Ensure Your Ford is Always Ready for the Next Adventure

Now that you’re on the road and enjoying your dream car, one of the most important things you can do to keep your Ford in its best condition is to keep it properly maintained. Come with us as we discuss some Ford maintenance tips to keep your vehicle running like new year after year, and discover how easy it is to keep your vehicle maintained at the Group 1 Ford of Kennesaw Service Center.

Keep it Maintained

Engine Oil – Engine failure is one of the most expensive mechanical repairs that you can perform on your vehicle. To promote engine longevity and reliability, it’s important to make all of your service intervals in a timely manner, and that includes a regular oil change.

With your oil tasked with cooling and lubricating hundreds of moving parts, it’s important to make sure that your engine has fresh oil to protect it from excess wear and internal damage. Timely oil changes not only keep repair costs down, but they also help your engine return optimal fuel efficiency.

Transmission Fluid – Transmission replacement can cost nearly as much as an engine replacement, not only because it’s a large and complex component of your vehicle, but the engine must be removed in order to perform the transmission replacement. Ensuring that your transmission is properly lubricated and cooled with clean fluid is important to maintaining transmission longevity, especially if you commonly tow, haul, or do extensive driving through city traffic.

Cooling System – An overheated engine can cause severe damage to your engine, so it’s vitally important to ensure that your coolant is changed out in a timely manner so that your engine is only protected during those summer months. During winter months, it’s important to make sure that you have adequate antifreeze/coolant to prevent your engine’s cooling system from freezing over.

Winter – When temperatures drop, your vehicle must work harder to combat the lower temperatures. Winterizing your vehicle could mean changing your oil to a thinner viscosity, ensuring your battery is properly charged, and even removing the moisture from your fuel lines so your engine runs optimally.

Keep it Washed – Washing your vehicle regularly is a vital way to keep your car paint looking like new as your vehicle ages. Washing your vehicle weekly or bi-weekly removes contaminants that may have attached to your paint, and reduces the chances of your paint corroding or your clear coat from being damaged.

Wax It – Waxing your vehicle once per year is a great way to keep the paint from fading, especially if it’s commonly parked outside in the elements. A fresh coat of wax, once per year, is a great way to ensure that your vehicle ages wonderfully over the years and looks showroom ready even as it hits the five and ten year mark.

Trust the Experts to Keep It Performing its Best

Ensuring that your vehicle is serviced according to its Ford maintenance schedule is an incredible way to ensure that your vehicle remains dependable and performs the way it did when it was new. Driving a vehicle with dirty oil, or worn brake pads only inhibits its overall performance and reliability, and can cause unnecessary damage to your vehicle. Here at Group 1 Ford of Kennesaw, we not only feature a brilliant team of ASE certified technicians, but our technicians use Genuine Ford parts to keep your vehicle performing its best.

Helping you keep on track with your Ford maintenance plan, our experts can happily help you with recommended service, and even help you take advantage of extended service plans so that your vehicle is always well-maintained.

Schedule your appointment today and keep your vehicle running like new.