Yearly Archives: 2015

3rd Annual Coat Drive

3rd Annual Coat Drive

This will be DuFresne's 3rd year collecting coats, hats, gloves, and blankets for the needy.  Last year we collected for Portland Rescue Mission.  2015 we will also be collecting for Portland Rescue Mission.  If you bring in a coat to DuFresne's during the month of November we will give you a $5.00 coupon and a $2.00 coupon for every coat after that.  Please make sure they are clean and gently worn.  Please don't bring in apparel that would be better suited for the garbage can.  

Ball Joint Failure-See pictures

Ball Joint Failure-See pictures

This is the latest part failure added to our wall of shame.  We saw this vehicle 42 miles ago.  Customer declined repair at that time.  Warned customer that vehicle shouldn't be driven.  Very unsafe.  Vehicle came back on a tow truck     When a ball joint is getting ready to brake you have very little warning.  You will probably feel a shimmy in the steering wheel and about the time you ask yourself what that is,  Boom it breaks.  And hopefully you are not on the freeway doing 70 mpr with a car load of kids.    Your vehicle mileage can be deceptive.  Lets say you have a 10 year old car but only 25,000 miles on your vehicle.  You would think that your ball joints wouldn’t be worn out.  But your vehicle is 10 years old and can be worn out.  Sometimes not driving your vehicle a lot can be harder on your vehicle than driving your vehicle every day   In an ... read more

DuFresne's Auto Service is committed to ensuring effective communication and digital accessibility to all users. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and apply the relevant accessibility standards to achieve these goals. We welcome your feedback. Please call DuFresne's Auto Service (503) 646-2940 if you have any issues in accessing any area of our website.