Seattle AUTO REPAIR

Obi Onyeador on Unsplash Is your car’s battery dead? Whether you drive a gasoline-powered vehicle, a hybrid, or an EV, your vehicle relies on a healthy battery. Unfortunately, many car owners — regardless of what type of vehicle they drive — have discovered during the pandemic that if they don’t move their cars regularly, the auto battery will die. Here are the top reasons your car battery dies quicker than you expect and why High Road Automotive is the place to go for hybrid battery replacement. Your hybrid naturally requires hybrid battery replacement. People often forget that batteries eventually lose their charge. After approximately 100,000 to ... read more

A client’s Prius, taken by Fred Wilson of High Road Automotive Do you know what happens to your vehicle when you leave it parked outside for a year? Check out the photo above. It’s an actual photo of our client’s Prius, which was parked in the yard for a whole year and is now covered in moss! Our auto repair team has a lot of work ahead, for this hybrid has a dead battery, it is damp on the inside, and all fluids and filters need to be replaced. Fortunately, we see no evidence of a rat infestation, so that’s good.  But this vehicle brings up a point to discuss:  3 reasons why your air filters need to be changed. Air filters need to be changed regularly in your car’s engine and the interior cabin. But why? Well, let’s look at our bodies as an analogy and use a respiratory illness as an example.  When your respiratory system feels congested, it’s harder to take a deep breath, right? All that mucous can block your air passages a ... read more