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Before your family zooms off on a road trip this summer, Sonny Johnson, owner of Sonny’s Muffler and Hitches, strongly suggests getting a checkup on your vehicle.

“You should always get your car up on a lift for an inspection before a vacation,” said Johnson. He recommends that people be as diligent about getting a vehicle analysis as they are about checking their tire pressure before they hit the highways.

Johnson warned if an exhaust problem is disregarded, many negative things may happen to a vehicle and the occupants within that car.

“The muffler could fall off,” Johnson sa...