Car maintenance is too expensive? These maintenance methods save money and worry.

Car maintenance is too expensive? These maintenance methods save money and worry.

In fact, this is a century-old problem, and many consumers are confused by a problem. After buying a car or after the vehicle is insured (normal), do I still insist on going to the 4S shop for maintenance or going to the garage outside for maintenance?

In fact, this topic is quite controversial. Many people think that the maintenance in the 4S shop is a pit, because the fees it charges will be much higher than those outside. Friends who choose to repair their own cars think that they will be more independent in this respect. The most important thing is that the cost of their own maintenance will be much lower than that of 4S shops.

4S store maintenance

4S shop maintenance = worry-free, but the price will be higher, which is more suitable for small white car owners.

As we all know, manufacturers will make a complete maintenance plan for each model. To put it simply, as long as there are no accidents and so on, as long as you insist on regular maintenance in the 4S shop according to this maintenance table, there will be no major problems in the key mechanical parts of the car, and this practice is suitable for car owners who know nothing about the car. The main purpose of this practice is to worry.

In China, the automobile aftermarket is huge, which also leads to various automobile parts with different quality. According to simple statistics, the parts that can be bought can be roughly divided into: original parts, original parts, auxiliary parts, disassembled parts, refurbished parts and so on. For example:

Identification method 1: All the pure parts are labeled with Dongfeng Honda's characteristic labels.

Identification method 2: check the settlement form provided by the special store, and the source of the parts shows "original parts", indicating that the part number is soda ash part number; If you need further confirmation, you can call the service hotline to inquire about the ordering information of the special store through the part number.

True and false parts:

Oil filter. The pure parts are made of professional filter paper materials, with good filtering performance and reliable backflow prevention mechanism. The internal material of the impure part is rough and the filtration performance is poor; It is easy to cause early filtration failure and needs to be replaced frequently. Due to manufacturing defects, fake oil filter may cause crankshaft, bearing bush, etc. Early wear affects the service life of the engine or causes engine damage.

Air filter. Pure parts are made of high-quality materials, with good sealing effect and high dust removal efficiency, which ensures the best performance of the engine. The process of impure parts is rough, the matching degree is low, and the filtering effect is poor, which can not effectively filter suspended particles in the air. The false air filter has poor sealing performance, and impurity particles are easily sucked into the engine, which accelerates the wear of the engine cylinder, piston and piston ring, even causes cylinder strain and shortens the service life of the engine.

Brake pads. Pure parts are made of special materials, which can minimize the wear and heat loss of the brake disc, and the braking performance is stable and reliable, ensuring that the vehicle can stop safely and accurately in various States. The quality and performance of impure parts are unstable, which will easily lead to uneven or insufficient braking force, damage the ride comfort of the car and endanger the driving safety. Using fake brake pads may cause braking failure or insufficient braking force, resulting in abnormal braking of vehicles and serious consequences.

Spark plugs. Pure parts adopt special electrode materials, which can achieve the best thermal conductivity, strong thermal shock resistance and durability. Non-pure parts have rough workmanship and poor thermal conductivity and heat resistance. Long-term use of counterfeit spark plugs may melt electrodes and damage engine parts.

Shops in 4S generally use original accessories, while the maintenance booths outside basically use original accessories or accessories (it is not excluded that friends come into contact with original accessories). Careful friends can pay attention. In fact, the parts replaced in the 4S shop are still different from those bought outside, especially the tag numbers of the parts will be different. Of course, there is little difference in quality between the original accessories and the original accessories, so you can choose with confidence.

Therefore, there are indications that the quality of accessories is still trustworthy in 4S stores. At least, you know where to protect your rights, especially the models whose new cars are still under the "three guarantees policy". They are self-maintained outside, and the mechanical failure caused by the use of inferior accessories is not covered by the warranty.

External self-maintenance

Self-maintenance outside = saving money, but it needs to be more worry-free, suitable for experienced car owners. The advantage of external maintenance is high agility. For example, you can choose the principle of proximity, and the price of replacement parts is much lower than that of 4S stores. However, life examples tell you that "cheap" does not necessarily mean good. For example, some auto repair shops have low in-store configuration and encounter problems that cannot be solved. The most common thing is to directly outsource and let other auto repair shops repair them, and the quality cannot be guaranteed.

Therefore, it is suggested that car owners who take care of themselves outside can find a place you think is trustworthy and try to go to the same store every time for maintenance, which can also greatly reduce the risk; Or you can use some "car maintenance apps" to maintain the vehicle.

Where is the proper place for maintenance?

First of all, we should understand that the advantages and disadvantages of the two options are very obvious. If you don't know anything about cars, I suggest you go to the 4S maintenance shop. The picture shows peace of mind, your car has always insisted on 4S shop maintenance. When changing cars in the future, the price of used cars will be higher. But it can also be said that the 4S shop uses the original accessories, but the performance of the accessories is not the best, which can only be said to meet your car demand.

Friends who take care of themselves will be more flexible in choosing accessories. For example, you can directly choose oil and accessories with better performance, which is more suitable for friends who are pursuing vehicle performance. However, as mentioned above, the maintenance level of the maintenance stalls outside is uneven, and quality control is difficult to guarantee. Once there is a problem, it is also very troublesome.

As far as daily car maintenance is concerned, it is actually more inclined to go to the outside maintenance file for self-maintenance (after all, find a trustworthy place) in order to use accessories with better performance (4S stores have a high monopoly on accessories and do not support self-brought accessories). In this case, in fact, the single maintenance price will even be higher than that of the 4S shop, but this is also for the sake of better performance of your car (which is also the performance that the owner who loves to toss should have).

Tips for maintenance of Xiaobai car owners: If you want to save money and want 4S maintenance records, you can choose to carry out routine maintenance directly in the 4S shop. As for the easily replaceable wearing parts such as spark plugs, air grilles, air-conditioning grilles and tires, they can be replaced outside, which is also a way to save money.

Finally, in fact, the secret of making your car last for ten or eight years is very simple. In fact, it's the same where you go for maintenance, but you must maintain your car regularly. There is something wrong with the car, so we can't ignore it. Generally speaking, every car has a car manual. No matter where you go to maintain it, it is absolutely right to follow it. Please remember that at present, most car owners are "making do" (especially older drivers), but they don't know that this way of using cars is the most harmful, which is one of the main reasons why some people say that their cars are getting worse and worse.