Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Los Ranchos De Albuquerque Auto Repair

Welcome to Brown’s Automotive Experts, your premier Rio Rancho Chevrolet service and repair facility. We are a family owned auto repair shop that provides comprehensive Chevrolet maintenance services and repairs. Whether your Chevy Avalanche has the check engine light on, or your Silverado 2500 is due for brake service, our nationally ASE certified technicians will take great care of your vehicle. Our Rio Rancho auto care facility offers everything your Chevrolet needs - fluid changes, including oil change, brake fluid change, transmission fluid change, and power steering fluid replacement. We offer full range of auto air conditioning maintenance and repairs for your Chevrolet, as well as electrical system diagnostics and repairs, check engine light repairs, shocks and struts and full range of suspension services and repairs. We can fix transmission problems, and provide engine repair and engine replacement, if necessary. Naturally we offer spark plugs replacement, ignition coil ... read more

At Brown’s Automotive Experts we get an opportunity to service and repair numerous Chevrolet Avalanche vehicles. Even though GM discontinued production of Chevrolet Avalanche in 2013, our four auto repair shops in Albuquerque, and a shop in Rio Rancho continue to provide support for Chevy Avalanche owners – whether your Avalanche needs regular maintenance, has the check engine light on, or is facing transmission issues, our nationally ASE certified technicians can help. At Brown’s Automotive Experts we offer complete range of Chevy services. From regular oil change, to brake services, transmission repairs, check engine light diagnostics, a/c repairs, and major engine work – you can count on us to keep your Avalanche healthy and on the road. All work performed by our technicians is covered by a nationwide 36 months / 36,000 miles warranty. We offer Original Equipment or better quality parts, and your Chevrolet will undergo a free digital vehicle inspection when ... read more

For the past decade, or so, CarMD.com has been publishing a study of the most frequent failures that triggered the Check Engine Light warning, and subsequent repairs. Should your vehicle need such work, our Albuquerque auto repair shops offer full range of check engine light diagnostics and repairs. Data for the year 2023 showed that catalytic converter replacement topped the list - naturally this is due to catalytic converter theft. Catalytic converters have no moving parts, so they are less prone to failure than mechanical devices, and computerized emission control systems "tune up" engines in real time, lowering the probability of catalytic converter damage. Unfortunately, high prices of precious metals that are used in the manufacture of catalytic converters (platinum or rhodium) make them tempting targets for thieves.  Practiced thief needs less than a minute to steal a catalytic ... read more

The check engine light is part of your car's onboard diagnostics system that monitors and controls various subsystems of your vehicle. Computers control, in real time, fuel mixture, ignition timing, and many other parameters. Sensors monitor emissions, and send information back to the computers. The check engine light comes on when the computer detects a situation it cannot resolve by varying different parameters under its control. In addition to illuminating the check engine light, your onboard computer will, most likely, store a “trouble code” in the long term memory. The trouble code is a sign post – it tells professionals which subsystems need to be investigated in order to find out the cause of the problem. For example code P300 indicates misfires on one or more cylinders. But it does not tell you what is the cause of the misfire. So professionals have to perform diagnostics to find out what might be causing the problem – in the case of the engine misf ... read more