Why You Should Always Service Your Car On Time?

Life without cars can be just impossible. This is so because of the many benefits we derive from our cars each and every day. Cars make our lives easy, enjoyable and fast. However, for our cars to be at their best always, they need regular servicing. Car servicing, especially when done on time, is a long term investment on the health of your car, which in turn saves you money and time. Without proper car servicing, your car is potentially a very dangerous machine. It is for this reason that you should ensure your car is serviced by a competent specialist.

Modern car maintenance and servicing is more than just the traditional oil and grease change’. It involves 50 or even more components and system adjustments and checks. Your car is supposed to be examined wholly when you take it for servicing although you can dictate on what you want done. It is a process worth the money despite the complaints from some car owners about the cost.

A full service will check fluid levels, will pick up any cooling system problems ( such as leaks from the cap, radiator, water pumps etc.) as well as telling you the conditions of the battery, brake pads, steering alignment, suspension conditions and tyre tread depth among others.

Here are some of the reasons you should always service your car on time.

1. A car service can save you a lot of money.

Remember, a serviced car is a healthy car. A healthy car is likely to have a longer lifespan than an unhealthy in-service one.

The simple things you ignore and that a service would sort (such as ignoring an oil change), could also prove expensive. Oil, when left unchanged for long, coagulates and get stuck hence starving your car’s engine of lubrication. This will in turn break your engine. The problem could have been avoided by a simple oil change. The cost of an oil change is far much low as compared to that of buying a new engine.

There are many similar problems that a simple service rectifies which if ignored, will worsen and make you incur bigger expenses. A good example is you car’s air filter. A well serviced vehicle will also need less fuel.

2. A car service will keep you safe.

There are some things you can do for yourself; however, the likelihood of you doing them to perfection is very slim. Such oversight could prove lethal.

Most people, for instance, never check their tyres on a regular basis even before embarking on a motorway journey. Most such people happen to be speed lovers. Such people forget that it is very easy to have damaged side walls and cuts, especially on the modern low profile tyres. Unlike things like coolant and brake fluids, there are no warning lights that tell the driver the tyres are seriously damaged.

Car servicing will also check signalling, lightning, clutch and the braking systems. By so doing, it will highlight any safety issue that may be present; and check on wears and tears on the above mentioned systems.

A simple car servicing can therefore save your life!

3. Not servicing your car can have adverse effects on insurance claims

Not servicing your vehicle won’t necessarily invalidate an insurance claim. But in case the vehicle is declared a total loss, they will take the service history into consideration when they are calculating the pre-accident value.

A thorough and full service record will help you command a good price when it comes to selling the vehicle.

In conclusion, failing to take your car for servicing on time will have the following negative effects:-

· High expenses-the main reason most car owners use for not servicing their cars is cost. Unfortunately, servicing when not done on time or when left incomplete can lead to much greater expenses.

· Accidents- in most times, your car is trying to communicate something to you. Some things such as squeaky brakes when left unattended can lead to other problems such as brake failures that could lead to some serious accidents.

· Severe damages- just as aforementioned, leaving some simple damages not repaired could lead to more serious damages to your vehicle.

It is for this reason that you need to take your car for servicing now before it gets late. They say that prevention is better than cure