This chapter will help the car owner to keep his car in good condition, to ensure safety, economy, long life and the best performance.
It provides a basic maintenance schedule, followed by paragraphs on how to complete each item on the schedule. Descriptions of visual checks, adjustments, replacement of elements and other useful things are included. For information about the location of individual elements in the engine compartment and under the bottom of the car, refer to the relevant illustrations.
Maintenance of your car in accordance with the presented schedule (depending on mileage / service life) and the following paragraphs is a single program that allows you to ensure long and reliable operation. All positions of the program, performed at prescribed intervals, are interconnected. Therefore, maintaining some elements and ignoring others will not give the desired result.
When performing maintenance, you will find that many procedures can, and even should, be grouped together. This is due to the nature of the procedure being performed or the proximity of two, in general, unrelated elements. For example, at any lifting of the car, along with the exhaust system, you can inspect the steering and suspension elements.
The first step in this program is self-preparation before starting work. Read all paragraphs regarding the operation to be performed. Make a list and prepare all necessary spare parts and tools. If you have any questions, consult a parts specialist or consult your dealer's technical service department.