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Vehicle Lights: have you checked them recently?
Vehicle Lights: have you checked them recently? Nows a good time to do so as the evening get darker: Vehicle Lights this time of year suddenly become more important. During the summer months many of us dont drive in the dark. After the last week or so of inclement weather we have suddenly seen the evenings get darker, meaning a lot more of us are having to drive in the dark. So this weekend set yourself the task of checking that all your vehicle lights on your vehicle are in good working order. Its what will help keep you safe this winter when your on the road, if you cant see others, then they cant see you. As Auto Electricians we see a wide array of faults with lights from simple to complex and want to highlight the importance of … Continue reading
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Tagged AMC Car Repairs, auto electrician, ballast replacement, brake lights, bulb replacement, car electrician, car lights, dipped beam, headlight replacement, headlights, indicator lights, main beam, rear lights, reversing lights, side lights, tail lights, van lights, vehicle lights
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Car Electrics Southampton
Car Electrics Southampton We specialise in Car Electrics in the Southampton & New Forest area along with Diagnostics & Fault Finding. AMC Car Repairs Cover a large area of postcodes: SO14, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19, SO40, SO41, SO42, SO43, SO45,SO51, SO52, SO53. If the vehicle is parked off the road on a private driveway or a private car park with room for us to open doors and to park our van next to it we will come to you if its a job we can help with. We cover a wide range of Car Electrics faults – many people come to us after consulting a normal garage and ask us to investigate electrical faults that they need our expertise for, we also provide our services to a lot of local garages in this area. A snap shot of some … Continue reading
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Tagged abs fault, airbag fault, auto electrician, auto electrics, battery drain, beauliey, blackfield, brake light, cadnam, car electrical faults, car electrician, car electrics, car lights, car no start, car not starting, car wiring repair, central locking, dash repair, Diagnostics, dibden purlieu, ECU Clone, ecu fault, electric windows, eml light, engine warning light, glow plugs, Headlight, horn fault, Hythe, immobiliser, indicators, instrument cluster, limp mode, lordshill, lordswood, lyndhurst, marchwood, misfire, north baddesly, Remapping, romsey, rownhams, so14, so15, so16, so17, so18, so19, so40, so41, so42, so43, so45, so51, so52, so53, Southampton, thornhill, totton, windscreen wiper
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AMC Car Repairs – Weekly Roundup -Car Lights
AMC Car Repairs – Weekly Roundup – Car Lights: AMC have had another busy week, summer seems to have decided to make another appearance but have you noticed that its starting to draw in. This fits in well with this week for us as we have seen several vehicles with issues with their Car Lights this week. We all forget in the summer months how important keeping on top of our Car lighting maintenance is as we hardly drive in the dark for several months, now is the time to start prepping for those dark winter evenings and make sure you car lights are in tip top condition. It hasnt all been about Car lights this week, heres some of this weeks jobs: Fiat with electrical fault VW with indicator & brake light fault BMW with starting problem Window fault … Continue reading
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Tagged AMC Car Repairs, Audi, auto electrics, battery drain, car electrics, car light, car lights, citroen, fawley, fiat, headlights, Hythe, immobilised, immobiliser fault, indicator fault, lack of power, lymington, marchwood, mazda, Mercedes, nissan, remap, reverse light, sensor fault, service, side light, Southampton, starting problem, steering problem, totton, volvo, VW, window fault
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AMC Car Repairs Southampton – weekly Roundup – Lots of Auto Electrics
AMC Car Repairs, Southampton – Weekly Roundup – Lots of Auto Electrics So this past week @ AMC Car Repairs has whizzed past rather quickly, we have seen a good selection of auto electrics repairs on a variety of makes all over the Southampton area. Some of this weeks Jobs: Electric Window Fault on a Toyota Mazda DPF Regeneration Mini with a battery connection problem Range Rover with central locking fault Ford Transit with lighting electrical fault Mazda Central locking & internal light fault VW Golf with Fan problem Skoda with electric window fault Fiat Motorhome with external light fault Ford in need of a wiring loom repair Nissan with a hazard warning light fault Jaguar with a Wiper fault ECU Clone on a Nissan
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Tagged auto electrician, auto electrics, battery, bench clone, car electrician, car electrics, car lights, central locking, clone, cloning, dpf regeneration, ecu, electric windows, fan problem, fawley, hazard warning, light fault, lyndhurst, marchwood, new forest, nissan, regeneration, Southampton, totton, wiper fault
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Car Lights & Windscreen Wipers
Car Lights & Windscreen Wipers Car Lights & Windscreen wipers play a major role in safe driving – the chances of accidents increase if you can’t be seen or see others. Its all to common to get a car in with a fault of this nature that hasn’t been addressed, if you find your car has one of these faults get it booked in and resolved at once. What do they do? The wiper system keeps excessive water, snow or dirt from building up on the windshield and removes them to maintain clear visibility through the windscreen. The lighting system provides nighttime visibility, signals and alerts other drivers. It also supplies light for viewing instruments and cars interior. Typical Wear & Tear: Lights and wipers are normal wear and tear items that require periodic replacement. Factors affecting replacement intervals include: … Continue reading
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Tagged AMC Car Repairs, auto electrican, car electrician, car lights, car repairs, Diagnostics, electrical fault, fog lights, headlights, indicator lights, interior lights, main beam, marker lights, parking lights, reverse lights, side lights, stop lights, washer fluid, windscreen wipers, wiper arm, wiper blade, wiper motor
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Fog! – the use of lights when driving
The use of Lights when driving in Fog, has sparked numerous posts on local facebook pages, different peoples opinions on this matter always make for a hot conversation topic! Its a shame that some people don’t consider the risks they are putting themselves and others at by not using adequate lighting when we have Fog. This week has been particularly bad and it looks like its to continue. The Highway code states that ” You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves”. So for those of you who think that lights are only for when its dark – Please ensure you use them day or night, if we have fog! By not doing … Continue reading
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Tagged adverse driving conditions, AMC Car Repairs, bulb, car lights, driving, electrics, fog, foglight, Garage, Headlight, highway code, Mechanic, Mobile Mechanic, new forest, so45, Southampton
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