Scheduled Auto Maintenance and Repair Puts Money In Your Pocket.

Why Maintenance is so Important

Auto Service for your car or truck is one of your largest expenses, and something you need to rely on for the time you own it. Its cheaper to maintain a car than it is to replace one, so auto maintenance will save you major dollars. Auto maintenance is something that works in your favor, and car-makers help you by outlining service intervals so that you do not have to guess.

You know that systematic, on-schedule auto maintenance is essential. Proper auto maintenance insures the safety, reliability, drivability, comfort and longevity of your vehicle. Changing your oil, a simple thing, is one of the easiest and smartest maintenance points.

Auto maintenance is also related to how, when and where you use your vehicle. Harsh conditions require more maintenance processes, while easy 20-minute drives on on-crowded highways require less frequent maintenance. How do you drive your car? Are you fast off the start when the light turns green? Do you brake late and hard in turns? Look at your tires. How worn are they, and how many miles are on them? If you have significant wear on relatively new tires, you are a “hard driver”. Come see us.

North Park Mazda Service believes that regular auto service intervals are your most practical service schedules, but we also know that some good “preventive” maintenance will save you additional money over time. Whether its car repair or truck repair, we do it right. Come see us.

Regular North Park Mazda Service auto maintenance is part of smart car ownership. The North Park Mazda Service schedules increases the performance and life-span of yout car or truck. When is the last time you changed the serpentine belt under your hood? You do know that worn belts break, right? And when a serpentine belt breaks while you are driving your car, you can suffer major engine damage.

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Preventive maintenance is a brief expense, yes. But it is brief because preventive maintenance (PM) will save you money and reduce operating expenses over the lifetime of your car or truck. Take our serpentine belt example, above. You DO NOT want to wait until that part breaks before you change it. But spark plugs are PM-worthy, too. Do you know that older spark plugs burn fuel less efficiently? Yes, its true.

Therefore, old spark plugs will cost you more fuel dollars per tank. Your car might run “good”, but if you spend $200 or more in a year for fuel due to inefficient spark plugs, you are wasting money. Let North Park Mazda Service check your plugs. They cost very little and can help very much.

Brake pads are similar items. You want to replace them at the first sign of need, such as when you hear a squeaking sound as you apply the brake. Don’t panic, but do come to North Park Mazda Service.

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Do you have a trailer, or do you need a trailer hitch? Come to North Park Mazda Service and let us advise you based on our experience and the type of vehicle you have, plus the trailer weight and what you intend to use the trailer to haul. Trailer hitch selection is one of those critical junctures where guess-work can end up hurting you. Let us give you solid, accurate information so you can make a safe, peace-of-mind choice.

North Park Mazda Service services Hondas, Toyotas, Fords, Mercedes Benz, Chevrolet, Nissan, BMW, Dodge and any other make of vehicle. Our combined decades of training and experience, combined with our state-of-the-art automobile diagnostic technology guarantees that your car or truck will receive the best possible service and for a price that is fair to you.

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Some Common Vehicle Maintenance Procedures

Common vehicle maintenance includes, but isn’t limited to these items, depending on how you use your vehicle:

Common Maintenance:

1 Vehicle wash
2 Checking/replacing the engine oil and the oil filters (Oil Change)
3 Checking/replacing the fuel filter(s)
4 Inspecting and/or replacing windshield wipers
5 Checking or refilling windshield washer fluid

Tires:

1 Inspecting tires for pressure and wear
2 Tire balancing
3 Tire rotation
4 Wheel alignment

Tune-up and Periodic check by Service Dept:

1 Checking, cleaning or replacing battery cable and check the battery
2 Inspecting or replacing the Brake pads
3 Checking Brake fluid
4 Checking Transmission fluid
5 Checking Power Steering fluid
6 Checking Engine Coolant (Radiator)
7 Inspecting or replacing spark plugs and/or Plug wires
8 Inspecting or replacing Air Filter
9 Inspecting or replacing Timing Belt/Chain
10 Inspecting or replacing Other belts
11 Checking all the lights
12 Checking if rubber boots/covers are cracked and need replacement
13 Testing electronics, e.g., Anti-lock braking system or ABS
14 Reading fault codes from the Engine control unit (Computer diagnostic)
15 Change differential fluids in AWD vehicles, as recommended by manufacturer

A “Tune-up” isn’t what you think it is!

Some of these tasks have equivalent service intervals; they are usually combined into one single service known as a “tune-up”. In modern vehicle, with advanced electronics controlling most of the mechanical and safety functions, the traditional “tune-up” service that you may have gotten on an older vehicle doesn’t apply anymore.

Maintenance jobs like a tune-up used to mean getting the engine’s performance back on track. Today embedded software takes care of it by constantly checking thousands of sensor signals, compensating for worn-out spark plugs, clogged filters, etc. Our service department works with the on-board systems to keep everything running safely and at optimum efficiency for you.

Click here to schedule your service appointment. Let us help you to keep your ride in tip-top shape.