According to the survey of the second master brother, at least 80% of the friends around them, after buying the car back, the instructions attached to the car will directly "eat ash".
What's more, when selling second-hand cars, the vehicle has been broken out of shape, but the instructions are still brand new...
This type of friend, when encountering a vehicle problem, often has a black eye.
Maintenance is either directly searched on the Internet, or directly thrown to the 4S shop to take care of, after the completion of the matter also complained that the 4S shop through the so-called "information difference" pit themselves a lot of money.
In fact, these so-called "poor information" are completely avoidable.
The secret to avoiding poor information and avoiding being pitted is not that you visit car forums every day, and it is not that you look for those so-called "car cheats" on the Internet.
Your real "car book" is actually the "XX car manual/manual" that comes with the car after you buy the car.
Read more instructions, you can spend a lot less money
An Owner of an Audi A4L once complained to me, saying that he drove a waste wiper and had to replace the wiper almost every six months.
In a local 4S shop or a relatively large auto repair plant replacement, a pair of changes at a time need 200-400 yuan, such a cost is really large.
However, I went to buy it by myself, and Audi's wiper was more difficult to change, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get it.
In fact, if this friend can look at his own vehicle manual, he will find that in the manual directory, there is a "maintenance guide" chapter, and looking down the directory, you can see the "external maintenance" entry.
Through the operation corresponding to the instruction manual, you can adjust to the wiper replacement mode by yourself, so as to actually replace the wiper.
In addition, through the guidance of the manual, in addition to replacing the wiper ourselves, we can also replace the front and rear lights of the series of operations.
By searching in the manual, you can find the method you want to replace the part.
If there is no part in the manual, then this type of part needs to be replaced by a professional technician, and it is not too late for everyone to go to the 4S shop or auto repair plant.
It should be noted that in the instructions for some models, there are also model requirements for the parts that the owner can replace autonomously.
When purchasing spare parts, you need to purchase them through the specifications given in the manual.
For example, when purchasing on the e-commerce platform, you can send the required model to customer service and purchase it after confirming the model.
Finally, let's talk about a little knowledge: the official website of many car brands will have some parts and components.
If the price given by 4S point is much higher than the official offer, you can directly take out the official website quotation information and tell the 4S shop staff that if you do not replace it according to the official quote, you will complain.
At this time, the employees of the 4S store also know that they have encountered a "hard stubble" and will no longer try to "pit people".
Through the instruction manual, you can also effectively avoid incorrect maintenance
Many car whites will encounter such a problem when using cars: due to their lack of common sense of car maintenance, when maintaining vehicles, they are left to 4S shops or auto repair shops to operate.
Merchants with a little conscience will record your maintenance records in turn, and reasonably maintain and reasonably replace the consumables according to the vehicle's manual or actual car usage.
However, if you encounter some unconscionable businesses, there will be "small maintenance to make big maintenance", such as when you can completely replace the brake oil and replace the air conditioning filter in the next maintenance, this time maintenance will give you a change, in vain to increase the cost of the car.
In this regard, the car's instruction manual is also an artifact of "deterring bad businesses".
In the case of Audi, for example, there will be detailed maintenance information in the "Maintenance Guide" section of the manual.
It includes a series of replacement guides such as oil model, oil change cycle, oil filter model, brake oil model, antifreeze type and so on.
Replace according to the instructions, although it may be more conservative, but it is completely problem-free.
In addition, in response to the problem of oil replacement, the car manual not only has a detailed replacement cycle, at the same time, there are designated models, we do not listen to other people to change this model, such as low viscosity for high viscosity, high viscosity for low viscosity are not arbitrary.
Otherwise, there will be fluctuations in fuel consumption and power fluctuations, and problems such as burning oil and poisoning of three-way catalytic converters will occur at heavy levels.
Master brother once encountered similar problems when he was maintaining.
Because they are far from the 4S shop, every time they do maintenance, they go to the nearby larger auto repair plant, so that the auto repair shop masters can operate directly according to the instructions with the car.
But after each maintenance, I will find that the fuel consumption of the vehicle is abnormal, and even insufficient power.
It was not until a close look that the auto repair plant did use regular engine oil, and the models met the requirements.
But there is only one point, when they filled the oil, they directly poured a whole barrel of 4L of oil on my engine, but the requirement of my vehicle manual was to add 3.5L.
It is not operated according to the instructions, more than 500cc oil is added, resulting in power problems.
Of course, the maintenance technicians of the auto repair plant often make the mistake of empiricism.
In addition to the amount of oil filled, they do not even refer to the torque specified in the vehicle's manual to tighten the screws, often based on the "feel".
This kind of operation that is not in accordance with the regulations, although there will be no problems in a short period of time, but over time, it will also make the vehicle get "chronic diseases".
Read more instructions to effectively correct your wrong driving habits
On the main road, I don't know how many people think that once the gasoline engine speed exceeds 2500 rpm, the engine will "explode".
There are more such small whites, and there are more and more "ghost congestion" on the road.
Again, the engineer calibrated you such a high speed, then it must be used.
Many manuals have this sentence written on them: "Do not let the engine run in the red line speed range for a long time." Red line speed! What is Red Line Speed? Even a low-speed gasoline engine often has a red line speed of more than 5800 rpm!
Just because you don't drive in the red line doesn't mean you keep driving below 3000rpm all the time!
On the acceleration ramp at the highway intersection, at the traffic light intersection, please increase the speed quickly so as not to disturb the rear car!
Moreover, such an operation will not have any problems, if there is a problem, please go directly to the manufacturer to claim!
For another example, the manual given by the manufacturer also has a good answer to the question of the winter hot car.
Now there is something wrong on the Internet, as if the hot car is "original sin".
But in fact, according to different engine characteristics, some manufacturers stipulate that the car cannot be hot, and some manufacturers stipulate that when starting the vehicle below -10 ° C, it takes 1-3 minutes to heat the car.
Look at the instruction manual more, follow the instructions, and gain far more knowledge than you see on the web.
By reading the manual, you might be able to unlock some extra features
Many old drivers, in their own habitual cognition, think that they know every button of the vehicle.
But is that really the case?
Master Brother himself encountered such a thing when he was riding an online ride-hailing car:
On that day, the brother took a ride-hailing car to catch a plane, and there was a light rain outside the car window.
The city outside the car window is like a layer of water vapor condensed, like a dream.
However, this layer of water vapor seems to block the eyes of the ride-hailing master, and every time he looks back at the rearview mirror, it is very laborious.
Seeing me sitting on his right hand side, the ride-hailing master thought about it for a long time and finally couldn't help it:
"That, little brother... Can you do me a favor and wipe the rearview mirror on your side, I really can't see clearly..."
I vaguely remember that it was a twelfth-generation Corolla equipped with the THS hybrid system, with low fuel consumption and a network of gods...
Cough off topic!
Only to see the corners of my mouth rise slightly, gently pressed the rear window defogging (REAR) button located in the lower left of the center console, and sighed lightly: "Brother, this car rearview mirror can heat itself, press this rear window to remove fog, wait until the temperature goes up it will turn off, we don't have to put our hands out to wipe ..."
In fact, Master Brother himself had encountered such an embarrassment.
When I first bought a car, I went home every night, and because the road in the community was relatively dark, I could only use my mobile phone to illuminate the road ahead after getting off the car every day.
But when I accidentally read the instruction manual, I found that my car also had a "accompany me home" function.
After the ignition is turned off, dial the high beam control lever directly back twice, and the vehicle's low beam will automatically turn on and remain there for about a minute. From then on, I no longer had to worry about going home at night without seeing the road.
In fact, "hidden functions" like this will be listed one by one in the car manual. You only need to look at the instruction manual more to understand that your car originally had such a rich function.
Conclusion:
From maintenance to daily use of the car, in fact, the content of the manual basically covers everything. For all car owners, a set of instructions is the real "car book". Don't be bothered, turn it over, you will get a lot of different knowledge, and now, the major automobile OEMs in order to let you look at the instructions more, is also very hard. In addition to the paper version of the manual, some brands' official websites can also download PDF versions, or simply view them directly on the intelligent car machine system, which is very convenient. The methods are all in your mouth, so why don't you take the time to taste them?