Have you had a qualified technician check the battery for your hybrid vehicle (High Voltage Battery or HV battery) to see why it is not performing? Some technicians will just tell you a code saying battery deterioration (P0A7F for Honda or P0A80 for Toyota) and that it needs to be replaced. These codes are only [...]
This beautiful state has long been known for horses, coal, moonshine, tobacco, bourbon, baseball and bluegrass song and dance. Nowhere else in the United States will you find a more vibrant group of people nor scenery as you will in this beautiful state. Kentucky is home to many of the nations largest businesses including UPS, [...]
Video Transcription Hello, my name is Thayre Hawkins; owner of Auto Alternative & Sales. We are located between Nicholasville, and Lexington, Kentucky; just 3 miles off of Man-of-War, just off Nicholasville Road. I wanted to take a little bit of time today and show you how to perform a brake inspection. There are some fine points [...]
Video Transcription Hello, my name is Thayre Hawkins, owner of Auto Alternative. Want to take a moment, today, to show you how we balance tires here at Auto Alternative Service & Sales. We have a Hunter Engineering GSP 9700 Road Force Balancer which will give you a very balance on a tire. So, it takes, [...]
Video Transcription Hello, my name is Thayre Hawkins, owner of Auto Alternative. I want to talk to you today about timing belts. Here I have a mockup of a timing belt; how it’s arranged. Right here is your cam gear, down here is your crank gear, we have a water pump, timing belt tensioner, timing [...]
