No one reads the instructions. Of course, if it's not the instruction on the Hadron Collider. That is why many instructions and manoeuvres begin with the words: "So you didn' t get anything."

Each car is bundited with a package of documents, including a user's instruction. It's usually a pretty big book. As a rule, her fate lay at the bottom of the glove box, taking up the place.

However, modern cars with their not always friendly interfaces and abundance of buttons and functions make the owner look at the instruction. What is he going to find, and whether it is possible to believe everything that has been written?

Something went wrong.

The strongest motivation to get to the manual is a lack of understanding, how to disable or enable something. For example, the start-stop system that turns off the engine at stops and starts it again at the beginning of the movement. Or an air-conditioner, which is even included in the winter if the air flow is on the glass. As a rule, the instruction gives answers to all these questions.

Some topics need to be read

The list of advanced equipment of a modern car can take up a few sheets of A4 format, with each option cost. The owner may not be aware of any useful options, and some are not too obvious. For example, the courtiers of some Volkswagen's models have a service mode that allows the winter to leave the winders in a vertical position so that they can be more easily disconnected. Learn how to enable this mode in the operating instructions.

The instruction tells not only about the appointment of the buttons in the cabin, but also gives recommendations on the operation of the car

Modern engines and gearboxes often require careful treatment. Recommendations for the operation of engines and transmissions can be found in the operating instructions. Implementation of recommendations can increase the service life of aggregates. However, some critical recommendations need to be addressed. For example, many manufacturers do not recommend warming up the engine. This is about ecology. At the same time, any engine, even the most modern and perfect, is required to warm up at idle speed.

Also, the instruction may explain the "strange" behaviour of a car that the owner can take for a malfunction.

It is necessary to study the section on active and passive safety systems of the car. The owner must understand in what situations the electronics can interfere with driving and what it will be to be prepared to be prepared for such an intervention. The presence of airbags does not eliminate the need for seat belts. Unfastened passengers of the airbag may cause fatal injuries.

Some vehicles are equipped with a system for emergency fuel delivery during the crash. This system can work even with a small impact. You need to know where the push button is located. This will also help you to use the operating instructions.

Knowing the extra features of a car can help in a difficult situation

Many modern cars have multimedia management systems, such as iDrive from BMW, Command at Mercedes-Benz and MMI at Audi. These systems have different, sometimes confusing, and not always intuitive interfaces. The use of the systems is made both during parking and during traffic. To avoid accidents, the interface should be addressed in advance. It is not always easy to do this without using the instruction.

The instructions also provide information on the recommended manufacturer of technical liquids-motor oil, brake fluid, antifreeze and, of course, fuel. Most modern cars use 95 gasoline, but some manufacturers are adapting the cars imported into Russia to use 92 gasoline. This can also be found in the instructions. The oil flow rates must also be specified in the user's instructions. Typically, the manufacturer declares a reasonable large amount of oil. This information needs to be critical.

Attention should be drawn to the value of all the lamps. Some may only be informative and others may report a serious problem. They can have one color. Thus, a red snowflake can report a slippery road and call the driver to caution, and the "oilka" in red indicates a low oil pressure and the need to shut down the engine immediately.

The instruction may also indicate permissible ways of transporting the car: many modern vehicles cannot be towed even in neutral gear. It is also important to know how to unlock an automatic or robotic gearbox (this function is available in all cars with ACPR or robot, but it is implemented differently).

It is important to know the location of the orifle for the transfusion of technical fluids. Often the neck can look almost the same, with the error leading to expensive repairs.

What the instruction is not about

The instructions describe the main features and features of the car, but each car has hidden functions. For example, different service modes for configuring and programming some nodes. For example, you can program some of the buttons on the factory alarm chain, recalibrate the electric hoists and the roof hatch, change the algorithm of lighting appliances (for example, activate the activation of the passing beam at engine startup).

Such information may be provided in the specialized literature for the operation and repair which must be purchased separately.

What's the end?

The car is quite complex. Even a cursory examination of the instruction can save the owner from a large number of problems and additional costs.




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