Winter Car Safety Tips and Chevrolet Maintenance

Ohio winters bring a variety of temperatures and precipitation. Along with changing your driving habits, winter weather brings specific car, truck, and SUV maintenance tips. Before you hit the roads around Canton and Akron, the Spitzer Chevrolet North Canton technicians can do a multi-point inspection and offer helpful winter car maintenance tips.

Keep Your Chevy Running Smoothly When Winter Strikes

Your Chevrolet benefits from routine maintenance, especially when the temperatures change. While your car, truck, or SUV is engineered to handle all weather conditions, you can take steps to keep it running smoothly. Our service technicians recommend keeping your gas tank full and your phone charged because of unexpected traffic delays.

We also recommend stocking your vehicle with winter necessities like a snow brush and ice scraper. It’s also helpful to carry a bag of kitty litter, jumper cables, and emergency flares if you get stuck in a ditch or snow bank. Many experienced winter drivers also add a blanket, flashlight, water bottles, and emergency first aid kits to their automobiles when the temperatures drop.

Most late-model Chevy cars, trucks, and SUVs have anti-lock brakes, traction control, and other active driving features. If you haven’t learned how to properly use them, reading your owner’s manual can help you practice safe driving on snow and ice.

Another vital winter service involves your battery. The technicians at Spitzer Chevrolet North Canton, OH can inspect your battery and the terminals. Most vehicles need a new battery between 40,000 and 70,000 miles, so the service technicians can help you decide whether to replace your battery proactively or risk having a dead battery leave you stranded in the cold weather.

Staying Safe on the Slippery Ohio Roads

Winter car care tips include fluid checks, battery checks, and tire inspections. We offer convenient online service scheduling so that you can choose any of our service menu options from your home or office.

Our ASE-certified technicians can inspect your tire pressure and treads to determine if your Chevy can stop in slippery weather conditions. They can recommend new all-season tires and winter tires specifically for your vehicle. Before purchasing new snow tires, we invite you to browse our service specials, which often include discounts on new tires and tire service.

When you bring your vehicle in for a winter check-up, our technicians will look at your brakes, fluids, windshield wiper blades, and washer fluid so that you have the best visibility in the winter months.

Choose the Service Center at the Chevrolet Dealership in North Canton

Spitzer Chevrolet North Canton near Greentown can help you prepare your Chevrolet for the cold temperatures in the winter months. Our technicians understand the stress the cold weather puts on all components, even the exhaust pipe, brake pedal, and cabin air filter.