When it comes to wintertime in the Northeast, it’s important to prep your vehicle so it’s ready to take on the weather conditions! It’s also important to understand that both winter temperatures and winter weather, such as snow, sleet, and ice, can greatly affect how your vehicle performs. The team here at your Honda dealership serving Baltimore, MD, Heritage Honda Parkville, can help you prepare your Honda model for winter and everything that comes with it! Keep reading to learn more about “winterizing” your vehicle!
For starters, our team highly recommends bringing your vehicle in to our Parkville, MD Honda service center for a routine inspection and service. We will inspect your vehicle from top to bottom to ensure that it is in good shape to handle the winter months. We’ll check any hoses and valves, top off your fluids, inspect your brakes and tires, and check and change your oil if needed.
It’s also important to note and try to understand how the weather and cold temperatures affect your vehicle and how it operates. For instance, colder temperatures decrease the flexibility and pliability of your rubber tires. It also will impact your tires’ air pressure levels, so it’s especially important to routinely check the PSI to ensure you’re operating within the recommended range. Additionally, colder temperatures affect how your oil interacts with your engine. Oil that is too thin will not protect your engine well enough, while oil that is too thick can keep your engine from starting in the cold temps. Speak to a service technician about what the best oil is for your vehicle during the winter months.
In order to protect the exterior paint, rubber, steel, and the overall body of your vehicle, we encourage our Honda drivers to routinely wash their vehicles during the winter months. The salt used on the roads and elements of the precipitation can gum up and damage your vehicle’s exterior. Routinely washing that off will help prolong its life. To find out more great winter weather tips, head on down to Heritage Honda Parkville to speak to our team today!
