Servicing your car is recommended every 12,000 miles or at least every 12 months, and is important for maintaining the mechanical conditioning, safety and performance of your car. A car service includes a series of routine checks that assess the condition of car parts like brakes, engine, filters and suspension.
Regular servicing is important so parts of your car that a liable to wear and tear can be checked and replaced. This is why many car's have a service indicator to let the owner know when a service is due and all cars are issued with a recommended service schedule that should be followed.
What's included in a car service changes depending on the type of service you have. Typically, garages offer an interim service, full service and a major service, which are all recommended depending on the age and mileage of your car. An interim service, often referred to as an oil change service, is recommended every 6,000 miles or every 6 months, a full service every 12,000 miles or 12 months, and a major service every 24,000 miles or 24 months.
A full car service can otherwise be known as an annual service and is recommended for your car every 12,000 miles or at least every 12 months. Full servicing includes routine checks on the mechanical condition of a car and will replace parts that should be checked and replaced every year. Our Gold service includes a routine oil and oil filter change, plus replacement air filters.
A major service is the most comprehensive assessment available for a vehicle. A major car service includes all the checks of a full service, plus replacement spark plugs and replacement fuel filters for diesel engines. Major servicing is import to maintain the long term working condition of your car. Parts like spark plugs should be replaced every 30,000 miles and should be checked routinely to prevent part failure.
When a car is manufactured, the manufacturer issues a service schedule that is a recommendation for how and when the car should be serviced once purchased. New cars must follow the service schedule to maintain the validity of the warranty and this is made easier with manufacturer car service plans that schedule your servicing for you at a fixed-rate.
For older cars with an expired warranty, it's not required they must their service schedule but it widely recommended so your car is properly serviced according to its age and mileage. Service schedules include interim, full and major servicing at correct intervals, and recommends when certain car parts should be checked and replaced.
Manufacturer servicing is only available from approved service centres and must follow the specific guidance issued by the manufacturer. It's also required that all replacement parts are genuine.
