10 Car Maintenance Tips For Your Import:

Maintenance schedules for cars are important, especially if you get one from Ford Dealers in South Jersey. While they are precarious and hard to maintain, they are not always as costly as some Santa Ana body shop repairs. Keeping track of your servicing and having your car visit Countryside motors on a regular basis can keep both you and your car safe, and sound.

Taking heed to some tips for your car on what all would need to be addressed would be a lucky checklist to have, and here it is:

1. Garage-kept:

• Keeping your car in a garage can save it from some environmental factors that may cause serious damage to the appearance and/or mechanics of your car so try to make sure you keep a spot in your garage for your vehicle!

2. Tight Gas-Cap:

• Make sure your gas cap is on tight or the fuel systems fuel management can cause your check engine light to come on, leaving you to believe that your car may have some sort of issue that it really doesn't.

3. Brake Inspection:

• It is always best to get an annual brake inspection, but often times you can tell if there is a problem with your brakes by the sound, feel or response of them. If you notice a difference in your brakes abilities, notify your nearest brake technician immediately!

4. Dirty Air Filters:

• Having a dirty air filter can greatly effect your fuel economy, and living in a dirty area can effect the cleanliness of your air filter. If you believe you are in an area with heavy pollution, take to checking your air filter twice as much as you normally would.

5. Aging Tires:

• You can always go to your nearest tire store to get a certifiable date stamped on the sidewall of your tire for how old your tires are. However, putting an overall expiration date on tires is a hard thing to do when so many factors like: heat, sunlight, and ozone conditions can cause them to go bad at different rates of time.

6. Oil Changes:

• Some use synthetic oil, while others go with their manufacturers standard grade and that's okay for whichever one you pick. Either way, make sure you make out a standard oil-change schedule and follow it religiously as the manufacturer (while taking other variables into consideration like whether it is synthetic or standard) defines it should be changed.

7. Octane Fuel Grade:

• Using higher-octane fuel can be good for full-throttle drivers, but it does not yield any vehicles more power and mileage. However, if you are a surface road driver then regular octane gasoline can usually suit your vehicle just fine.

8. Tune-ups by Miles:

• There are usually standard tune-ups at 60,000 and 120,000 miles that replace the timing belt, spark-plug wires and coolant. It is imperative that you change the spark-plug wires every 100,000 miles if they are not included in the overall servicing as listed above.

9. Windshield Wipers:

• While Fall is usually the best time to check and/or replace windshield wipers, there is no defined time as to how many times they should be changed. For Southwest climates, it is said that yearly is best. For Northern climates, replacing them two times a year is much more ideal.

10. Tire Inflation and Rotation:

• It is suggested that tire pressure on your vehicle be checked twice a year and/or rotated to even wear on front and rear tires as needed. Under-or-over inflated tires should have frequent attention paid to it on the off chance that they could be using up more gasoline, or causing the tires to wear out sooner.