Automotive Industry News & Information - Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service

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 Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, VA, here are some tips for keeping your car looking good, and how that keeps it reliably on the road.

There can be a lot of uncertainty around remanufactured components. What are they, what does remanufactured mean, and when are they a good choice? Remanufactured components offer a cost-effective way to repower, rather than replace, a fleet vehicle. This article aims to clear up some of the confusion around remanufactured components and offer some insight into why they are the right choice. Here’s what you need to know, from Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, VA.

Ever looked at the bottom of your shoes and noticed that one area of the sole is more worn than another? The way you walk causes a wear pattern to occur as you put more weight on certain areas of your feet. If your shoe needed work, you would take it to a cobbler.

While fuel pump issues are common, they often get misdiagnosed. What is your fuel pump, how do you know if yours is bad, and what should you do about it? At Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, VA, we are going to make sure that you are an informed driver so you know what to look for and what you should do about it.

At Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, the history of cars is a huge topic of interest to us. Here’s an interesting piece of automotive trivia, from us to you.

The time to know if your brakes are going bad is NOT when you go to stop at that red light or on the parkway when someone suddenly swerves in front of you. It's not always "just" brake pads either, your brake master cylinder could be an issue. How do you recognize the signs that you have a real problem with your brake master cylinder and just what is it? Here atStuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, VA we not only have the answers, but we also put together a service schedule for you and keep an eye on issues based on your driving habits, vehicle type and your description of issues you are having. We treat your car, truck or SUV as if it were ours keeping you informed of issues we find so you can get them fixed "before" there are larger repair bills so you can keep your vehicle Newer - Longer! Below is everything you need to look for and tips on your brake master cylinder.

Sometimes your car, truck, or SUV stops performing quite like it used to. At Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, 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.

While some keys or key fobs can only be obtained from dealerships, most cars can be programmed to accept a new key or key fob without expensive dealer intervention. At Stuart Rolfe Muffler & Auto Service in Midlotian, we often provide such services, at a fraction of the cost.