{"id":99162,"date":"2026-01-28T21:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99162\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:33:24","slug":"erie-mechanic-offers-tips-to-avoid-cold-related-car-troubles-battery-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99162\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie mechanic offers tips to avoid cold-related car troubles, battery issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the recent cold snap, mechanics have seen an influx of some car problems in their shops.<\/p>\n

They said that the biggest issues were with car batteries, which are more prone to failure in the cold. It\u2019s not just the cold that affects the batteries; it\u2019s the age and change of seasons that play the biggest role in a car battery\u2019s decline. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen temperatures dip like this, we see our dead battery calls go through the roof. It\u2019s the summer sun that kind of kills the battery, it breaks it down, and then the final nail in the coffin is that really cold morning,\u201d said Jim Garrity, AAA Director of Public Affairs.<\/p>\n

Cold and snowy weather can also cause problems for windshield wiper motors and prompt tire changes.<\/p>\n

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Car troubles are never welcomed, but mechanics say that there are preventative measures that you can take. \u201cYour car needs to warm up; all of the fluids need to get through the system first. You can\u2019t just jump in it in 0 degrees weather and head down the road. You\u2019re doing damage to the motor, to all of the components in the vehicle,\u201d said
Dan Tupek, owner of Route 5 Auto.<\/p>\n

Experts also encourage drivers to get their batteries tested and to let their cars run for even just 10 minutes if they plan to stay at home on a cold day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the recent cold snap, mechanics have seen an influx of some car problems in their shops. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-99162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}