As October is nearing its end, it means that the winter months are nearly upon Chicagoland, and with wintertime comes colder temperatures and wet and icy winter weather. Here at your Volvo dealership serving Lake Forest, IL, Fields Volvo Northfield, our team has some helpful hints to handling the winter months and wants to help you prepare for everything that they might bring. Keep reading more to learn about “winterizing” your car for winter!
Our Volvo service center serving Deerfield, IL has a number of tips and helpful advice to help you get through the winter months as painlessly as possible. For starters, we believe that it is very important to take your car into a certified Volvo service center to have some routine inspections and servicing done to your new or used Volvo model. A couple of areas that are important to address are battery power, tire tread and wear and tear, and to have all your hoses and tubes checked and all of your fluids topped off and changed, if needed. A crucial aspect of winter driving is having tires that are operating at their peak performance, so it’s extra important to make sure that they aren’t too worn out and that they still have a nice, deep tread. Tire tread is more important than ever during winter months, as deep tire tread allows the tire to reach through wet and icy precipitation to maintain contact with the road surface.
Our team also recommends that you keep your fuel tank above a quarter tank at all times, as having that fuel can come in handy in keeping the heater running if you get stuck or stranded. We also recommend always have extra warm clothes, a blanket, some bottled water, and a cell phone charger in your vehicle at all times. For more winter driving tips and to check out our new Volvo inventory, head on down Fields Volvo Northfield to speak to our team today!