Auto Repair in Camarillo

Call Camarillo Car Care Center to make an appointment to check your transmission in Camarillo. 2739 Daily Drive Camarillo, CA 93010 805-482-2853 Do you have any plans around Camarillo CA for the weekend? Maybe you and some friends and are taking the boat up to the lake. Maybe you'll be having a lot of fun water skiing and doing a little fishing. You got the boat all ready. It's all gassed up. You packed lots of snacks and the cooler's stocked ready to go. How about your tow vehicle? It has plenty of gas and you've even vacuumed it out, but is your auto maintenance up to date? Stop and think. You'll have some heavy traffic on your way out of town. Hilly terrain as you get to the lake. Some dirt roads and it may be hot weather. And all the time you're going to be towing around several thousand extra pounds. That all adds up a lot of severe strain on your engine, brakes and t ... read more

No matter how well they're made, cars are bound to have problems with their design or manufacturing. When the government thinks a problem is really serious, they require the manufacturer to issue a recall notice to Camarillo residents and to fix the car free of charge. The manufacturer then tries to contact everyone who owns that type of car in Camarillo and elsewhere until the work is done. These recalls always affect safety, so you need to take them seriously. It's really easy to find out if a vehicle is being recalled. For links to government sites, look in the AutoNetTV website. Other website include: carfax.com; autobytel.com; and dmv.org. All of these sites have free recall searches. Recalls are pretty serious and don't happen all ... read more

The government mandates a lot of equipment on cars in Camarillo CA: emission devices and control computers, safety equipment like airbags and crash worthiness requirements. All of this is great for the Camarillo CA motoring public, but it does add quite a bit to the price of a new car. Because new cars are more expensive, people in the Thousand Oaks area are driving their old cars longer. The average car is now over nine years old. Two thirds of vehicles on the road in Thousand Oaks have more than 75,000 miles. As cars age, their performance drops, they have difficulty idling for long periods and are more sensitive to weather extremes. Fortunately today's cars are up to the challenge but they need a little help to keep on goin'. Give Camarillo Car Care Center a call to schedule your next maintenance. 2739 Daily Drive Camarillo, CA 93010 805-482-2853 Some owner's manuals don't speci ... read more

There are some things Thousand Oaks consumers should know about Camarillo automotive service and repair. First and foremost, Camarillo Car Care Center cares about you and your family's safety. And we really appreciate your business. Camarillo Car Care Center in Camarillo wants to build a trusting relationship that becomes the foundation for a mutually beneficial experience for years to come. Building on that foundation, there are some things that would help you understand the auto service and repair business better. First, it can be really hard to fix cars. The days of shade tree mechanics are long gone. The majority of automotive systems are computerized. It takes a lot of training and very expensive equipment to diagnose and repair modern vehicles. The technicians that work for Camarillo Car Care Center need extensive computer training - not just how to run the diagnostic systems, but also searching for the right parts, networking ... read more

We get a lot of questions about servicing your car at AutoNetTV. One that we get asked the most is: Do you have to take your car to the nearest Camarillo dealer for service and repair? We've all asked ourselves that at one time or another. Of course, any new car dealer in Camarillo would like to have your service business, but there are a lot of reasons to turn to the automotive aftermarket for routine maintenance services as well as repairs. First, let's get some terms straight. New car dealers and manufacturers are referred to as Original Equipment - or OE providers. Everybody else is in the automotive Aftermarket. That includes auto parts stores, quick lubes, tire and service, and repair centers. It's important to know how the automotive industry works. Most car manufacturers don't actually make their own parts and none of them make all of the parts they use. Instead, there are over 5,000 manufactur ... read more

All modern vehicles come with fuel injection systems, so it's a topic we all need to know something about. All new cars and trucks sold in Camarillo, CA over the last 30 years or so have come with fuel injection systems. The fuel injector is a valve that delivers the gas or diesel fuel to the right place, in the right amount, at the right time; to be mixed with air and burned in the engine. So how many fuel injectors does your car have? There's one for each cylinder. So four, six or eight for most folks in Camarillo, CA. Some vehicles have 10 or 12 cylinders. The engine control computer makes adjustments to the fuel injector as it monitors the engine and other sensors. Fuel injectors are a pretty sophisticated part. Camarillo Car Care Center can help you with a fuel injector cleaning service. What's the benefit? In order to work right, the fuel injectors have to deliver the fuel at a precise pressure at a very precise time. The fuel needs to be spra ... read more

One topic that hits the news in Camarillo on a regular basis is the price of gas. The answer for some people in Camarillo is to buy a more fuel efficient vehicle. For the rest of use, we need to improve our fuel economy anyway we can. Following recommended service intervals by coming into Camarillo Car Care Center is one of the best ways to keep your car running efficiently. That means better fuel economy. When you give it some thought, it only makes sense. Dirty oil or transmission fluid can't lubricate or clean. That means more drag which reduces fuel economy. Keeping up with scheduled oil changes and transmission services will save gas. Dirty engine air filters are another efficiency pirate. They rob your engine of enough air to effectively burn the fuel, so you need more gas to get the job done. Replacing a dirty air filter can pay for itself in fuel savings before the next oil change. You can imagine what dirty fuel injectors can do ... read more

Which item is most often stolen from vehicles in Camarillo? Is it: Stereo Wheels Air Bag DVD System Well, if you said stereo you used to be right. But airbags have now surpassed stereos as the biggest target for theft in Camarillo approximately 50,000 a year are stolen across the country. New airbags cost about $1,000, but go for $50 to $200 on the black market in Camarillo. Stolen airbags are making their way back into cars that have been in an accident. Of course, the danger to the consumer of having a stolen airbag installed is that you can never be sure what may have previously affected them and if they will work right when you need them. There are reports that 1 in 25 airbag replacements are stolen or salvaged airbags or no airbag is installed at all. That is definitely one car part you don't want to take a chance with, so Camarillo Car Care Ce ... read more

Sometimes the unthinkable happens in Camarillo CA. A terrible accident and those involved aren't able to provide rescuers with emergency contact information. You have people in the Camarillo CA area who you'll want to be contacted to arrange help, give consent to treatment, and inform paramedics of medical conditions, allergies or medications. Too often, our CA police and rescue workers must sift through pockets, glove compartments, wallets, purses and cell phone directories for clues often wasting precious time. A brilliantly simple solution is now spreading around the globe: ICE. ICE standing for In Case of Emergency, is a way to identify emergency contacts in your cell phone directory. Simply put ICE' before a contact name in your cell phone, like ICE Dad', ICE Nancy', or ICE Doctor Roberts'. Rescuers will be able to quickly identify your emergency contacts, saving v ... read more

We live in such a disposable society here in Camarillo. It's amazing all the stuff we throw away. New stuff comes out so fast, we just toss the old and move on. It seems like when we were kids, our parents were real sticklers about taking care of our stuff. You know, hang up your clothes, polish your shoes, put away your toys. If something got lost or ruined by neglect, tough we had to do without. We couldn't afford new cars very often, so we tried to make them last as long as we could. It's a good thing that cars are more reliable these days. They just don't break down as often. And the good news for us penny pinchers is that a modern car can easily go 200,000 miles with proper care. The engineering's there and so is the manufacturing quality. The missing ingredient is us making sure we follow the manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedules. Is it really that bad to get off schedule? Well, it all adds up. Every time you go a couple ... read more