A New Driver’s Guide to Car Repair and Maintenance

New motorists aren’t always familiar with the car repair and maintenance they’ll need to schedule in our Mazda service center throughout their car’s working life. For that reason, the team at North Shore Mazda has created this beginner’s guide about necessary repairs and routine maintenance you should never put off or ignore.

Repairs

Failing to bring your automobile to our Mazda service center for necessary 

repairs can have serious consequences. For starters, it can compromise your car’s performance and safety systems. Ignoring repairs can also decrease your vehicle’s resale value.

Whenever your automobile needs a repair, you should schedule service as soon as possible. Although that’s the case, some repairs are less urgent than others. Scratches and dents are repairs that can typically wait until you can comfortably afford them. 

Here are some signs that indicate a repair cannot be put off any longer, and the possible cause of each:

• Knocking sounds: engine trouble
• Squealing, screeching, or grinding noises: worn brake pads and/or rotors
• Unusual smells in the cabin: clogged cabin air filter
• Smoke emanating from the exhaust: incorrect fuel-air mix in the engine

Maintenance Tasks

While repairs are best left in the capable hands of our factory-trained, certified technicians, routine maintenance tasks are shared responsibilities. That means you can do some of them yourself and leave the rest to us.

Things You Can Handle

One of the easiest routine maintenance tasks you can do on your own is to change your windshield wipers as needed. You can pick up a new set of wipers in our Mazda parts center and install them in just a minute or two.

Checking your fluid levels is another thing you can do. Monitoring your tire’s air pressure and tread depth is another task you can easily take care of.

What We’ll Do

Certain maintenance tasks will require you to contact our Danvers, MA Mazda dealership to make a service appointment. An oil and oil filter change and tire rotations are tasks you’ll have to schedule several times per year. Air and fuel filter changes, brake fluid flushes and replacements, and new spark plug installations are services your car will eventually need, but not as often.

Get Car Repair and Maintenance at Our Danvers, MA MAZDA Dealership

Would you like to learn more about car repair and maintenance? For more information, head over to our location. Our team will tell you all about Mazda Digital Service and a whole lot more, so you’ll be well-prepared to care for your vehicle throughout its lifetime.