Taking care of your vehicle is important to ensuring your vehicle is safe and reliable. Scheduling regular maintenance and service checks also reduces both your long and short-term costs, helps maintain your vehicle’s value, and can help protect the environment.
If you are not familiar with your vehicle, its various parts and systems and what servicing is required, then maintaining your vehicle can seem overwhelming.
Manufacturer build and design vehicles with scheduled maintenance requirements that are specifically developed to ensure the make and model of your vehicle operates optimally and remains safe and dependable.
Preventive Maintenance
What are the consequences of postponing maintenance?
Many parts on your vehicle are interrelated. Ignoring maintenance can lead to trouble: specific parts – or an entire system – can fail. Neglecting even simple routine maintenance, like changing the oil or checking the coolant, can lead to poor fuel economy, unreliability, or costly breakdowns. It also may invalidate your warranty.
What maintenance guidelines should you follow to avoid costly repairs?
Follow the manufacturer’s maintenance schedule in your owner’s manual for your type of driving. By following a car maintenance schedule, you can help prevent major problems before they occur. Not only that but keeping a detailed record of your car’s maintenance history can help improve its resale value, too.
Some items, like rubber gaskets and hoses, windshield wiper blades, and tires, will wear out at irregular intervals. These “consumables” will need to be checked periodically, Canadian Auto/Napa Auto Care Centre provides these services.
Breathe better and live healthier with a clean Cabin Air Filter and Replacing your dirty air filter makes for a better running engine!
Keep in mind that these milestones are just guidelines, and your car’s owner’s manual should be consulted for a more precise maintenance schedule. Also consider how you drive – aggressive driving tends to wear things out faster. City driving tends to be harder on cars than highway driving, and many items on your car are designed to wear out, so you should plan to keep an eye on these consumable parts. Plenty of expensive repairs can be avoided simply by performing regular maintenance. Monitoring fluids is critical – familiarize yourself with your oil and transmission-fluid dipsticks. Be diligent, be observant, and drive safely.
