Don’t Touch These Guys!

Do you consider yourself to be a handy person? Great news! We love when people take the initiative to get familiar with the inner workings of their vehicles’ engines. However, no matter how handy you are, there are some essential maintenance functions that you should 100% leave to the professionals. I don’t care how many socket wrenches you have, if you need to take care of any of the following issues, take your vehicle to the shop here at Destination Nissan to have Nissan-certified experts take care of your vehicle!

1. Don’t touch the transmission. Don’t even change the fluid. If you make a mistake with the transmission you’re in for a much more expensive repair than you had on your hands before you decided to try and repair it.
2. Your windshield is another thing that you need to bring to glass professionals. Even those store bought kits that say they fix cracks, well. A professional will get the job done seamlessly, and the kit won’t provide satisfactory results. Just get a pro in there and you’ll be set.
3. Anything to do with wiring should be off-limits; trying to tinker with anything in the car that has a lot of delicate electronics is a bad idea. So no putting in a new sound system on your own! Do you know how bad electrical fires are? Stay away!
4. Don’t think about touching the fuel pump, either. This is not only a very precise part, but it requires precise installation and even the smallest mixup can total your engine from the inside out.
5. Don’t try your hand at engine diagnostics. This should be a no-brainer. The little code reader you can get that turns off the check engine light doesn’t actually fix anything, so why waste money that you could spend on getting what’s making the light come on repaired?