Is it a problem to wash your car at the carwash?
Is it a problem to wash your car at the carwash?
But, if there’s one time you’d want this feature deactivated, it would be at the carwash. It’s particularly a problem in carwashes that require car owners to be out of the vehicle and the car to be off and in neutral.
Are there any car washes that do SPE CIAL?
It’s a problem so widespread that Eric Wulf at the International Carwash Association (ICA) has assembled a PDF for his member carwashes that include instructions for “Spe cial Needs Vehicles.” Wulf points out that carwashes are different across the country.
How to send a car through a carwash without the engine running?
If you want to send your car through an automatic carwash without the engine running, you have to remove that button and insert the SmartKey: Switch on the ignition. Depress the brake pedal and keep it depressed. Pull the Start/Stop button out of the ignition. Insert the SmartKey into the ignition lock. Shift to Neutral. Release the brake pedal.
What causes a car wash seal to fail?
“The problem with that … is now you’ve overfilled the bearing and you’ve blown the seal, and now water can get in there. And that is a major cause of bearing failure in carwashing. You don’t want to break that seal,” Schaefer warns. Another problem area at carwashes is the vacuums.
But, if there’s one time you’d want this feature deactivated, it would be at the carwash. It’s particularly a problem in carwashes that require car owners to be out of the vehicle and the car to be off and in neutral.
It’s a problem so widespread that Eric Wulf at the International Carwash Association (ICA) has assembled a PDF for his member carwashes that include instructions for “Spe cial Needs Vehicles.” Wulf points out that carwashes are different across the country.
If you want to send your car through an automatic carwash without the engine running, you have to remove that button and insert the SmartKey: Switch on the ignition. Depress the brake pedal and keep it depressed. Pull the Start/Stop button out of the ignition. Insert the SmartKey into the ignition lock. Shift to Neutral. Release the brake pedal.