Tucson Auto Repair

Summer a can be a joyful time in Arizona, filled with the smell of mesquite trees, cactus flowers and Torrential rains. But it’s also a season of sweltering heat. The high temperatures in Arizona can push your car’s air conditioning to its absolute limits as you drive to your favorite restaurant or a friends home. Broken air conditioning can ruin your fun, leave you sweating, grumpy and even in the "dog house" with your spouse who has been telling you for months to get the AC system checked. Thankfully, you can still take steps to keep your air conditioning running and the good times and relationships going. Regular AC Maintenance: Air conditioning systems need regular maintenance to operate at peak performance like any other car component. It’s never too late for One Stop Automotive to perform an ac system check. Hopefully catching potential problems early and preventing expensive repairs and terrible hot road trips. Servicing Your HVAC System: Unlike regu ... read more

Vehicle manufacturers have maintenance schedules that should be followed at the very minimum. Having worked at a dealership in the past and still having many contacts in the automotive industry, we would recommend more maintenance. I have been told that the manufacturers established these maintenance schedules to show a lower maintenance cost over the life of the vehicle rather than for increasing the life of the vehicle. During the sales pitch, the dealership will show you that you can go 100k before certain services are due. This is not entirely accurate. Modern vehicles run much hotter than older vehicles and should actually be serviced more often. Some dealers claim you can go a full year without changing engine oil. It's your vehicle and you can do as you choose, engine oil should be changed at a minimum of twice a year or at most, 6000k. Modern vehicles have computers that monitor oil life, and many are set to alert you to change the oil at 7500 miles. We frequently see vehi ... read more