Tires, Alignments and Brakes

Does your vehicle ever pull to the left or the right? Is the steering wheel not centered when you are traveling straight? This could indicate an alignment problem, which is not only a nuisance to your driving comfort, but a bigger problem for your tires.

Foreign Car Repair is a one-stop shop for any alignment troubles your vehicle is suffering. Our expert technicians use the latest computerized alignment technology to detect misalignments as small as one-tenth of a degree, allowing them to get your car’s alignment back to the original manufacturer settings.

We check your car for symptoms of alignment trouble as a part of our complimentary courtesy inspection. Your alignment might be off even if you haven’t noticed any signs or damage. Even subtle changes can cause uneven tire wear and rob your valuable investment of thousands of miles. Tires are made to be worn evenly, and uneven tire wear can compromise them and force premature replacement—or worse, cause a blowout.

All Foreign Car Repairs technicians undergo extensive alignment training. To begin the alignment procedure, we raise your car on an alignment lift and attach computerized sensors to determine whether an adjustment is needed. Our team then corrects your alignment to the manufacturer’s original settings. After this, we retest your vehicle down to the tenth of a degree to make sure its alignment is perfectly set.

Alignment adjustment is a necessary maintenance service throughout the life of your vehicle. Inspect your tires regularly for signs of uneven wear, and request an alignment adjustment every time you replace them. If you don’t know when your alignment was last checked, call Foreign Car Repairs today.

As long as our tires are full of air and keep our vehicles rolling forward, we often assume that they’re in good condition. But there are other important considerations when you’re assessing the condition of your tires, including the overall wear of the tread and any uneven wear that results from the natural functioning of your car. In many cases, a tire rotation can alleviate this potentially dangerous situation.

If you can’t remember the last time your tires were rotated, we invite you to contact us at Foreign Car Repairs. For nearly 43 years, our experienced, friendly auto repair professionals have been transforming the way our customers experience car service. We’re prepared to walk you through your repair and maintenance options so you can make informed, confident decisions about the health of your vehicle.

As our vehicles move along the road, our tires are exposed to many kinds of wear and tear. Rear tires usually wear in a uniform way, but front tires can wear unevenly due to the different numbers of left and right turns we take and the road conditions. This means that our front tires can become more worn, diminished, and prone to failure over time. Faulty alignment can cause tires to wear unevenly too. Worn tires can cause:

• Blowouts
• Diminished performance (due to worn treads)
• Tire noise
• Wheel vibration

Too many drivers think of tire rotation as an optional luxury with little effect on their day-to-day travel. This is a dangerous mindset, because most of us don’t discover problems with our tires until something happens to one of them on the road, sometimes at very high speeds. Foreign Car Repairs is ready to help you be vigilant about these issues and ensure the longest life possible for your tires.

Simply put, if your brakes are not functioning properly, then you, your family, and others on the road run the risk of an accident. This is why Foreign Car Repairs offers free brake inspections. We can check your brakes quickly, even during a routine oil change. And if you think that they aren’t working properly, it is critical that you schedule a repair with a trusted mechanic today. At Foreign Car Repairs, we pride ourselves on not only providing reliable, top-quality auto repair work, but also on the high standards we set for transparency and customer service.

At Foreign Car Repairs, we make it a point to check every customer’s brakes as part our courtesy inspection. Our technicians don’t just inspect your brake pads, they examine the rotors and brake fluid too, to ensure that your brakes are functioning as they should. Common indicators of a brake problem include:

• The brake lights
• Brake noises (squeaking or screeching)
• A burning smell when the brakes are applied
• Rumbling or vibration in the steering wheel
• The need to press the brake harder than usual

If you are experiencing any of these signs in your vehicle, Foreign Car Repairs is ready to assist you. Our experienced technicians know that brake functionality extends beyond brake pads. And as always, our customers have access to our free shuttle service if they need to get somewhere while their brakes are being repaired.