Approaching the Spring Festival, I think everyone is like an arrow. However, according to the law of the festival, the situation of "people blocking people and traffic jams" is indispensable, so do you choose to take public transportation or drive home for the New Year? Do you have any ideas for self-driving trips or visiting relatives and friends during the Spring Festival holiday? It is understood that many car owners will choose to drive home by themselves. At this time, the frequency of use of the vehicle will be much higher than usual, and the road conditions of the self-driving route will change from time to time. If you do not pay attention to vehicle maintenance before and after the festival, it may cause irreversible damage to your car. To this end, Xiaobian has prepared a car maintenance strategy for everyone, as well as new energy vehicle Spring Festival travel skills, let's take a look.
Inspection and disinfection before departure
Since many public transportation has reduced the frequency of many public transportation during the Spring Festival, more car owners will choose to drive to visit relatives and friends. In order to avoid accidents, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the vehicle before the holiday.
The data shows that many accidents occur on highway sections, and the casualty rate is very high. Therefore, before the long-distance journey, be sure to do a very fine inspection of tires, brake pads, lamps, oil, air conditioning filters, four-wheel positioning, chassis and batteries.
First of all, to check whether the tire cracks, aging and hardening and other phenomena, if necessary, you can replace the new tire; when checking the brake pads, you need to pay attention to the wear limit sign, if you reach or approach the sign, you have to replace the brake pads; check whether the lights are intact, it is best to prepare several commonly used bulbs; check the oil is mainly to check whether the amount of oil is enough to see if the engine's coolant, wiper, glass water and oil, brake oil, steering oil are still at normal oil levels.
However, many families choose to travel during the Chinese New Year. Although the maintenance of the 4S shop is more comprehensive, the waiting time will inevitably be a little long, so can the owner himself check the basic situation of the vehicle? Of course, in fact, each car will have a maintenance cycle, as long as the owner of the car according to the cycle set by the manufacturer to do maintenance timed time is no problem. If you are not afraid of trouble, the owner can check some basic items before traveling.
In addition, you can do a good job of cleaning, disinfection and other work before departure. In this way, not only can you clean up the New Year, but also clean up the long-term accumulation of hard-to-wash stains in time to avoid damaging the paint film on the surface of the car. At the same time, due to the repeated impact of the epidemic, disinfectant can be used to wipe the surface of frequently touched parts such as door handles and interiors before departure.
New energy car owners Spring Festival travel tips
With the rise of the new energy field, we can see more and more new energy vehicles on the road. To long-distance driving or winter use of cars, many new energy vehicle owners feel headaches. But there are always more ways than difficulties, and new energy vehicle owners are also skilled.
Since it is a new energy vehicle, of course, it will be affected by the battery. Then the first thing to pay attention to is to keep the battery active, because many places are still in low temperature weather. The lithium-ion battery equipped with the vehicle is more sensitive to temperature changes, and the low temperature will reduce its activity, thereby affecting the charging and discharging efficiency, and the problem of "the mileage of new energy vehicles in winter is greatly reduced". Therefore, before using the car, new energy owners can start the battery preheating function through the car machine or exclusive APP in advance.
In addition, minimize additional electricity consumption when using electricity. If conditions permit, the owner can replace the air conditioner with functions such as seat heating or steering wheel heating. If there is no one sitting in the back row, try to close the rear exhaust outlet as much as possible. Finally, the vehicle is accompanied by a kinetic energy recovery system equipped with the vehicle.
Vehicle inspection and maintenance after the holiday
After the Spring Festival holiday, vehicle inspection and maintenance can be carried out once. It is reported that the vehicle maintenance after the holiday includes cleaning and checking the body, tires, brakes, leakage, adding "three liquids" and other items. Among them, the tire inspection is to check whether there are cracks and foreign bodies on the surface of the tire, and whether the four-wheel positioning is biased. The brake check is to find out whether the wear situation, brake tubing, brake master pump, and sub-pump are intact. Leakage inspection is to see if there is leakage in the engine, gearbox and other large parts.
At the end of the Spring Festival, a return tide will be formed, so there are still many car owners who choose to drive. At this time, the vehicle needs to be thoroughly cleaned to better check the body for scratches and other issues, especially the front bumper. Even shallow scratches should be repaired in time to avoid further injuries to the body and revealing the primer.
Auto Network Review: Putting safety first
With the improvement of living standards, many families will travel by car. Safety is of course the most important thing during driving. If conditions permit, do some basic inspections and maintenance of the car before traveling. Among them, many of the project contents in this should be checked and handled in the usual maintenance. More importantly, everyone should ensure safety during the road trip, so that their bodies and minds can get a break and relaxation.