Steps to making your vehicle winter ready

There are many reasons for getting your car winter ready. The most important reason of all is to ensure you and your family’s safety on the coming wet and snow-covered roads. Follow our straightforward step-by-step guide, and your vehicle will be winter ready in no time.

1. Battery

2. Change to Winter Tires

3. Check Other Engine Fluids

1. Battery

The battery is an essential component, and it should be checked regularly. Older batteries have been known to stop working entirely in colder conditions. To avoid this, you can quickly check the health of your car’s battery. First, you can test the voltage if you have a battery tester nearby. Computerized battery testers are a handy tool to have so you may want to consider purchasing one. 

Corrosion build-up also happens with car batteries. Thankfully, this is very simple to check and correct. All you have to do is disconnect the cables. Ensure you disconnect the positive cable first, followed by the negative cable. Take a wire brush, clean the acid residue and all the grease, and wipe it off with a paper towel. Then put back the cables in the same order as when you removed them. 

If you don’t have access to a tester or are not quite comfortable handling the battery, you can take your battery to a Marden Motors Service Centre for a quick check.

2. Change to Winter Tires

Changing your tires is very important. Winter tires are much safer as they provide more grip on the road. In some provinces changing your tires is required by regulation. If you don’t have winter tires, you should visit a professional who’ll assist you to get a new set of tires fitted and balanced to your vehicle. Winter tires have much more tread and improve your acceleration and stopping power in wet conditions.

3. Check Other Engine Fluids

Your car’s engine relies on many fluids to run correctly. Checking the oil regularly is vital as it keeps the engine lubricated. If you don’t check the oil regularly, you stand the chance of your car’s engine seizing completely. That’s a headache you don’t need, as fixing this issue can run into costing you thousands of dollars. 

Other fluids include the brake fluid, the wiper fluid, the power steering fluid, the transmission fluid, and the wiper fluid. Ensuring there’s enough coolant will protect your vehicle’s engine against corrosion. A Marden Motors Service Centre professional can do all these checks for you at a minimal cost.