Owning a car gives you a sense of pride and prestige in lieu with of course owning your house. But a car can be a bit a headache especially when things start to break down and then expenses start to sink in leading you to pay more money than you should ever be if you have been careful and had follow through with the different car maintenance schedule.

Before you even searching, listing and putting to plan the different car maintenance schedules you must remember these three:

a. Be familiar with the required or recommended maintenance of your car. This you can see at the car’s manual or check out the service center for further details.

b. Do not attempt to skip any scheduled car maintenance because you do not have the time or money. This is a big no! At the end you will be spending more instead of saving money.

c. You must always put to mind that it is much expensive on your part to buy a new car than maintaining your current car.

When you already memorize and put to heart the above-mentioned tips, and then take a look at the different car maintenance schedules that you must remember:

1. It is a must to change oil every 3 months or 3,000 miles whichever of these two comes first.

2. You must rotate as well as balance the tires and check the battery every 6 months or 7,500 miles whichever of these two comes first.

3. Check on the following for every 15,000 miles or once year:

a. transmission
b. fuel
c. air
d. carbon canister filter

You must take into consideration having your transmission flushed. Then, replace the breather element as well as the PCV. To top it all, check on the brakes plus the battery also. This will end up your yearly maintenance.

4. For every 30,000 miles or 2 years you must add coolant, then flush out the brake fluids and replace it. Then, change the rotor, wires, distributor cap, differential, and spark plugs.

5. When it comes to long-term car maintenance which is about 60,000 miles or every 5 years, this would be in addition to your regularly, yearly as well as the 2-year maintenance tasks, you must flush as well as replace the power steering, then change the timing belt.

This entire car maintenance schedule must be performed regularly, on time and be strictly followed in order to keep your beloved car on its good condition and serve you even better as you drive on the road for the years to come. Remember, it is better to check and maintain your car than paying a mechanic for huge labor cost because you are not taking care of your car.

For further, more detailed, maintenance and repair guidelines, visit troubleshooting car problems.