Service, Repair and Emissions

ASE certified technicians use the latest diagnostic equipment and O.E.M. replacement parts to get to the heart of the matter on your vehicle - getting you back on the road as quickly as possible. We use book rates for fair pricing.

Scheduled Maintenance

When it’s time for service, Mike’s Car Care can perform everything that your owner’s manual requires. Examples include:

• ​Oil and filter service, regular or synthetic oil
• Transmission, power steering, radiator and brake fluids
• Air conditioning service​​
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​Service is performed by ASE Certified technicians.​
It's not just an oil change: your vehicle’s engine computer is updated so that maintenance light goes out and the service interval is reset for the next factory-specified interval.

Computerized Wheel Alignment

Mike’s garage uses a Hunter HawkEye alignment system, the very latest in high tech 5-wheel alignment, including the steering wheel. Factory settings are downloaded using the HunterNet professional internet database connection built into the HawkEye system by scanning the vehicle’s VIN code.

Emissions Repair

​Many service stations will provide Massachusetts State Inspection and provide your annual sticker, but only a few are authorized to repair your car's emission systems in the event that it fails the emissions tests.

Mike’s Car Care is a licensed MA State Emissions Repair Facility.

​Tire Mount & Balance

Mike’s Car Care is equipped with a state of the art Hunter Road Force Touch dynamic wheel balancing station used in conjunction with Hunter’s StraightTrak® Lateral Force Measurement to ensure your tires are:

• Statically balanced for the “up and down” balance forces
• Dynamically balanced for the “side to side” balance forces
• Roundness-matched to your car’s rims
• Tested under driving load conditions to discover all vibration modes
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See Hunter’s introductory video to see the additional diagnostics and balancing procedures in action.

​These steps are the best way to find and minimize any vibrations due to either imperfections or wear in  tire or rim. Using this approach gives the best possible ride comfort on your tires and rims, especially when traveling at Interstate highway speeds for long distances. ​Note that long-life tires may need to be rebalanced during their lifetime to restore a smooth ride.  This is because the wheel balance can change as a tire’s tread gradually wears away. A quick check when rotating the tires can determine if rebalancing is necessary – just ask!

Complete Repair

We are equipped to perform the most extensive mechanical and electrical repairs, including:

• Wear items like brakes, clutch, and timing belt
• Deeper repairs like cylinder heads, crankshaft
• Lighting assemblies and body electronics
• Electrical and computer repairs, including intermittent issues and software upgrades
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Patient troubleshooting and road testing will isolate and resolve mysterious problems like all-wheel-drive shaft vibration and those sounds that nobody else seems to hear except for you.

Mike’s Car Care Center has ASE certified technicians and is a TechNet Professional member.

Computer Repair

Computers on vehicles are notoriously difficult to troubleshoot and repair, especially the embedded processors in modern vehicles.  Mike’s Car Care owns a full line of computer diagnostic and update equipment to talk to your car and install factory software updates to repair bugs and other problems in your car’s ECU and other processors:​

• Fault code interrogation
• Software and sensor diagnostics
• Maintenance resets
• Download software updates from the manufacturer
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This is often the exact same computer interrogation equipment that your dealer uses … and it might even be newer than your dealer’s – ask!  Mike’s Car Care maintains subscriptions to multiple data services in order to directly access up-to-date factory software maintenance data over the internet to ensure your vehicle has the latest factory software bug fixes, recalls, and maintenance actions. Data subscriptions include:​

• Mitchell Repair
• IATN
• Identifix
• Alldata
• Bartec
• Tech 500
• TPMS
• RussTech

In addition to the commercial tools and data services above, Mike’s also owns the following OEM equipment for specialized repair situations:​​

• Audi/VW OEM tech tool
  
• Tech2 for GM vehichles
  
• IDS for Ford
  
• Launch for Mercedes
  

​Mike's Car Care Center

101 Worcester St
North Grafton, MA 01536

Phone: (508) 839-5748
​Fax: (508) 839-5827

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