There are tips for car maintenance to save money and worry: reasonably determine the maintenance cycle

【Car owner's home car knowledge】Although car maintenance is a compulsory course for every car owner, do you really know how to maintain your car if you always take care of large items? Now, community reporters have joined hands with the after-sales maintenance managers of several 4S stores in Chengdu to let car owners learn the most cost-effective comprehensive car maintenance tips.

Three tips for saving money in vehicle maintenance

1. Reasonably determine the maintenance cycle

"Scientifically determining the interval mileage of various maintenance operations can not only maintain a good technical condition for the car, but also save a lot of maintenance costs and repair costs." Master Yang, an after-sales repairman at the 4S store in Jiachi, Sichuan, introduced that general new cars with good technical conditions can appropriately extend the maintenance cycle; while those with poor technical conditions or bad operating conditions should be appropriately shortened.

2. Make full use of free testing

Nowadays, many car manufacturers have activities to conduct free inspections of car owners. "We can use these free testing activities to conduct a comprehensive physical examination of our car, promptly discover some potential faults, and eliminate hidden dangers, saving us high maintenance costs in the future." Master Yang said.

【Car owner's home car knowledge】Although car maintenance is a compulsory course for every car owner, do you really know how to maintain your car if you always take care of large items? Now, community reporters have joined hands with the after-sales maintenance managers of several 4S stores in Chengdu to let car owners learn the most cost-effective comprehensive car maintenance tips.

Three tips for saving money in vehicle maintenance

1. Reasonably determine the maintenance cycle

"Scientifically determining the interval mileage of various maintenance operations can not only maintain a good technical condition for the car, but also save a lot of maintenance costs and repair costs." Master Yang, an after-sales repairman at the 4S store in Jiachi, Sichuan, introduced that general new cars with good technical conditions can appropriately extend the maintenance cycle; while those with poor technical conditions or bad operating conditions should be appropriately shortened.

2. Make full use of free testing

Nowadays, many car manufacturers have activities to conduct free inspections of car owners. "We can use these free testing activities to conduct a comprehensive physical examination of our car, promptly discover some potential faults, and eliminate hidden dangers, saving us high maintenance costs in the future." Master Yang said.

3. Use oil appropriately

The "oil" that uses oil appropriately includes two types: one is fuel and the other is lubricating oil. "Improper fuel selection can easily cause failures such as blockage of fuel filters, causing unstable idle speed, poor acceleration and increased fuel consumption, etc., which will also accelerate the wear of the cylinder and affect the engine life." Master Yang suggested that car owners should follow the basic principles when purchasing oil: as long as they can meet the vehicle usage requirements, and only buy the right ones, not expensive ones. For example, engine oil, for domestic cars, domestic SJ-class engine oil can fully meet the requirements, and there is no need to buy imported ones.

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Maintenance and repair without prescribed mileage is charged

Many car owners believe that since the manufacturer has stipulated a warranty period, during the warranty period, as long as the car is not caused by human factors, the 4S store should help the car owner repair the car unconditionally. In fact, this is not the case.

Ms. Zhu from Chengdu bought a car at the end of 2010. According to the "Maintenance Manual" of the car, after the first maintenance, regular maintenance should be done every 5,000 kilometers. However, the careless Ms. Zhu has not taken care of as required. So, when Ms. Zhu found that something was wrong with the engine of the car and sent the car to the 4S store for repair, she was told that she needed to pay for the repair herself.

This puzzled Ms. Zhu, "My car is still under warranty period, why do you have to pay for it yourself?" The 4S store explained that failure to perform regular maintenance as required is deemed to automatically waive the quality security right. Experts say that after users purchase a new car, if they do not go to the 4S store for regular maintenance and use designated engine oil or original accessories within the specified mileage, the car may have problems. In this case, even during the warranty period, the merchant can only provide paid repairs to the user.

Small parts must be worn out of your own pocket

Many car owners still have this misunderstanding: as long as there is a problem with the parts during the warranty period, the car dealer should replace the parts for free. But this is not the case.

Less than a month after the owner of the car, he found that the wiper was worn out very much, so he went to the 4S store to ask for free replacement, but was told that the part was not covered by the warranty and he had to pay out of his own pocket. In this regard, the reporter interviewed the after-sales officer of the 4S store and learned that since the country currently does not have relevant regulations on the three guarantees of automobiles, it is usually difficult to define whether it is due to improper use by the car owner or the damage caused by product quality problems. Therefore, the manufacturer generally does not bear quality guarantee liability.

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