Product Description

Total Car Care is the most complete, step-by-step automotive repair manual you'll ever use. All repair procedures are supported by detailed specifications, exploded views, and photographs. From the simplest repair procedure to the most complex, trust Chilton's Total Car Care to give you everything you need to do the job. Save time and money by doing it yourself, with the confidence only a Chilton Repair Manual can provide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216343 in Books
• Brand: Haynes
• Published on: 1999-01-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .51" h x 8.50" w x 11.00" l, .51 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Features

• Hundreds of photographs
• Step-by-step instructions
• Written from actual experience

Customer Reviews

Everything you need to know
Using this book as a guide I just completed the 30,000 mile maintenance on my 97 850 GLT including complete replacement of front brake pads and rotors in half a day. I estimate that I saved about $400-500 using this book. The instructions are clear and complete. More photos would be a help but overall I think this is exactly what the US 850 owners needed.

It helps some, but leaves room for improvement
This book is worth having for the price, but it leaves a lot to be desired. Some repairs are explained in enough detail, but all too often the pictures shown are difficult to determine where on the chassis you should be working. If you are already very familiar with all of the nooks and crannies, then this may not be a problem for you.

The index is also very weak. Haynes could do a much better job of adding keywords to the index to help find things. For example, my "Check Engine" light came on. The index doesn't have an entry for "Check Engine", or "Light - Check Engine" or similar. I don't recall other examples off-hand, but this wasn't the only example.

However, there is certainly enough information contained in this manual to help you do many repairs. Once I found the section that contained the "Check Engine" information, the instructions were concise enough to help me determine the problem and resolve it.

Volvo 850 1993 to 1997
This book is a real fraud. The illustrations are poor & printed on cheezy paper.Many subjects are incomplete. The back cover shows an impressive page supposedly from the book, only it doesn't exist. Routing of air thru turbo & intercooler is not shown. Fault codes are listed from 1992 thru 1995. If I were Haynes, I'd be ashamed to put my name on this book.