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CMH Suzuki Hillcrest – Vehicle Air-Con Maintenance

October 31, 2022 By Rokkit

How To Maintain Your Vehicle’s Air-Con with CMH Suzuki Hillcrest

CMH Suzuki Hillcrest is here to help you with your Suzuki’s Air-con Maintenance. Today’s vehicles practically come standard with air-conditioning, and on a hot summer day, it is one of life’s great pleasures to feel a welcome breeze of ice-cold air blowing through the vents.

Suzuki Hillcrest
Air-con controls

How an Air-Con works

An air-conditioner operates in a closed system with a refrigerant as the working fluid – this means that the incoming hot air never actually touches the refrigerant but is cooled indirectly by an evaporator/radiator in the airstream.

The engine’s auxiliary belt powers the compressor and compresses the refrigerant gas that now heats up above atmospheric temperatures. The hot, compressed refrigerant then passes through the condenser to filter the excess heat, and the gas condenses and passes through the fluid container. The liquid refrigerant then evaporates through the expansion valve, cooling the gas dramatically and passing through the evaporator in the climate-control system’s airstream, cooling the incoming air. The refrigerant continues back to the compressor to restart the whole process.

Air-con care
CMH Suzuki Hillcrest centre dash vents

What could go wrong

Your vehicle’s air-con should provide ice-cold relief within five minutes. It is best to evaluate the air blowing from the vents using the back of your hand. If the air is not cold by then, immediately switch off the air-con and get the system inspected.

A lot can go wrong with the air-con system, from gas leaks to failure of bearings and seals and blockages in the pipes or sensor failures. You can take some comfort with the fact that the last component to fail is likely to be the expensive compressor itself. A lack of lubrication is the main reason an air-con compressor fails when the gas leaks out, so does the oil, and, thus, lubrication qualities are lost, leading to failure.

Vehicle air-con care

Run your vehicle’s aircon for at least 30 minutes weekly to prevent expensive breakdowns. This action lubricates the system and prevents the bearings on the compressor from corroding at touching surfaces.

To avoid air-con odours, change the pollen filter regularly. Also, service the air-con once a year, now that the summer temperatures are setting in and it’s getting hotter.

Suzuki dash and air-con vents

Book your Suzuki for an air-con treatment and service at CMH Suzuki Hillcrest service department to prevent compressor replacement.

Proper air-con operation

The cabin air is usually hotter than the ambient temperature when a vehicle is stationary in the sun. First, open all windows and switch the fan speed to the maximum to expel the hot air. Then close the windows and allow the air-con to do its job. When the cabin air is cooler than the ambient temperature, the process can speed up by employing the recirculation function to recycle the cabin until the cockpit is at the desired temperature.

Side vents

Come into CMH Suzuki Hillcrest and let us assist you with proper vehicle care. Contact us at 031 763 3121 or visit CMH Suzuki Hillcrest for more details on our brand, accessories and monthly specials.

Filed Under: Blog, CMH Suzuki Hillcrest, News Tagged With: CMH Group, CMH Suzuki, CMH Suzuki Hillcrest, guide, service

First Time Buyers Guide

December 21, 2021 By Rokkit

CMH Suzuki Hillcrest acknowledges that purchasing a vehicle for the first time is exciting and a big step into becoming independent. CMH Suzuki Hillcrest has put together a guide into making your first time purchase a little stress-free.

Once you have decided on what brand of vehicle you would like to purchase and selected the price range that’s best suited for your budget. You are ready to do some shopping.

Due to Covid restrictions, health, and safety issues, CMH Suzuki Hillcrest has the perfect solution. You can shop on-line by going to www.suzukihillcrest.co.zathere you able to view a variety of Suzuki’s including vehicle information as well as the pricing. Not only are you able to find the perfect vehicle suited for your needs, but you are also given a guideline of what your monthly instalments would be.

What to do once you have found the vehicle of your dreams and the rough monthly instalment is in your price bracket, you now need to see if you are able to get finance.
You can complete and submit a finance request form online, available on CMH Suzuki Hillcrest’s dealer page for the vehicle of your choice that goes straight to our dealership finance manager. All this can be done without leaving your comfort-zone, and without physically having to go to the dealership.

Once our finance manager has received your finance application, he/she will contact you to go through your application before sending it through to accredited banks for pre-approval.

At the same time one off our experienced sales executives will give you a call to set up an appointment for you to test drive your soon to own car. Don’t forget you will need to have your new vehicle insured; our finance manager is able to assist you with quotes from different insurance institutes. Once you have completed all the above processes and you are happy with your vehicle choice, finance approved and insurance in place. All that’s left is to collect your new Suzuki from the dealership, Congratulations you now officially own your first car and, on the road, to being independent.

Contact CMH Suzuki Hillcrest on 031 763 3121 or visit www.suzukihillcrest.co.za for more details on our brand and monthly specials.

Filed Under: Blog, CMH Suzuki Hillcrest Tagged With: buying, CMH Suzuki, CMH Suzuki Hillcrest, guide, new car

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