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Written By: Kristin Brocoff Kristinsblog@carmd.com In celebration of Earth Day, CarMD® shares the following tips for how drivers can help be more environmentally conscious, particularly as gas prices remain at all-time highs and the price of gasoline hovers near $4 a gallon again: • Avoid unnecessary driving by planning your trips wisely, making efficient routes [...]
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Happy Earth Day! Tips To Help Keep Your Car Green
April 22nd, 2011 
CarMD April is for Taxes and Car Care
April 18th, 2011 CarMD Written By: Kristin Brocoff Kristinsblog@carmd.com To quote Ieon C. Chen, CEO of CarMD.com Corp., “There are three certainties in life – death, taxes, and at some point in time, your car will break down.” Every hard working American knows that April is tax time, but not everyone is aware that April is also Car Care [...]
Flashing Check Engine Light
December 15th, 2010 ArtJ Written By: Art Jacobsen artsblog@carmd.com In today’s Fault Code Spotlight I will explain one of the most common and severe fault codes in your vehicle – misfire. Misfire is a very serious problem and one you should never ignore. The fault codes that you will see for misfire are: P0300- Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected P03nn [...]
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Tags: Car, CarMD, Check Engine Light, Crank Pulse Fluctuation, Flashing Light, Misfire, P0300, p0301, P0302, P0303, P0304, P0305, P0306, P0307, P0308, P0309, P0310, P0311, P0312, p0313, P0314, P0315, P0316, Type A Misfire, Type B Misfire 
3 Comments »Where’s The Cap?
December 8th, 2010 KristinB Written By: Kristin Brocoff Kristinsblog@carmd.com Earlier this month, I rented a car. Being the ever-frugal business traveler, I opted to refill the tank before returning it to the lot. Imagine my surprise when I pulled up to the pump and found I was driving a vehicle with no gas cap. I don’t know why I [...]
Posted in CarMD University, Misc Tags: Capless Fuel Filter, Car, CarMD, Gas Cap, New Technology 11 Comments »Changing Your Engine Oil
September 27th, 2010 RichardA Written By: Eric Huang ericsblog@carmd.com I have been told I could save money on car maintenance with simple procedures, like an oil change. Personally I’ve always just drove my car into Jiffy Lube every time my little sticker says it’s time. I decided that It was time to take action and learn more about how [...]
Welcome!
August 30th, 2010 ArtJ Written By: Art Jacobsen artsblog@carmd.com Hi. Thanks for visiting our new blog. This blog has been a year in the making believe it or not. Several internal meetings discussing what should we put in? What should we leave out? Everybody is doing a blog… Everybody’s doing something… We need a blog. Honestly the meetings became [...]