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Most car companies suggest having your car maintained by a service every 12 months or 12000 miles, whatever comes first. Automobiles that do over the 12,000 level will need servicing more frequently to ensure its safety on the road. The manufacturer of the car would have set out service guidelines located in the service book with the vehicle documents to which these rules will need to be fulfilled by the garage servicing the vehicle. Most manufacturers offer a 3 year warranty with new cars but for this warranty to exist you must maintain regular services under the guidelines set out by them. Some garages set out their own servicing guidelines but you should check beforehand that they will adhere with manufacturer's requirements. There are a few different stages of car servicing that can be carried out depending on the mileage that the car has done over. An oil change service is normally required midway a full service to ensure proper running of the vehicle. This is normally only required for vehicles that are estimate to have 'high mileage' normally over the 12,000 benchmark per year. An interim car service is required every 6000 miles, this is also to ensure efficient running of the car. A full service is required normally every 12,000 miles or 12 months whichever occurs soonest. Depending on the service your vehicle requires effects the price. Often vehicle services are expensive, often the reason why many people don't bother to get their vehicle serviced, when required. However, it is vitally important to ensure the vehicle is safe to drive and to enable the vehicle to last longer. When a service is rarely carried out often faults happen to the vehicle - this could in fact cause a lot of expense in the future. For more expensive cars the service is likely to be more expensive due to the pricing of the parts for breaks and fuses etc. also old cars may be more expensive because they may have parts that aren't as readily available on the market. It is often cheaper to get your vehicle serviced along with the MOT testing because many centres and garages offer special discount when both are carried out together. Make sure you get your MOT and service carried out at a garage that is authorised to do so. Often big branded garaged will be the best bet to make sure that your car servicing is carried out properly.
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