In August it's easy for college students to remember to get new clothes, school supplies and dorm and apartment furniture, but what about preparing the car that's going to haul all that stuff? The Car Care Council reminds students and their parents not to overlook Vehicle Maintenance 101.

Remember the Ford Explorer/Firestone tire debacle from a decade ago? Thousands rolled-over and much of the blame fell on under inflated tires, costing the Ford billions of dollars to replace the tires on just about every Explorer still left on the ...road. The other fallout from "Explorer-gate" was institution of the Tire Pressure Monitoring System that's now a legal standard on every car and truck built since 2008.