Automotive News & Information - Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair

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.

While keeping your car, truck, or SUV looking nice is important, there are other reasons to keep the exterior of your vehicle in good shape. From Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair in St Augustine, FL, here are some tips for keeping your car looking good, and how that keeps it reliably on the road.

Your transmission’s shift points are exactly what you think they are - the points at which your transmission shifts. From the transmission experts at Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair in St Augustine, FL, here’s what you need to know about them.

Leaks and drips that get the interior of your vehicle wet are definitely an inconvenience. Sitting water promotes rust, bad smells, and can ruin your carpet. Furthermore, the water often seems to come from seemingly nowhere, adding to the frustration. From Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair in St Augustine, FL, here are some of the leading causes of water on your floor, and what you can do about it.

By now, the numbers are clear; seat belts save lives. But just wearing one isn’t enough - it needs to be working properly to actually keep you safe. Here’s what you need to know about the seat belts in your car, truck, or SUV, from Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair in St Augustine, FL.

For the first several decades of automotive history, transmissions weren’t reliant on electronics for operation. Today, that simply isn’t the case. At Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair in St Augustine, FL, we have the knowledge and equipment necessary to take care of even the most complex transmissions, no matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive.

If you drive a performance or luxury vehicle, there are important points to remember in preserving not only your car or SUV, but it's resale value as well. Luxury and performance vehicles depreciate more quickly than other cars. Many who own these cars like to have the newest and the best of the best. In that way, the odds are stacked against you when trying to get a good price for your car. Fortunately, Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair has some steps you can take to ensure you get the most for your car when it’s time to sell.

If you drive a performance or luxury vehicle, you know that your precision engineered equipment demands precision tuning. At Melvin's Auto & Truck Repair in St Augustine, FL, we specialize in high-end imports and performance vehicles and keep them up to par.