Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Truck’s HVAC System
With warmer weather emerging, your truck’s HVAC sub-systems and components that helped keep the cold at bay need some attention. Here are some tips to keep the system in peak performance.
With warmer weather emerging, your truck’s HVAC sub-systems and components that helped keep the cold at bay need some attention. Here are some tips to keep the system in peak performance.
It’s always frustrating when you replace a part and the new one doesn’t work as it should. SureTrack community member bmaples had a BMW X3 SUV in the shop where they replaced a bad HVAC blower and now it only had a little bit of air coming out of the vents. They posed the question to the community, and with the help of fellow community member Ericsautomotive and others, they were able to resolve the issue quickly.
As summer warms up, the increased temperatures place greater demands on truck cooling systems. Cooling systems, along with other powertrain systems, continue to grow more complex. While powertrain systems are amazingly robust, the increased complexity means it is more critical than ever to properly maintain these systems to avoid breakdowns and the accompanying downtime and expense. Here are some tips on how Mitchell 1 TruckSeries can help you keep cool this summer.
Here’s another fix where the cause of an electrical gremlin was not found by traditional means but instead by looking all around the vehicle. Follow this Real Fix to see how a Ford F150 with malfunctioning radio and climate control system was diagnosed and the component that caused the problem was found.
Vehicles today come with more and more screens and when a blank one is staring you in the face, you may not no where to start testing. SureTrack community member grizz81 had a GMC Terrain SUV in the shop where the radio and touch screen weren’t working. They posed the question to the community, and with the help of fellow community member Dmckemie12 and others, they were able to resolve the issue quickly.
Of course you do! It’s especially important for commercial vehicles that travel to exceptionally cold climates.
The End of R134a? EPA proposes changes to SNAP listing Motor Age — On July 9, the EPA issues a Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking that, among other items of interest, includes the phase out of R134a. If adopted (and we see no reason why it won’t be), R134a will no longer be an acceptable refrigerant […]