we strive to provide only the best customer service to our clients.
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Do you have a bad spark plug?
Spark plugs have been around since the beginning, and play as important a role now as they did a hundred years ago. It’s a good idea to replace them as a set at regular intervals, but sometimes one will go bad sooner than the rest for one reason or another. How do you know if you have a bad spark plug? Here are some indicators, from Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC.
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External Components - Making Your Manual Transmission Work
There are many parts and systems outside of the car’s transmission that is equally as important as the parts and systems inside the transmission. Without them, the transmission won’t do much. There’s no way to transfer power from the engine to the shafts, disengage it to shift the gears, or power the differential without them. Just in case you need us, at Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we can help keep your transmission in top shape, but here’s what you need to know.
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How Do I Fix My Manual Transmission Problem?
Manual transmissions are generally more reliable than automatic transmissions. They don’t have as many parts, aren’t as complex, and can take a lot more abuse. However, if an issue is allowed to persist, more and more damage to surrounding components on your manual transmission will occur. Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC can help you take care of your car as soon as you notice a problem.
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How is the Air Quality in Your Vehicle?
When driving around town, your vehicle's engine needs clean air to burn the fuel – and it needs a lot. In fact, a typical vehicle needs about 216,000 gallons of air for every tank of gas. All that air passes through a filter that catches the dust and dirt. Eventually, the filter gets completely full, and because the filter can only hold so much, dirt starts getting through. At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, we want to help you get the best air quality in your vehicle, but first, we want to explain the process of where this dirty air is going.
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Hydraulic Basics To Keep You Running
The operation of your transmission depends on your hydraulics. Even if that sounds like a foreign language to you, at Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, 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.
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If You Have To Turn The Key More Than Once - You Might Have A Problem
At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, our goal is to help you understand your transmission a little better and keep your car, truck, or SUV reliably on the road. If you ever hit the key and your engine fails to turn over, whether it’s once a month, once a week, or every day, you’ve got the beginnings of an issue worth dealing with.
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Is it Time for a New Exhaust?
Exhaust systems are one of the most neglected aspects of most vehicles. Exhaust pipes, catalytic converters, and mufflers are exposed to heat, emissions, and road damage. While your exhaust system is fairly simple and straightforward, these conditions mean it is inherently prone to rust and damage. As a result, this system is often one of the first systems you will have trouble with on your car.
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Is It Time To Invest In A New Exhaust?
Exhaust systems are one of the most neglected aspects of most vehicles. Exhaust pipes, catalytic converters, and mufflers are exposed to heat, emissions, and road damage. While your exhaust system is fairly simple and straightforward, these conditions mean it is inherently prone to rust and damage. As a result, this system is often one of the first systems you will have trouble within your car.
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Is your car trying to tell you something?
If you drive performance or luxury vehicle (Subaru, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Land Rover, etc.) you’re aware that you have a complex and precision-engineered machine. When things start to go wrong, sometimes they go wrong in a hurry. Here are some things to watch out for, from Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC.
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Is Your Vehicle Too Noisy?
Do you have a noisy vehicle? If so, you may need a new muffler or exhaust system from our team here at Five Point Motor Company in High Point. The purpose of your exhaust system is not only to reduce the noise but also to redirect fumes away from your vehicle. Redirecting these fumes protects passengers in the car from toxins created by burning fuel.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless chemical that can escape from an unsecured exhaust system, and if inhaled can pose very serious health hazards. If you experience an unusually loud sound coming from your vehicle, it is vital to get your exhaust system checked immediately!
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Keep Your Replacement Transmission Running Smoothly
Once your transmission has been replaced and you’re shifting smoothly once more, you’ll probably want to keep it running smoothly. Here are some tips from Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC to help keep you reliably on the road.
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Noticing an Emergency on your Dashboard
At Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC, we have seen our fair share of preventable engine failures. Frequently, engine disaster could have been avoided if the driver had known beforehand what the warning lights or gauges on the dashboard indicated. While some dash lights are fairly benign, others indicate imminent trouble. This guide from Five Point Motor Company in High Point, NC will prepare you for the next time your vehicle shows you a warning you shouldn’t ignore.
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