What should you do if your airbag light is on? Welcome to Mercie J Auto Care, where compassion and craftmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith.

Now just so you know the airbag light is a supplemental restraint system or SRS so in the event of a collision the bag deploys and helps assist the seat belt so you're better protected. Now if that lights on, that means

What are the signs of a worn out clutch?

Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith.

So first of all let me kind of separate, you can have a worn out clutch or you can have some clutch failures.

How often should you replace your cabin air filter? Welcome to Mercie J, I'm Rick Smith.

Now the cabin air filter is a filter that's typically behind the glove box in the dash and it serves the same purpose as the air filter for the HVAC system in your home. The one that's typically in the ceiling. Most of those are statically charged so they do collect dust quickly. Some are actually even carbon infused which helps reduce odors.

How often should you replace your engine air filter? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together, I'm Rick Smith.

The short answer is when the filter gets dirty. The longer answer is, typically here in Arizona where we're at, it's a very dusty climate and if you're not going to check the air filter regularly, then you need to change it about once a year or 15,000 miles. That's about how often they accumulate enough dust and dirt to start restricting the air a little bit.

What causes brakes to squeak or grind? Welcome to Mercie J, where compassion and craftsmanship come together. I'm Rick Smith, Master Certified Technician.

So first of all it's kind of interesting to know that all brakes actually do squeak. The squeak is a high frequency vibration of the brake pad, kind of like a guitar string if you will. The vehicle manufacturers try to design that so it's actually outside of the human audible range.