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Law Automotive Tech Question on Your Transmission

Question My name is Suzanne.  We were taking a camping trip over a three-day weekend.  About half way to our campsite, the transmission went out on our SUV.  It took all weekend to get...
Published on: Nov 16, 2025

10 Overlooked Services - Let Law Automotive Take Care of Them For You

Let’s talk about automotive service schedules.  And particularly, the scheduled services that are sometimes forgotten. We have a list of 10 service items that are often overlooked.  T...
Published on: Oct 05, 2025

Forced Induction

{{ image('MzU0') }} Most Springfield residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Springfield from the facto...
Published on: Sep 28, 2025

Heater Core

{{ image('MzU0') }} Springfield drivers may wonder where the air in a vehicle's passenger compartment comes from. Well, as your engine starts to warm up, it also warms the coolant/antifreez...
Published on: Jul 06, 2025

Law Automotive and the Maintenance Mindset

We know we need to take care of our cars, but it just seems hard to remember to do it.  We generally accept that many things in life require regular maintenance, but just may have not applied it ...
Published on: Jun 29, 2025

Exhaust

We've all heard a car or truck in our Springfield neighborhoods that needs a new muffler. But there's more to the exhaust system than just the muffler.{{ image('https://s3.amazonaws.com/www.autonettv....
Published on: Apr 27, 2025

Let’s Shift Gears (Transmission Fluid Replacement)

If you have a vehicle with an automatic transmission, you probably never think about gear shifting.  When motor vehicles were invented, all of them had to be shifted manually.  But that wond...
Published on: Feb 09, 2025

Law Automotive Tech Question on Your Drive Shaft

Question I’m Doug.  A few years ago, I was driving my ’85 powder blue Dodge Ram Charger with about 80,000 miles on it.  I was going up a hill and heard a noise like a tin can ro...
Published on: Jan 19, 2025