Auto Component Fun Facts: Things Your Car Does That You Didn’t Know

1. The average car has 30,000+ parts, counting every bolt and screw.

2.  Most modern cars have 70+ sensors constantly monitoring everything from temperature to wheel speed.

3.  Early car horns were literally rubber squeeze bulbs, like bicycle horns.

4.  The average driver presses their brakes 200,000+ times over a vehicle’s lifetime.

5. Tires rotate around 800 times every mile—that’s over 12 million rotations a year for many drivers.