Automotive Repair

In 1960, the average auto repair cost for a popular midsize car driven for 15,000 miles a year was about $8,053. It also helps fix problems while they are still manageable and do not yet affect a significant part of the car's systems.

If one part does not work as well as it should, the entire car system is affected. Here are a few systems found in a vehicle, along with the average cost of their repairs. The four-wheel drive's differential and transfer case, for example, has an average repair cost of $1100. Containing over a hundred parts, the air conditioner and heater system could incur repair costs as high as $700. The brake system, which is also comprised of more than a hundred parts, has an average repair cost of $350.

Repair costs for your car's electrical systems can reach $800. Troubleshooting your engine costs about $2000. You pay an average of $550 for repairs on the fuel system and $600 for the steering system.

    Do not check the water level. By not checking the water level in your vehicle you run the risk of allowing your engine to overheat because of lack of coolant. The coolant level in a vehicle should be checked at a minimum of every three months.     Ignore the engine light. If you ignore this light you are slowly killing your car.

The engine will have to work harder and rev higher to do the same work it would normally be capable of.     Drive with a faulty coolant system. a partially blocked radiator or malfunctioning water pump can both cause an engine to overheat.

To circulate hot coolant from inside the engine moving the hot coolant to the radiator to be cooled and then replacing it with cooler coolant to keep the engine running at optimal temperature. If a radiator is blocked then it is not able to cool the coolant sufficiently and keep the engine running in the normal heat range.

If the water pump is faulty then there will be little or no circulation so no cool coolant will be moved into the engine and will cause the engine to overheat.

    And the number one reason for engine failure is lack of normal servicing. By extending the interval time the oil is circulating debris throughout the oiling journals inside the engine. Wearing out internal components like main bearings, piston rings or big end bearings.