The Complete Idiot's Guide to Auto Repair

Put the brakes on costly car bills.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Auto Repair Illustrated covers everything readers need to know about their automobiles, from the tires up. Tailor-made for true novices, it shows them how to make some of the most basic repairs themselves—and teaches them enough to feel confident that they’ll never be taken for a ride by a mechanic again.

• More than 300 easy-to-understand illustrations and a 50-page self-diagnosis guide organized for quick identification of what’s wrong

• New- and used-car warranty information

• Step-by-step illustrated instructions on how to conduct routine maintenance

• An overview of how each system—steering and suspension, cooling, electrical—works