Posts in "Car Care Tips" Category
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Cleveland Summer Heat Car Care Tips
There’s that big glowing thing in the sky again! Is your vehicle ready for summer in Cleveland? Cleveland weather. Who knows if we’ll ever figure it out? When the local weatherman, in our case the beloved Dick Goddard, is one of the most famous people in your city, you know that weather conditions have a […]
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Running on Low Battery?
Life can drain you sometimes. You work hard and play hard. From dropping the kids at school, to working all day, to dinner with friends, and back home, where you go, your car goes too. You charge your phone in the car, plug in your GPS, and the kids watch a movie in the backseat. […]
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How to Replace a Flat Tire in 10 Steps
We’ve all been there, you are driving in the Cleveland rain, when you hear a loud thump. You hear a flapping noise coming from your tire and feel the steering wheel pull to the left or the right. You pull over and see that what you’ve feared has happened – your tire is flat. No […]
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How Do I Know if I Need a New Car Battery?
Raise your hand if your car has 100,000 miles. Keep it raised if you have 200,000 miles. For those of us old enough to remember, no commercial was more daunting or ominous than a car battery commercial. The setting was always a frigid abandoned parking lot (presumably in Cleveland, although they never said that officially) […]
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My Car Won’t Start, and There’s a Clicking Noise. Help!
Why Do You Hear a Clicking Noise When Trying to Start Your Car? Rad Air Will Determine Why Your Car Won’t Start It’s a dreadful feeling. It’s one of those cold Ohio winter mornings, and you need to get from your house in Strongsville to Downtown Cleveland for work. You engage your auto-start or go […]
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How To Help Your Brakes Go Out Like A Lamb
You know the old saying: March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. In Northeast Ohio, it’s more like “Monday comes in like a lion, then Tuesday is a lamb, and then there’s a few more lion days…” when it comes to our weather. If your brakes are making noise like […]
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How to Help Your Car Go Green This St. Patty’s Day
St. Patty’s Day is always a good time in Cleveland. Downtown Cleveland plays host to one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country. Everyone gets to be Irish for a day and celebrate. But in the automotive industry, going green means something else, and the pros at Rad Air are committed to […]
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Stop the Madness! How to Reduce Road Rage
The NCAA College Basketball National Championship is a mouthful. So seeing as how the tournament is known for its feverish pace, stunning upsets, and timely spot on the calendar every March, the powers that be dubbed it “March Madness,” and now it is one of the catchiest titles for any major sporting event. Cleveland has […]
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5 Signs That Your Transmission Is Being Shifty
Your transmission is supposed to be “automatic” every time you start your car. You should always be able to rely on it. But what happens when your transmission starts to behave “shifty” and acts differently. Can you trust it any longer? Here are five signs that it might be time to move on from your […]
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How To Check Your Vehicle’s Condition After Disaster
The prayers of our entire nation went out to those who were caught in the devastation that two mighty hurricanes wrought in Houston and throughout the East Coast last month. As we watched we thought two things: “I hope everyone can get out safely”, and “Oh my gosh, what if that was us?”. There are […]