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Your best insurance is to keep engine oil fresh and clean by doing an oil change as often as the manufacturer recommends. When you change the oil, replace the oil filter, too.
Vehicle maintenance tips
A little extra maintenance keeps the repairman away. Keep your car running well for a long time to come with easy techniques.
1. Conduct a walk-around car inspection
2. Avoid battery failure
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Vehicle articles
Tires & wheels
- Tire Buying Guide
Get the best tires for your car today!
- Tire Advisor
Tell us how you drive and we'll find you perfect tires.
- Tire pressure tips
- The importance of balancing tires
- The importance of wheel alignment
- How to lengthen tire life
- Anatomy of a tire
- How to read a tire tread
- 10 tips for trashing your tires
- The benefits of fuel-efficient tires
- Checking tires before a road trip
- How to make a car comfortable and quiet
- Tire types
- Tire UTQG ratings
- Buying wheels
- Picking wheels
- Wheels and wheel design
- Breaking in new tires
- How to compare tire warranties
- Tire mileage warranties
- Tire plus sizing
- Tire size
- Tire cost vs. life vs. fuel efficiency
- Tire types: Winter
- Tire types: High performance
- Tire types: Light truck
- Tire types: Low rolling resistance
- Tire types: Passenger
- Tire types: Run flat
- Tires construction (type and material)
- Tire buying made easy
- Determining the age of a tire
- How to read a tire
- Tire marks: Service description (load rating, speed rating)
- U.S. D.O.T. tire code and safety standard markings
- Tire weather symbols
- Tire OEM approval symbol
- Tire aging and tire failure
- Tire pressure monitoring systems
- What to do after a tire blowout
- Falken tires at Sears.com
- Goodyear tires at Sears.com
- Michelin light truck and SUV tires at Sears.com
- Michelin luxury touring tires at Sears.com
- Michelin performance sport tires at Sears.com
- Michelin passenger and minivan tires at Sears.com
- Kumho tires at Sears.com
- All about tire inflation
- Light truck tire labeling
Batteries
Engine maintenance
Vehicle care
- Money-saving car care tips
- Replace a headlight bulb
- Replenish your cars fluids
- Replace your car's hatch struts
- Detail your car interior
- Replace a tail light bulb
- Hand wash and wax a car
- Clean your engine
- Spiff up a used car
- Best car storage practices
- How to replace wiper blades
- Wiper blade maintenance
- Headlight basics
- 2010 Detroit Auto Show is big on green
- Replace a sealed beam headlight
- Care for your car in summer
- Do you need new shocks or struts?
- Using air conditioning efficiently
- Walk-around car inspection
- Restoring headlights
- Getting the most miles per gallon
- Engine braking pros and cons
- Flush and replace your brake fluid
- How to buy a used car
- Replace your brake pads
- How to sell a used car
- Finding the best automatic car wash
- Change a car interior light bulb
- How to check brake wear
- Car service selection: What’s wrong with my car?
Accessories & electronics
Auto safety
- Anti-fog your car windows
- Give your teen driving lessons
- Adjusting car mirrors for the widest view
- Driving on snow and ice
- What to do when stuck in the snow
- Car emergency must-haves
- Best driving habits
- How to buy a child's car seat
- Install a child's car seat
- Diagnosing aggressive driving (road rage)
- Rollover prevention: FAQs, ratings and types
- Safe hauling and towing
- Towing prep 101
- Vehicle safety for older drivers
- What to do if your accelerator sticks
- Front and side air bag benefits
- How to prevent hydroplaning
- How to practice sound airbag safety
- Air bag basics
- How to drive with an anti-lock braking system
- Vehicle safety features for children
- The dangers of distracted driving
