Product Description

Today's cars are complex. They have ABS, DOHC, EFI, CV, PCV, and dozens of other acronyms. How can anyone except a certified mechanic try to maintain or repair older vehicles, much less modern cars? The easiest way is to follow clear, illustrated instructions. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Car Care and Repair Illustrated offers hundreds of helpful photos and drawings that not only describe how cars run, they also show readers exactly what to do when they don't run. Finally, readers will truly learn how to handle common repairs without a mechanic. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Car Care and Repair Illustrated covers maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing your car from bumper to bumper. It clearly covers selecting tools and parts, changing oil, checking transmission and steering fluids, replacing filters, troubleshooting engine noises, installing brakes, fixing door dings, and keeping the car's battery alive longer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #622829 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-13
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author

Dan Ramsey is the author of more than 20 books for do-it-yourselfers including auto repair books, builder's construction guides, contractor business guides, and homeowner remodeling and repair books. He is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Trouble-Free Car Care, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Building Your Own Home.

Customer Reviews

Confused reader, mixed up book.
This book was purchased on the basis that it would give a non motor engineer support to undertake repairs to a motor car. The title should not be The Complete Idiot's Guide to Car Care and Repair but should be the The Complete Beginners Tour of a Motor Vehicle.
How many pictures of engine cut-aways do you need showing where the pistons are.
The blurb on the front cover says that the book makes the "difficult seem doable", from the inside various tasks that should be left for the professionals are described but without any real warnings or sufficient detail, in a book that is aimed at the "car idiot". Referencing to your own car manufacturers sevice manual on many occasions seems to miss the point why this book would have been purchased, this book should be explaining the processes in simple terms.
The book maybe a spin-off from a more detailed previously published compilation which may have given better all round detail. The author has forgotten the type of buyers he is targeting.

Not a patch on the previous book
I bought this book on the basis of another book entitled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trouble-Free Car Care" by the same author, which I borrowed out of my local library and which sadly seems to no longer be in print. This is a huge shame as it was a far better book than this one. Don't bother with the newer book. If you can get hold of the older book do so, it contains far more information and is much more useful.