Watching Your Check Engine Light

July 30, 2022

Did you know that most of the cars driving around Orland Park, Illinois, carry more computer power than the Apollo 121 Lunar Module that landed on the moon in 1969?New cars sold in the Orland Park area have as many as 12 networked computers and over five miles (eight kilometers) of wiring. In fa... More

How Your Check Engine Light Works

July 11, 2022

Have you ever had an experience like this in Orland Park, Illinois? You drive through the one of those automatic car washes. When you get to the end, where the dryer is blowing, your Check Engine light starts flashing!You fear the worst, but within a block or two, the light stops flashing, but st... More

Dashboard's a Funny Name (Instrumental Panel Warning Lights)

January 16, 2022

Every day you drive, you're sitting behind the dashboard. But how in the world did it get that name? Back in the days of the horse-drawn carriage, horses would kick up dirt and mud on the driver and passengers, "dashing" debris against the carriage. So those who built carriages began installing a... More

How Your Check Engine Light Works

June 26, 2015

Have you ever had an experience like this in Orland Park Illinois? You drive through the one of those automatic car washes. When you get to the end, where the dryer is blowing, your check engine light started flashing! You fear the worst, but within a block or two, the light stopped... More

Watching Your Check Engine Light

February 3, 2015

Did you know that most of the cars driving around Orland Park, Illinois carry more computer power than the Apollo 121 Lunar Module that landed on the moon in 1969? New cars sold in the Orland Park area have as many as twelve networked computers and over five miles (eight kilometers) ... More