Auto Service and Repair in Johnston, RI

We service to the interval printed in your owner’s manual. Not a generic sticker. That means the oil grade the manufacturer specifies, the fluid changes that come due at 30,000 and 60,000 miles, and the inspection that goes with each one. Belts, hoses, filters, brake fluid, coolant condition. Short trips and salted winters pull some of those intervals shorter, so we tell you which ones apply to the way you actually drive instead of handing you the whole menu. A synthetic oil change service is where most of these visits start, and it’s often where we catch the seep you haven’t smelled yet. Small leaks rarely stay small.

Potholes and road salt set the repair schedule around here. Salt eats brake lines. A car that pulls to one side, thumps over a pavement seam, or wears the inside edge of a front tire is usually telling you about geometry rather than rubber. Replace the tire alone, and you buy the same wear twice. So we measure first. Brake repair and brake fluid service covers pads, rotors, and the fluid most owners forget about, and steering and suspension work covers the control arms, bushings, tie rods and struts that give a car back its manners. Tires are the cheap part of all this. According to fueleconomy.gov, keeping tires at the proper pressure improves gas mileage by 0.6% on average, and up to 3% in some cases. Check them cold once a month.

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The bigger jobs don’t get farmed out. Diagnosis comes before parts. Overheating, a coolant smell, a rough idle, a misfire under load — we pressure test, look at the ignition side, and scan the modules before quoting anything, because a code names a symptom and not a culprit. engine service and repair covers timing components, gaskets, seals, and the cooling parts that tend to fail alongside them. Transmission repair and fluid service get done on a real interval, whatever the lifetime-fluid marketing said. Electrical is its own animal. A battery flat every Monday, a window that forgets its memory, a dash light with no story behind it. Nine times out of ten, that’s a parasitic draw or a corroded ground, and testing for it is the only honest way to name it. Swapping parts is not testing.

We happily service both European and Domestic cars: Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Porsche, Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota, Honda; you name it, we fix it! We’re family-owned since 2010. ASE-certified technicians, an ASE Recognized Business, and 3-year/36,000-mile warranty. Loaners are available for qualifying repairs. There’s a 24-hour key drop for the mornings you can’t wait around, and we can pick the car up locally. We sell tires too, as a Continental and General dealer. Browse our complete repair service list to find the page for whatever your car needs. Parts are OE or OE-quality, because that is what holds up.

All makes & models of modern cars, trucks, and SUV’s, from Ford Explorers to BMW M series. Not sure about yours? Ask when you book.

Use the Schedule Service form on this site and tell us the symptom, the make, and when you need the car back. No phone call needed. There’s also a 24-hour key drop for after hours, and we can pick the car up locally.

 Follow the grade and interval in your owner’s manual rather than a windshield sticker. Lean toward the short end if most of your driving is errands around Johnston, because oil never fully warms up on those trips.

 Yes. A pre-purchase inspection puts the car on a lift, scans the modules, and gives you a written list of what it needs, which is far easier to read before the sale than after it.