Purpose
This manual has been written to help the car owner get the most out of their vehicle. This task is achieved in several ways. The data collected and presented below allows the car owner to decide what maintenance work on the vehicle should be carried out and when; and also, does it make sense to try to do them yourself, or should you contact the service center of the representative office of the manufacturer, or a service station. The Manual includes descriptions of the procedures for the mandatory routine maintenance of the car and a schedule for their implementation. In addition, the reader is offered information on diagnosing malfunctions of vehicle components and systems, as well as ways to eliminate their causes.
Rules for using the Guide
The description of the procedures once mentioned in the text is usually not repeated a second time. Instead, where necessary, reference is made to the relevant Section (subsection, etc.) the relevant Chapter, where the description of this procedure has already been set out. References made without mentioning the Chapter number refer to the relevant Sections/paragraphs of the current Chapter.
References to the location of an assembly or component on the left or right of the vehicle assume that the reader is in the driver's seat, facing forward.
All procedures in this manual are described in a simple and understandable way. If you strictly adhere to the instructions given in the text and explanatory illustrations, there should not be any particular difficulties in carrying out maintenance work on the vehicle.
Due attention should be paid to compliance with the technical requirements and tightening torques of threaded connections, summarized in the Specifications, placed at the beginning of each Chapter. Specifications should be followed in all work.
Some simple operations («open the hood» or «loosen wheel nuts») are assumed to be obvious and may be omitted from the text. The compilers of this Guide have tried to focus on a detailed presentation of the most complex and crucial points.
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