Automotive Industry News & Information - Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust

At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, we understand the intricacy and complexity of your transmission. That’s why we always treat it with the same attention to detail as the engineers that designed it, no matter what type of car, truck, or SUV you drive.

In the automotive business, the customer is just as important as the vehicle and the customer service is just as important as the auto repair. That is why at Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust, we strive to provide only the best customer service to our clients.

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For all your transmission repair and maintenance needs, trust the specialists with the knowledge and ability necessary to keep your car, truck, or SUV reliably on the road. At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, we prioritize quality over everything. A huge aspect of that goal is keeping up with the technology of the modern era.

At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, we know how annoying a dead battery can be. Here’s some information on the subject, that will hopefully help you understand your battery issues a little better. If your battery dies after your car, truck, or SUV sits for a few hours, the battery itself isn’t necessarily the problem. While having the battery tested is a good place to start, many people mistakenly make a bad battery diagnosis, when actually something in the electrical system is to blame.

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At Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID, we know that the key to keeping a transmission reliable and in shape is taking care to prevent an issue in the first place. Here, we’ll explore a condition that has a lot of potentials to cause your transmission harm; overheating.

JASPER Engines and Transmissions is pleased to announce that the JASPER 4-Speed Transmission is being used by 28 team/driver combinations in the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

This is an exciting leap as the same transmission was used by 12 team/driver combinations in the series in 2021. These team/driver combinations accounted for 19 wins, 84 top-five finishes, and 147 top-ten finishes for the 2021 season.

At some point or another, it’ll happen to you. You leave your headlights on, your battery finally fails, or for some other reason, you don’t have enough juice to start your car. Don’t call a tow truck just yet, though...Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl has the info you need to properly jump-start your car.

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? Cowden's Automotive & Exhaust in Buhl, ID has the answers.