Precautionary Measures

Understanding and Maintaining Recommended Tyre Pressure for Your New Vehicle

September 1, 2023 By Rokkit

Maintaining Recommended Tyre Pressure

So, you have just bought a brand-new vehicle from CMH Suzuki Hillcrest and need information on proper vehicle maintenance. Tyre pressure should be at the top of your priorities. The excitement of receiving a new car can sometimes overshadow essential vehicle maintenance details. One such crucial detail is your new vehicle’s recommended tyre pressure. No need to worry, though – we’ve got you covered.

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As part of this guide, we will explain the importance of maintaining the correct tyre pressure, where to find this information, and why it matters.

Locating Your Vehicle’s Tyre Pressure

The easiest way to find the recommended tyre pressure for your new vehicle is by referring to the owner’s manual. Alternatively, you can locate this information on the sill or panel of the driver’s door. Ensuring that your tyres match the size specifications mentioned in your vehicle’s manual is essential for safety and performance.

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Conduct Regular Checks

It’s important to regularly check your vehicle’s tyre pressure every 2-3 weeks to ensure maximum safety and performance, even if you haven’t been driving it often. The ideal time to do this is when the tyres are still cold, preferably before embarking on a long trip.

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Proper tyre pressure offers a multitude of benefits, including:

Safety: Maintaining the correct tyre pressure ensures stability and control while driving, reducing the risk of accidents.
Improved Vehicle Performance: Properly inflated tyres provide better handling and responsiveness on the road, enhancing your overall driving experience
Fuel Economy: Correct tyre pressure can positively impact fuel efficiency, saving you money in the long run.
Extended Tyre Life: Neglecting proper tyre pressure can result in uneven wear. Overinflated tyres, for example, tend to wear out faster in the centre, reducing their lifespan by half.

Take advantage of our specials

At CMH Suzuki Hillcrest, we are committed to your safety and satisfaction. We wish you many happy and safe travels in your new vehicle. Remember, the air pressure in your tyres supports the entire weight of your car.

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For more information about our brand, accessories, and monthly specials, contact us at 031 763 3121 or visit our website. We’re here to ensure your journey with your new vehicle is as smooth and enjoyable as possible.

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CMH Suzuki Hillcrest – What to Do When You’re Involved in Bumper Bashing Accident

December 22, 2022 By Rokkit

Bumper bashing can be stressful regardless of its severity. Through all the panic and stress, it is easy to forget crucial steps which may affect your insurance and road accident fund claim. CMH Suzuki Hillcrest has put together a simple checklist to assist.

What to do if you’re in an accident:

Before getting out of your vehicle, ensure that all passengers are physically unharmed.
Ensure that there is no oncoming traffic.
Switch on your hazard lights before stepping out of the car. Place a triangle on the road to alert oncoming traffic.
Inform a relative of what has happened, and let them know you are uninjured and your location.
Report the accident to your insurance company. Make sure to use the correct towing service.
Take photos or a video of the accident scene, damages, number plates, and license disc of any other vehicle involved.
Try to remain as calm as possible and don’t get involved in a shouting match with the other party or parties involved.
Move the car to the shoulder or off the road after assessing the passengers.
Call an ambulance, and the police need to report any injuries.

Bumper Bashing Can Be Stressful. Report the accident at your nearest police station

Get the following information from all other drivers involved as well as any witnesses:

Full names and surnames. Company details if the other party was driving a work vehicle.
ID numbers.
Home, cell and work phone numbers.
Physical address.
Email addresses.
Vehicle registration number.
Description of the vehicles (make, model and colour).
Names and contact details of the police officials, paramedics and tow truck drivers.
Your location: street name and suburb.
At the time of the accident.
Road conditions and visibility.

After the accident:

Report the accident at the nearest police station within 24 hours.
Write down the name of the police officer spoken to and the accident report reference number.
Draw a sketch plan of the accident scene and ascertain that it contains an easily traceable fixed point.

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

CMH Suzuki Hillcrest – Guide On How To Change A Flat Tyre

November 29, 2022 By Rokkit

CMH Suzuki Hillcrest has compiled a step-by-step guide on how to change a flat tyre. Tyre punctures are the bane of every driver’s life. They demand immediate attention, regardless of where you are and what you had otherwise planned.

Whether or not a tyre is repairable depends entirely on the size and location of the puncture and the internal damage resulting from driving with a deflated tyre.

Step-By-Step How To Change A Flat Tyre:

Prioritise Your Safety

Flat tyres often happen in the most inconvenient locations. You will need to find a safe spot to pull over should this happen to you. If possible, have the flat tyre facing the verge side of the road instead of the traffic side. Once safely parked, put on your hazards, put your vehicle in neutral/park and pull up the handbrake.

Place Your Emergency Triangle in Plain Sight

In the event of a flat tyre, place your emergency triangle approximately 20 meters behind your vehicle on the road.

Find Objects to Support Your Brakes

Look for bricks, small rocks or logs and place them behind the other wheels to secure the vehicle and prevent it from rolling.

Retrieve Your Spare Wheel and Jack

Get your spare wheel, jack and wheel spanner from their respective compartments. They vary from car to car.

Look for a Suitable Spot to Place Your Jack

Look for the markings or notches on the metal frame under the vehicle near the tyre that needs changing. Place the jack and raise the wheel just enough to release vehicle weight.

Loosen the Wheel Nuts and Remove the Damaged Wheel

Turn the wheel spanner anti-clockwise to remove the hubcap and partially loosen the wheel nuts. Proceed to jack the vehicle up high enough off the ground to remove the wheel, remove the wheel nuts, carefully remove the flat tyre and place it under the car in case your jack fails.

Proceed to Change Your Tyre

Align the spare wheel rim with the wheel bolts and slot them into place, and put back the wheel nuts tightening the nuts in a star pattern (don’t tighten the wheel nut next to the one you’ve just worked on, but rather the one just opposite it) to ensure even torque with your hands till they nice and snug.

Remove your flat wheel from under your vehicle to lower and remove your jack. Double-check that the wheel nuts are snug with the wheel spanner.

Place Your Jack and Damaged Wheel in Their Respective Compartments

Place the flat wheel, jack, wheel spanner and emergency triangle into the boot. Take the damaged wheel for repairs at your earliest convenience.

3 Tips on Defensive Driving – CMH Suzuki Pinetown

October 26, 2022 By Rokkit

With the festive season around the corner, it is advisable to be aware of your surroundings and how to protect yourself and your passengers from aggressive drivers.

3 Tips on Defensive Driving — CMH Suzuki Pinetown – 3 tips on defensive driving

Aggressive drivers and their reckless driving habits are responsible for almost one-third of all traffic accidents. Unfortunately, many reckless drivers are weaving in and out of traffic without consideration for other drivers on the road. So with that in mind, here are 3 tips on defensive driving to help lower the risk when you get behind the wheel.

Be aware of your surroundings

Increased awareness of your surroundings will enable you to predict what other drivers might do on the road. In the worst-case scenario, it will be easier to avoid potential risk as it would catch you off guard.

CMH Suzuki Pinetown — Be aware of your surroundings

Maintain a safe distance

Chances are, you or someone you know have come across ‘Brake Checking’ – this is when a vehicle ahead of you slams its brakes and thus forces a reaction out of you. CMH Suzuki Pinetown suggests you follow the 3-second rule, picking out a marking and counting 3 seconds. If it is still visible, then there’s probably enough following distance. But also take into consideration road conditions.

Avoid distractions

Driving always requires your 100% attention, stay focused and ascertain you are well-rested before getting into the driver’s seat. CMH Suzuki Pinetown recommends at least 7 hours of sleep before you start a journey, with 15-minute breaks every 2 hours, especially during night driving.

CMH Suzuki Pinetown wishes that all our clients stay safe on the roads during the festive period and in the future.

We must bear in mind the dangers and hazards we may encounter whilst driving, so let’s perfect our safety procedures so that we can all arrive alive, and let us remember the 3 tips on defensive driving

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CMH GROUP –CORONAVIRUS – COVID-19 – Precautionary Measures

March 19, 2020 By Rokkit

Message from the CEO’s Desk – Jebb McIntosh with regards to COVID-19 – Precautionary measures

COVID-19 – Precautionary measures are vigilantly being implemented within all CMH GROUP Dealerships in order to avoid the spread of the Coronavirus.

We all face a difficult challenge responding to the Coronavirus, COVID-19, which the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic. The safety of our customers, employees, families, and visitors remains the overriding priority of the CMH GROUP.

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To aid in minimizing the spread of the virus, all CMH Group Dealerships and offices have implemented the following measures.
1. Encourage employees and Customers to regularly and thoroughly clean their hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.

CMH GROUP –CORONAVIRUS – COVID-19 – Precautionary Measures

2. Customers and Employees will be given hand Sanitiser on entry to the Dealership.

3. As has always been the norm in CMH Group workshops, the customer vehicles will have protective gear, steering wheel covers, and seat covers, etc fitted on arrival, and the inside of the vehicle and outside touchpoints will be sanitized before customer collection.
4. All Dealerships are disinfected regularly throughout the day, this includes all touch surfaces, door handles, railings, taps, desks, computers, cell phones, credit card terminals, keys (Customers), etc. The Coronavirus is not airborne, it relies on touch.

5. Any CMH Group Staff member, should they show or experience any cold or flu-like symptoms, have been requested to go and see a medical practitioner right away.
6. Maintain social distancing, by maintaining at least 1-metre distance between yourself and the next person.
7. Practice respiratory hygiene, making sure you, and the people around you, follow good respiratory hygiene. Cover your mouth and nose with a bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze.

At the CMH Group, your health and the health of our staff are of paramount importance. Consequently, we will ensure that the required protocols will be applied diligently.
We thank you for your support
Best Regards