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[BazaJT]

There's an advert on tv about checking your vehicle before setting off on a journey.Well today a chap went to the local Ford dealers and asked them to do a "pre long distance safety check" They did tell him there would be a charge for this and asked if there was anything about the car which was concerning him[rough running/warning lights/messages etc]he said no it seemed all fine he just wanted it safety checked before going on holiday in it.Anyway they did it for him[don't know the cost]It was a '16 plate Mondeo.So the advert must to working to some extent!

[Lizzie Zoom]

That's the power of advertising

[Doctor Gollum]

Most Franchise dealers will do a cursory check for free

Also, if you show someone how to do the basic bits and bobs then that might give people the confidence to carry them out more often.

Perhaps a couple of hours at hand over time running through these checks and how to change a wheel, if it has one of course , would be prudent too.

That said, people could always Please read the manual...

Perhaps reading lessons might be more appropriate 

[BazaJT]

I know they do a free "courtesy check" shortly after the customer has taken delivery of a new car.But yes checking of lights/levels and tyre pressures is hardly rocket science,although if they're anything like my dad used to be they won't even know where the bonnet release catch is!

[TheBoy]

That said, people could always Please read the manual...

I tried on my new ride, as I couldn't work out how something worked. Wasn't even covered in the manual, so still none the wiser how to turn something off

[ronnyd]

Talking to my BIL a couple of days ago and he admitted that of five years of Focus ownership that he had only just found out where the bonnet release was. I asked if he ever checked his fluid levels, tyres etc. and he said no. What about screen wash, again no. Haven,t you ever run out of screen wash i asked, again no, it,s all done during the service was his reply. He is from Norfolk so i suppose it,s to be expected.

[Varche]

 

[Nick W]

Talking to my BIL a couple of days ago and he admitted that of five years of Focus ownership that he had only just found out where the bonnet release was. I asked if he ever checked his fluid levels, tyres etc. and he said no. What about screen wash, again no. Haven't you ever run out of screen wash i asked, again no, it's all done during the service was his reply. He is from Norfolk so i suppose it's to be expected.

I found it so common that I gave up asking the customer to open the bonnet of their car, and always did it myself. Ford's idea of a bonnet release operated by a lock in the grille was  bloody silly; they're notorious for seizing solid.

[Doctor Gollum]

That said, people could always Please read the manual...

I tried on my new ride, as I couldn't work out how something worked. Wasn't even covered in the manual, so still none the wiser how to turn something off

If it's what I think it is, then you can't