Always Read Your Car’s Owner’s Manual

Jul 23, 2015

We are often faced with questions at our Kia service center that could easily be answered by simply reading the owner’s manual. These questions run from the simple to the more complicated and are costing you both money and time. Reading the manual, for instance, gives you the information you need to check the oil in your car, change the air filters in both the cabin as well as the engine, check the state of the many belts that provide power to the engine, and many more small tasks just like these. Between the manual and some judicious use of Google, you should be able to do most basic maintenance on your car yourself, which will save you time and money compared to bringing your vehicle to the service center.

Reading the car owner’s manual and doing some of your own car maintenance tasks would mean that you only need to take your car into the garage when absolutely necessary, so when you’ve suffered major damage or if something is seriously wrong. Getting something as simple as a spark plug replaced can cost quite a bit of money, and you can easily do it yourself on a sunny afternoon. By doing more routine tasks yourself, you’re looking at thousands of dollars in potential savings, so read up on that manual and find out how you can do things yourself. Not only will you save money, there is a sense of pride you feel after taking care of a problem by yourself that is simply worth more than money.