{"id":66,"date":"2019-02-20T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2019-06-20T08:34:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T16:34:12","slug":"vehicle-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/vehicle-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Weather you maintain your vehicle yourself or pay some to do it, maintenance is very important to keep your vehicle running as long as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most vehicle manufacturers have specific intervals for maintenance to be done during the life of your vehicle.\u00a0 And most manufacturers also have scheduled maintenance intervals printed in the owner’s manual for\u00a0your vehicle.\u00a0 If your vehicle didn’t come with an owners manual, you can find a maintenance schedule for your vehicle online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being aware of maintenance services due on your vehicle, can also help you when its time for a maintenance service.\u00a0 Keeping a record of maintenance done is also very helpful.\u00a0 You can reference back to previous maintenance done or repairs made.\u00a0 Many vehicles now a days have a maintenance reminder or a service indicator.\u00a0 When the service is complete, a scan tool is used to reset the interval back to zero again.\u00a0 For example: a Mercedes-Benz c-class, e-class, and ml-class have a maintenance interval for oil service every 10,000 miles.\u00a0 So once the service is done, the technician connects the scan tool to the vehicle to reset the interval back to zero.\u00a0 However it is our experience that the interval is too long for some people’s driving habits.\u00a0 The oil tends to sludge up prematurely if you don’t put a lot of miles on your vehicle.\u00a0 It is very important to consider this when a maintenance is due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manufacturers recommend longer intervals due to the synthetic oils available on the market today.\u00a0 But most importantly they don’t consider the individual driving habits that the consumers may have.\u00a0 So if you have a newer vehicle you might be doing more damage by prolonging your oil service interval.\u00a0 Here at Dan’s Automotive we recommend 6,000 miles or 12 months whichever comes first for full synthetic oils.\u00a0 Keep in mind even synthetic oils break down over time.\u00a0 If you use conventional or synthetic blend oil, the interval should be 4,000 miles or\u00a06 months whichever comes first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the bottom line is when it comes to maintenance, it helps to be aware and organized before you take your car in for maintenance.\u00a0 Here at Dan’s Automotive, we can maintain your vehicle and recommend what’s best for your vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weather you maintain your vehicle yourself or pay some to do it, maintenance is very important to keep your vehicle running as long as possible. Most vehicle manufacturers have specific intervals for maintenance to be done during the life of your vehicle.\u00a0 And most manufacturers also have scheduled maintenance intervals printed in the owner’s manual … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Seiv-14","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91,"url":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/bernalillo-county-emissions-testing\/","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":0},"title":"Bernalillo County Emissions Testing","date":"May 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"If you are like most people in New Mexico, it's shocking to find out that your license plate tags are expired and you didn't get a notice in the mail. You then decide to get your emissions test but fail because your check engine light is on. Grrrr the frustration\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"#bmw #mercedes #porsche #audi #volkswagen\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/cel.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dansautomotiverdginc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}