Maintenance

Premium gas has a higher octane rating than regular gas. An octane rating is a measurement of a gasoline’s ability to resist issues like engine-damaging knock and pinging.

Tongue weight is the amount of weight a trailer puts on the towing vehicle’s trailer ball.

Although there are different types of superchargers, all serve to force more air into an engine than it could draw in on its own, thus allowing the engine to produce more power.

The plan, called Honda Service Pass, offers basic maintenance services for the first two years or 24,000 miles, whichever comes first.

Oxygen sensors are not among the maintenance items that need to be replaced regularly, so they typically are replaced only when they fail.

In the automotive world, O/D stands for overdrive, which signifies the top gear or gears in a car’s transmission.

The purpose of a cold-air intake is to find cold air in an otherwise hot under-hood environment.

Superchargers and turbochargers both serve to increase an engine’s power, but they go about it in different ways.

The bad news for vehicle service departments concerned with customer service is that wait times for owners are longer — but the good news is that owners still trust the work they do.

The vehicle repair and aftermarket industries are also affected by parts and labor shortages, shipping delays, increased wait times and rising repair costs.