Automotive News & Information - Mark's Super Service Center

Your drive belts run everything - your AC, power steering, alternator, and water pump are all dependent on the belts that turn them. At Mark's Super Service Center in North Charleston, our goal is to keep your truck maintained, so you’re never stuck out on the road. Drive belts are a critical part of that goal.

Automatic transmissions are the default now - with efficiency approaching or surpassing that of manual transmissions, and automatics with 8 or 10 electronically controlled gears, it’s no surprise they’ve gained so much popularity over the past few decades. But where did it all start? Mark's Super Service Center in North Charleston, SC has the answers.

At Mark's Super Service Center in North Charleston, we know that the first and most important step toward keeping your car, truck, or SUV reliably on the road, is knowing how to properly care for it. Here are a few tips on how to keep your vehicle in shape.

Vehicles driving on a highway with headlights on

All the lights on your vehicle have an important job to do. Brake lights, tail lights, blinkers, reverse lights, and headlights are a crucial part of driving. Lights make you visible, make things visible to you, and allow you to communicate with other drivers. All of a vehicle’s lights make driving easier and safer, and all of them are important...not to mention legally required.

“Water pump” is a term you’ve most likely heard in conversations about vehicles. But what is it, what does it actually do, and how do you know if you need a new one? At Mark's Super Service Center in North Charleston, we know the answers to these questions, and soon you will too.

John Cherba

Customer Review

★★★★★

Excellent service, Steven and the team at Mark's always go the extra mile to take care of things on my F150. I wouldn't go anywhere else for my car and truck maintenance and repair needs. A+++

tow truck and guy calling on the phone by side of the road

Something will go wrong with your car, truck, or SUV eventually. The important thing is knowing what to do, and how to deal with it. Just knowing what to do in a situation often means the difference between a quick repair and thousands of dollars worth of work. If you see steam coming from under the hood, it’s important to deal with it appropriately and quickly. Here’s what’s going on, and what to do, from Mark's Super Service Center in North Charleston, SC.

Your radiator hoses are under a lot of pressure, in both the figurative and literal sense. From Mark's Super Service Center in North Charleston, SC, here’s what you need to know about the radiator hoses on your car, truck, or SUV.