Automotive Industry News & Information - Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center

Your car’s belts and hoses are essential to the cooling, air conditioning, and charging systems, and the engine. Here at Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center in Ocala, our team takes them seriously as we understand that ignoring the routine replacement intervals will result in a costly breakdown that could leave you stranded. There are so many components tied together with your belts & hoses that it isn't just a simple belt or hose requiring repairs when you allow things to progress to the stage where your car or truck has a breakdown due to a faulty belt or hose.

For obvious reasons, air brakes are an essential part of your rig. They also add a level of complication to the braking system that a conventional vehicle doesn’t have. At Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center in Ocala, our mechanics have the knowledge, equipment, and ability necessary to keep your air brakes in top shape.

Antifreeze is a fluid that’s just as important as oil to the engine in your car, truck, or SUV. You probably already know it’s essential to keeping your engine cool - but it’s important for more than one reason, and does require maintenance besides keeping it full. From Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center in Ocala, FL, here’s what you need to know about antifreeze.

While keeping your car, truck, or SUV looking nice is important, there are other reasons to keep the exterior of your vehicle in good shape. From Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center in Ocala, FL, here are some tips for keeping your car looking good, and how that keeps it reliably on the road.

Awareness and safety are at the top of our list of concerns here at Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center, even more so with all the recall scare that happens in the news. We think a well-maintained car is a safe car that can also save you money in the long run. Here are our top ten tips for keeping your family safe, saving you money, and keeping your car running smoothly.

If you’re reading this, you probably not excited to be here; the time has come for a new transmission. Fortunately, we at Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center are here to offer you solutions, and let you know that it’s not all bad. Replacing a tired and worn transmission will truly bring your car back to life, and you’ll probably be glad you did it.

At Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center in Ocala, FL, we know buying a used car, truck, or SUV can be a gamble. While there are no guarantees, there are key points of inspection that tell us a lot about the condition of a vehicle and how it has been maintained. There are some important points of the inspection we verify when checking out a used vehicle.

Car enthusiasts would argue that "those were the days". Everything you drove was built like a tank and had the chrome on it so you enjoyed washing it but NO power steering. For most of us, it is hard to remember life without power steering – cranking those great big steering wheels? It was a pretty good workout. Now power steering is standard. The heart of any power steering system is its pump. The pump pressurizes the power steering fluid that provides assistance for steering. Most pumps are driven by a belt that is run by the engine – a few are electrically powered. A high-pressure hose passes fluid from the pump to the steering gear. A low-pressure hose returns the fluid back to the pump. Here at Mullins Automotive & Truck Service Center in Ocala, FL we know that you depend on that power steering and check your fluid & hoses religiously!