Your Regular Maintenance Schedule

One thing I love to see is a Vehicle Owner that knows the importance of standard maintenance. This is the Ultmate Key to Prolonging your vehicles life.

  So many vehicles that don't get service done until something is broken. these repairs are (on a typical job) more costly because one failure leads to multiple items damaged, not to mention that at that point You the Owner have little choice on if to do it. Maintenance schedules are available to everyone, these are the typical Preventive items that will save you down the Line
  Really if you look at most repair shops now, you'll see a change from specific repairs to general maintenance services. the reason for this is for several reasons, Most cars now are built to last longer without needing major repairs - but ONLY if the regular maintenance is performed. The shops see this and have adapted to offer these services frequently - what you do want to know is what your car manufacturer recommends, Not necessarily what the shop wants to sell you. Educate yourself  before visiting your repair shop

Regular maintenance is kind of a Generic term used my everyone, so lets break it down just a bit

  - Most Regular Services will include an Oil Change -this includes the Oil filter
     Some will add a tire Rotation
     Then you have an Engine Air Filter and a Cabin Air Filter (dust filter) on some models
    
       funny thing is - That covers the Majority of Every factories Scheduled services

    At certain points you may see a Fluid change - or maybe some other vehicle system inspections
      possibly spark plug replacement depending on the type of Plug

  If these things are taken care of, I am starting to see vehicles that used to be considered
  "throw away cars"     last for 150k + miles

   Lots of sites offer the scheduled services that You vehicles manufacturer recommends here is one
              Scheduled Services
 You dealership can also give you this info with a simple telephone call to the Service department
 
  If your car does need something more then Regular Maintenance then I would suggest getting as much info about your car and probable issues before going to a shop
 -  you could pull up Service bulletins and recalls here -
               TSB -Recall Info

  ... All and All I think that if these services are taken care of when the should be - You'll be ahead of the game. not to mention if something on your car is statring to show signs of damage/wear the maintenance check might pick it up.... that atleast gives you the time to plan for it, rather then being surprised

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