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With the leaves changing color and a chill in the air around Burlington, NJ or Southampton, it's time to start thinking about getting your vehicle ready for the winter months ahead. Fall is the perfect time to bring your car in for routine maintenance at Mike Piazza Honda. Our service center is staffed by factory-trained technicians who know your vehicle inside and out and use only genuine OEM parts. Some key services to consider this fall include oil and filter changes, fluid level checks, tire rotations, brake inspections, and battery tests.

If you want to know whether your car's battery is in good condition or not, you can always test it with a voltmeter from an automotive store.

Before you test your battery, make sure that your car's engine and all of its lights are shut off, and you're wearing rubber gloves and goggles to protect you from any mishaps. Connect the positive and negative leads on the voltmeter to the appropriate terminals on your battery. Most of the time, the red lead will be positive, and the black lead will be negative.

Changing a flat tire is a fairly easy process. There are also helpful tips in your owner’s manual. Make sure that you only lift your car off the ground enough to change the flat tire, which is normally six inches. You might need to remove a wheel cover. This is easily done by placing the point of the lug wrench between the wheel cover and the wheel.

The lug nuts are going to be very tight. You can gain leverage by using the lug wrench at a 90-degree angle. Prior to lowering the car, hand-tighten the lug nuts. It…

When the treads on a tire have uneven wear, the process of gliding a car effectively on the road can be challenging. If you want to avoid collisions and fender benders, you'll have to get tire maintenance services that involve wheel alignment.

Professional wheel alignment services will be needed if you frequently drive your automobile in districts, suburbs, or neighborhoods that have severe road hazards. Each time the tires on your vehicle roll over a hazard, the treads will develop wear. If the wear on any of the tires isn't even, the main frame that supports the wheel…

Have you ever noticed your temperature gauge reading hotter than usual or found a puddle of coolant in your garage? It may be time to have your radiator and cooling system looked at by a professional. A hot engine can cause serious damage to important and expensive engine components. The radiator and cooling system make sure this doesn’t happen. By circulating coolant through the engine, heat is removed and sent out to the surrounding air.

Coolant levels are checked during routine maintenance, so it's important to follow the maintenance schedule recommended by the vehicle’s manufacturer.

Imagine driving around in a situation where the visibility is low especially in foggy weather or at night. Your headlights, during such conditions, become invaluable to your safety. It is critical that they function correctly. Your car might have come with poor headlights, or they may have over time, become foggy. Here are a few ways we at Mike Piazza Honda suggest you remedy that:

Headlights are like the eyes of your car & when they're hazy, yellow, & foggy seeing well at night can be an issue: https://t.co/A7obBYU18M pic.twitter.com/YlDAOxKjqZ

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