Are you stuck at home? We’re going to talk about maintaining your car if you can’t go anywhere between your vehicle repair question calls.

  • Drive your car every week or two. Or idle until the temperature gauge is in the middle of this range.
  • If you're worried about your battery, use a trickle charger.
  • Make sure your tires are properly inflated.
  • GET THE POLLEN OFF YOUR CAR: rinse or wash using a "car washing" product.

How can you learn about your car?

  • Read your owner's manual
  • Join an online forum about your make and model
  • Watch YouTube videos from knowledgeable creators
  • Read Chilton or Haynes repair manuals

Calls concerned:

  • changing a battery
  • Lamborghini
  • Dodge Dakota
  • changing transmission fluid
  • ECU computer
  • battery maintenance
  • shopping for a Mazda
  • fuel injected car trouble

Link to the Mille Miglia episode http://autocorrect.mpbonline.org/episodes/auto-correct-mille-miglia-and-eurofest

Here are the recalls since we last met:

2019 Volkswagen Arteon; 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HDs, GMC Sierra HDs ; 2019-2020 Volvo Cars, SUVs and Wagons; 2017-2018 Land Rover Discovery 2020 Toyota Highlander 2020 Infiniti Q60 2017-2019 Audi Q7, Q8 2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ 2019-2020 Audi A6 2014-2016 Ford Fiesta and Fusion, Lincoln MKZ

You can find out if your car has a past recall by going to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s website: https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls and inputting your VIN number.

Consumer Reports has a list of vehicles that have a record of much-worse-than-average overall reliability based on subscriber responses to their Annual Auto Survey. Today, we’re going to caution you about:

Dodge Grand Caravan 2008-2011, 2005

Please consider reading up on the reliability of this car before purchasing it as a used car, suggests Consumer Reports. https://www.consumerreports.org/used-cars/used-cars-to-avoid-buying/ https://www.carcomplaints.com/ is another resource for unreliable car lists.

If you’re interested in reviews of new cars Casey Williams is the automotive correspondent for WFYI, a public radio station in Indianapolis. He has reviewed cars and covered the auto industry for 25 years. His review this week is on the 2020 Subaru Legacy, 2020 Lincoln Corsair. And a review of Consumer Reports suggestions for Standard Terms For Auto Safety Gear. https://www.wfyi.org/news/authors/casey-williams

What’s in the news: America’s highway safety regulators last Friday suspended daily driving limits for truck drivers hauling medical supplies, personal and other items necessary for battling the current outbreak. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration put the regulation in place to protect fatigued truckers from making a potentially fatal error in their multi-ton vehicles. https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/us-department-transportation-issues-national-emergency-declaration-commercial-vehicles

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