Automotive Industry News & Information - Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair, LLC

At Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa, we understand that big trucks mean bigger risk on the road. Here are some tips to remember, to reduce the likelihood of an accident resulting in large repair costs next time you're on the job.

Are you driving around with a loud scraping sound coming from beneath your vehicle? Chances are, a piece of your splash shielding has come loose under your car. At Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa, we can have that annoying sound taken care of in no time.

Increasingly, technology in automobiles is becoming more sophisticated, and more and more systems have become reliant on electronic control modules to operate. At Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa, CA, we have the trained technicians and the equipment necessary to deal with issues that arise as a result of these components.

At Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa, we understand the importance of proper transmission maintenance. Commercial trucks are heavy, and they rack in a lot of miles. With this combination, it’s essential the transmissions in your trucks are always performing their best. Here’s a few things to watch out for:

This is a clutch gone completely wrong and something you want to be sure doesn't happen with your vehicle! So how do you ensure you are not having an issue with your clutch when most drivers simply get in and drive? What do you look for? That is a question many of our customers ask us here at Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa and one this driver did not.

Sometimes your car, truck, or SUV stops performing quite like it used to. At Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa, we can fix that. A simple but common issue on vehicles equipped with a manual transmission is shifter bushing issues. Your shifter has a bushing on the end of it, where it connects to the actual transmission. Its purpose is to provide tight, smooth shifting.

Has the day finally come to replace your engine? If your engine is tired, worn out, and problematic, we can help at Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair. First, let's take a look at remanufactured engines; what they are, what ‘remanufactured’ means and why they’re a great way to give your car a new life.

At Wayne & Sons Automotive Repair in Santa Rosa, we know that in order to keep your car in good shape, it helps to know how it works. Here’s a quick rundown of a system that’s very important, but you take for granted until there’s a problem; your brakes. While there is a multitude of configurations and levels of complexity in automotive brake systems, they all essentially work the same way. Disregarding anti-lock brake systems and the like, this is how braking works in its simplest form.