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Not combinable with other offers.",null,"oil-change",{"id":15,"title":16,"seoTitle":17,"description":18,"seoDescription":19,"offer":20,"terms":21,"expiresAt":12},"30-off-repairs-over-300","$30 Off Any Repair Service Over $300","$30 Off Any Repair Over $300 | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Take $30 off any repair service with a total over $300 — brakes, suspension, cooling system, electrical, whatever the finding was.","Save $30 on any repair service over $300 at Fogg’s Automotive Fleet & Service Center in Scotia, NY, serving Schenectady and the Capital Region. One per visit.","$30 OFF","Repair services only; excludes tires, batteries and NYS inspection fees. One per vehicle per visit. Not combinable with other offers.",{"id":23,"title":24,"seoTitle":25,"description":26,"seoDescription":27,"offer":28,"terms":29,"expiresAt":12},"wiper-blades-2-off","Wiper Blades — $2 Off Per Blade + Free Installation","Wiper Blades $2 Off + Free Install | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Winter is hard on wipers. Get $2 off each blade and free installation when you buy a pair — done in the lane while you wait.","Wiper blades $2 off per blade with free installation on a pair at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, near Schenectady. Replace streaking blades before the first ice storm.","$2 OFF","Free installation with purchase of a pair. Rear blades priced separately. Not combinable with other offers.",{"id":31,"title":32,"seoTitle":33,"description":34,"seoDescription":35,"offer":36,"terms":37,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":38},"free-multi-point-inspection","Free Multi-Point Inspection","Free Multi-Point Inspection | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","A technician checks brakes, tires, fluids, belts, hoses, battery, lights and the underbody, and you get a written report sorted into now, soon and fine — no purchase required.","Free multi-point inspection at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady: brakes, tires, fluids, battery, lights and underbody with a written report.","FREE","No purchase necessary. By appointment or as bay availability allows. Visual inspection; measured diagnostics quoted separately.","engine-diagnostics",{"id":40,"title":41,"seoTitle":42,"description":43,"seoDescription":44,"offer":45,"terms":46,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":47},"20-off-wheel-alignment","$20 Off Wheel Alignment","$20 Off Wheel Alignment | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Pothole season is alignment season. Save $20 on a four-wheel alignment on our Hunter rack, with the before-and-after printout.","Save $20 on a wheel alignment at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, serving Schenectady and Saratoga County. Hunter rack, before-and-after printout, most vehicles.","$20 OFF","Most vehicles. Lifted trucks and dual-rear-wheel vehicles quoted separately. Not combinable with other offers.","wheel-alignment",{"id":49,"title":50,"seoTitle":51,"description":52,"seoDescription":53,"offer":36,"terms":54,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":55},"free-fleet-consultation","Fleet Account Consultation","Free Fleet Account Consultation | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","A 5-minute quote walkthrough of your vehicles, their service intervals and how billing would work — one monthly invoice, per-vehicle history, FMC or national-account billing if you use one. Two work vehicles is enough.","Free 5-minute fleet quote at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady: intervals, priority repair and billing setup for 2+ vehicles.","No obligation. Bring registrations and recent repair history if you have it. By appointment with the fleet desk, Monday–Friday 7:30 AM–6:00 PM.","fleet-maintenance-program",{"id":57,"title":58,"seoTitle":59,"description":60,"seoDescription":61,"offer":62,"terms":63,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":64},"fleet-nys-inspections","NYS Inspections Batched for Fleets","Fleet NYS Inspections Batched — $21 Each | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Schedule three or more fleet units together and we run the New York State safety and emissions inspections in one morning at the state fee, with every bulb and line checked before the paperwork starts.","Batched New York State inspections for fleets at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, near Schenectady: schedule 3+ units together, $21 state fee each, early drop-off.","$21 EA.","State-regulated fee for most passenger vehicles and light trucks in Schenectady County; heavy vehicles differ. Three or more units scheduled together. Repairs for failed items quoted separately.","nys-inspection",{"city":66,"service":94,"pair":152,"enServiceSlug":38,"enSvc":38,"esSvc":163,"siblings":164},{"slug":67,"name":68,"county":69,"driveMinutes":70,"distanceMiles":71,"directions":72,"localNote":73,"zips":74,"faqs":78,"commonWork":85,"featuredServices":90},"colonie-latham","Colonie & Latham","Albany County",25,15,"Two ways. Route 7 (Troy-Schenectady Rd) west from Latham through Niskayuna into Schenectady, then Erie Blvd to Freemans Bridge Rd, across the river and onto Route 50 north — all surface roads, about 25 minutes. Or from Wolf Rd and the airport, the Northway south to I-90 west, Thruway Exit 25 onto I-890 west, exit at Route 5 \u002F State St, cross the Western Gateway Bridge into Scotia and turn right onto Route 50. Fifteen miles either way; Route 7 wins outside rush hour.","Colonie and Latham run on wheels: Albany International Airport and its shuttle and rental lots, the Wolf Rd and Route 9 retail strip, the Albany-Shaker Rd office parks, and more state-agency and corporate fleet vehicles per square mile than anywhere else in the Capital Region. We are 25 minutes west, and we take the Colonie fleets that four-bay shops cannot absorb — a dozen units on staged drop-offs through 27 bays, government and FMC billing, per-vehicle records a fleet coordinator can actually audit. Latham households come along the same Route 7 for the same reasons: a bay reserved for their arrival, measurements on the invoice, published prices.",[75,76,77],"12110","12205","12211",[79,82],{"q":80,"a":81},"We are a state agency with pool vehicles in Colonie — can you bill through our fleet management company or purchase orders?","Yes. We bill FMC and national accounts routinely, take purchase orders where procurement requires them, and consolidate everything else onto one monthly invoice with cost-per-unit. Every vehicle carries its own history with dates, mileage and measurements. We already run this cadence for the United States Postal Service; government programs are quoted per account.",{"q":83,"a":84},"Why would I drive from Latham past a dozen shops on Route 7 to get to Scotia?","Capacity and evidence. Twenty-seven bays mean a reserved bay when you arrive and same-day turnaround on most work instead of “leave it a few days.” Every recommendation comes with a measurement or a photo, prices are published, and a $89–$149 diagnostic is credited to the repair. Route 7 west is 25 minutes against the commute both ways.",[86,87,88,89],"State-agency and corporate pool vehicles on staged preventive schedules with purchase-order, FMC and consolidated monthly billing","Airport-area shuttle and courier vans — Transit, Express, Sprinter — on priority repair so the lot never runs short","Route 7 and Northway commuter diagnostics ($89–$149, credited) ahead of the annual NYS inspection","Wolf Rd stop-and-go brake wear: pads from $189 an axle, pads and rotors $289–$429, measured and photographed",[91,55,38,92,93,64],"government-municipal-fleet-service","commercial-van-truck-service","brake-repair",{"slug":38,"title":95,"shortTitle":96,"category":97,"icon":98,"excerpt":99,"answerCapsule":100,"description":101,"symptoms":105,"includes":113,"price":120,"turnaround":125,"fleetNote":126,"faqs":127,"relatedServices":140,"relatedSymptoms":144,"seo":149},"Engine & Electrical Diagnostics","Diagnostics","diagnostics","lucide:activity","Advanced engine and electrical diagnostics — technicians who find the actual problem, not just the codes. The diagnosis fee applies toward your repair.","Engine and electrical diagnostics at Fogg’s Automotive Fleet & Service Center in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady, costs $89–$149, and the fee is applied toward your repair. Unlike a free parts-store code read, diagnosis here uses factory-level scan data, live sensor analysis, and physical testing to find the actual cause — codes tell you where to look, not what to replace.",[102,103,104],"Here’s the misunderstanding that costs drivers the most money: a trouble code is not a diagnosis. “P0171 — System Too Lean” doesn’t mean any particular part failed; it means the computer noticed a symptom. The cause could be a vacuum leak, a lazy oxygen sensor, a dirty mass-airflow sensor, a weak fuel pump, or a dozen other things. Replace parts by code and you’re gambling hundreds per guess — and in New York, every guess that doesn’t fix it is another failed OBD-II inspection.","Real diagnosis is detective work with instrumentation: factory-level scan tools that see what generic readers can’t, live data analysis across dozens of sensors, smoke machines for vacuum and EVAP leaks, lab scopes for electrical signals, fuel-pressure and compression testing. Our technicians work from the evidence to the cause — then fix the cause, once. We run this process on everything from a Honda commuting in from Niskayuna to a Ford Transit with 180,000 Schenectady delivery miles on it.","That’s also why we charge for diagnosis and then apply the fee to your repair. Free code reads are a marketing funnel for selling parts; forty-five minutes of a skilled technician’s systematic testing is what actually saves you from paying for three wrong guesses. Most diagnoses are finished the same day, and you hear the findings in plain English before any repair is approved.",[106,107,108,109,110,111,112],"Check engine light on — steady or flashing","Rough running, misfires, stalling, or hard starts","Noticeable drop in fuel economy","Hesitation or loss of power under acceleration","A code that keeps coming back after “repairs”","Failed the OBD-II portion of a New York State inspection","Strange noises or smells you can’t place",[114,115,116,117,118,119],"Factory-level computer scan — all modules, not just the engine","Live sensor data analysis and freeze-frame review","Physical testing: vacuum, fuel pressure, compression, electrical","Smoke testing for vacuum and EVAP leaks","A written explanation of the actual cause, in plain English","Diagnosis fee applied toward the repair",{"low":121,"high":122,"unit":123,"note":124},89,149,"applied to repair","Standard diagnosis $89; extended electrical or intermittent-fault diagnosis to $149. When you approve the repair here, the diagnostic fee comes off the bill.","Most diagnoses completed same-day, with the findings explained before any repair.","Fleet units with a check engine light jump the diagnostic queue so a driveability fault is identified the same day it’s reported, and the finding, freeze-frame data, and repair are logged to the unit’s record — useful when the same code shows up across three identical vans.",[128,131,134,137],{"q":129,"a":130},"Why pay for diagnostics when the parts store reads codes free?","The parts store reads the code; we find the cause. Codes report symptoms — a lean code can have a dozen causes ranging from a $20 hose to a $500 pump. One accurate diagnosis is cheaper than two wrong parts, and our fee applies to the repair anyway.",{"q":132,"a":133},"My check engine light is flashing — what do I do?","A flashing light means an active misfire dumping raw fuel into the catalytic converter, which can destroy it in minutes. Ease off the throttle, stay off the Northway and I-890, and get it in immediately — call (518) 348-7764 and we’ll prioritize it.",{"q":135,"a":136},"Can you diagnose problems with no warning light?","Yes — plenty of real problems never set a code: noises, vibrations, driveability quirks, intermittent stalls. We road test, capture live data, and test physically. “It only does it sometimes” is our normal Tuesday.",{"q":138,"a":139},"My car failed the NYS emissions test but runs fine — what now?","The OBD-II test fails for a lit check engine light, stored emissions codes, or “not ready” monitors, none of which require a symptom you can feel. We read the stored and pending codes, find the cause, repair it, and tell you how many miles of mixed driving the monitors need before re-inspection — which is free within 30 days at the same station.",[141,64,142,143],"check-engine-light","tune-up-maintenance","transmission-repair",[145,146,147,148],"check-engine-light-on","car-hesitates-accelerating","bad-gas-mileage","p0171-code",{"title":150,"description":151},"Engine & Electrical Diagnostics in Schenectady, NY","Engine & electrical diagnostics near Schenectady at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY — $89–$149, applied to the repair. Factory-level scan tools, not parts guessing.",{"citySlug":67,"serviceSlug":38,"capsule":153,"bridge":154,"faq":157,"seo":160},"Check-engine diagnostics for Colonie and Latham at Fogg’s in Scotia, 25 minutes via Route 7 or I-890. $89–$149, credited to the repair, with live-data testing and the evidence shown, and NYS inspection readiness confirmed — a lit light or unready monitors fails the OBD-II emissions portion.",[155,156],"A Colonie commute is a stress test for a check-engine light: Wolf Rd and Central Ave stop-and-go, then the Northway or I-90 at speed, then an airport loop in idle. Misfires surface on the merge, evaporative codes show up after a Latham fill-up, and a P0420 catalyst-efficiency code appears at 90,000 miles on a Route 7 car that has been running slightly lean for a year. The code is where diagnosis starts, not where it ends — and in New York the light also has to be off and the monitors ready to pass the annual inspection.","Our diagnostic is $89–$149, credited to the repair when you fix it here. We pull codes and freeze-frame, road-test on live data, and test the component — scope, smoke, fuel trims, oxygen-sensor response — before recommending it; a converter is replaced because it failed, not because a code mentioned it. After the repair we confirm readiness so the $21 inspection is not wasted. Fleet pool cars and vans from Colonie are diagnosed in priority order. Most diagnoses finish the same day; Route 7 west to Freemans Bridge Rd is 25 minutes against the commute.",{"q":158,"a":159},"A shop on Wolf Rd quoted me a catalytic converter off a P0420 code — should I get a second opinion?","Yes. P0420 means the converter’s efficiency reads low, but a lazy oxygen sensor, an exhaust leak ahead of the sensor, or a lean condition can trigger it with a healthy converter. We test the sensors and the upstream causes before condemning the converter — the $89–$149 diagnostic is credited to whatever the actual fix is.",{"title":161,"description":162},"Engine Diagnostics Near Colonie & Latham, NY | Fogg’s","Check-engine diagnostics for Colonie and Latham, 25 minutes via Route 7. $89–$149 credited to the repair, live-data testing, NYS inspection readiness confirmed.","diagnostico-de-motor",[165,169,173],{"serviceSlug":91,"svc":166},{"slug":91,"icon":167,"shortTitle":168},"lucide:landmark","Government & Postal Fleets",{"serviceSlug":55,"svc":170},{"slug":55,"icon":171,"shortTitle":172},"lucide:calendar-check","Fleet PM Programs",{"serviceSlug":92,"svc":174},{"slug":92,"icon":175,"shortTitle":176},"lucide:truck","Vans & Work Trucks",1793327442263]