Easy Tips to Maintain Vehicle Resale Value, Take Advantage of Official Workshops

www.informationautomotive.com - Speaking of culture, choosing a vehicle in Indonesia is always associated with resale prices. This assessment will at least always be included in choosing a vehicle. Although aware of the advantages of this selling price, unfortunately many do not understand how to keep a vehicle still has a high selling value.

One way to keep the resale price is quite easy. The owner of the vehicle is enough to take care of the vehicle periodically to the official workshop according to the vehicle maintenance manual. This was revealed by General Manager After Sales Division of PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Sales Indonesia (MMKSI) Boediarto who said periodic maintenance in official workshops in addition to keeping the vehicle in top condition can also provide complete records related to maintenance so far.

Easy Tips to Maintain Vehicle Resale Value, Take Advantage of Official Workshops

"Periodic maintenance can maintain the condition of the vehicle which ultimately determines the resale value of the vehicle with physical condition factors, vehicle history including accident records and maintenance records in official workshops," Boediarto said.

Boediarto further revealed that periodic maintenance has many benefits for consumers such as ensuring the vehicle is in safe condition through regular inspections and maintenance can prevent the occurrence of potential mechanical errors. In addition, maintenance in official workshops can maximize the best performance on the vehicle and increase driving satisfaction can even save costs incurred if there is serious damage and avoid repair costs that drain the pocket in the future.

Maintenance in this official workshop is also recommended to continue to be done even though the manufacturer's built-in warranty period has expired. Often encountered, vehicle owners switch to a non-official workshop after feeling the maintenance period from the manufacturer is completed. The reason is the majority of care funding. It actually has hidden risks in terms of vehicle maintenance.

"It should also be considered for consumers of vehicle maintenance in official workshops there are several advantages. For example, the history of the vehicle is periodically recorded neatly in the system. These notes help the mechanic to perform actions to prevent more severe damage later in life. Official workshops always provide original parts and this all has an impact on the resale price that remains high," said Head of After Sales Marketing and Promotion Section of PT MMKSI, Tegar Adisura.

Rifat Sungkar, Mitsubishi Brand Ambassador also revealed there are some things that can not be obtained in public workshops related to maintenance. For example, when replacing lubricants connected to the vehicle's MID sensor.

"There is usually a notification in the MID if there is a warning related to a certain thing. In the official workshop it can be reset and notified to the system if the problem has been replaced. If in this public workshop can not and certainly affect the comfort side, "said Rifat.

Taking the example of Mitsubishi services, for consumers whose vehicle's built-in warranty period has expired can extend with a Smart package. Especially for xpander models aimed at models that have covered a distance of 50,000 kilometers.

The choice of package is twice periodic maintenance where this package consists of periodic maintenance such as engine oil, oil filter, AC filter and gasket. In addition, there is a free cost of the item replacement service that can be utilized in two periodic maintenance valid up to 20,000 km or 1 year and extended warranty period up to 1 year / 30,000 km.

There are still four-time periodic packages that have the same maintenance package as the two-time package with an additional four times the free replacement service fee that applies up to 40,000 km or two years and gets an extended warranty period of up to 1 year / 30,000km. The six-time package gets free replacement service fees and can be utilized in 6x periodic maintenance valid up to 60,000 km / 3 years as well as extended warranty period of up to 1 year / 30,000km.