Car Consumer Treasure Chest

Author: Zhang Chunhe
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book introduces relevant knowledge for car buyers, users, and maintenance in eight aspects: basic car knowledge, car selection, car driving, car maintenance, car storage, car faults and repairs, car parts, and car fuels, using a Q&A format. The content is comprehensive, practical, concise, and easy to understand. It serves as a good reference for consumers when selecting cars, a helpful guide for car owners during driving and maintenance, and a knowledge charger for drivers during downtime. This book is suitable for general car consumers when selecting cars.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Basic Car Knowledge
Section 1: Basic Car Knowledge
1. How are domestic cars classified?
2. How are imported cars classified?
3. What is the meaning of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)?
4. What does the "small aluminum plate" on the car body contain?
5. How are domestic cars numbered?
6. How are domestic internal combustion engines numbered?
7. What are the main technical performance indicators of a car?
8. What are the main parameters of a car?
9. What are three-box cars, two-box cars, and single-box cars?
10. What are MPV cars?
11. What are SUV cars?
12. What are RV cars?
Section 2: Basic Car Structure
13. What are the main components of a car?
14. What are the main components of a car engine?
15. How are car engines classified?
16. What are the common terms for car engines?
17. What are the main components of the Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) system?
18. What is the function of the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)? What are its main components?
19. What are the main components of the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)?
20. What is the main function of the Electronic Control Transmission (ECT)? What are its main components?
21. What are the advantages of the Electronic Power Steering System (EPS)? What are its main components?
Chapter 2: Car Selection
Section 1: Pre-Purchase Preparation
1. What are the basic principles for selecting a car?
2. What are the basic steps for selecting a car?
3. What issues should be noted when buying a car?
4. How much does it cost to own a car?
5. How to examine car dealers?
6. How to examine the sales strategies of car dealers?
7. What do "3S" and "4S" in car sales refer to?
8. What are the sales models of domestic cars?
9. What are the legal operating units for cars in China?
10. What are the sales methods of domestic car products?
11. How is the market price of domestic car products determined?
12. What factors affect the market price of domestic car products?
Section 2: New Car Selection
13. What are the procedures for purchasing and taking delivery of a new car?
14. How to budget for car purchase costs?
15. What size displacement car is suitable?
16. Why should you buy a model listed in the "Catalog" (Announcement)?
17. How to choose the right time to buy a car?
18. How to choose a dealer?
19. How to choose a car model?
20. How to choose a car brand?
21. How to choose a car color?
22. How to conduct a on-site inspection of a new car?
23. What documents should be obtained when buying a car?
24. What to pay attention to when test-driving?
25. How to determine a "0-mile" new car?
26. What are the three key factors to consider when selecting a car?
27. How to select a safe car?
28. What should women pay attention to when buying a car?
Section 3: Imported Car Selection
29. What are the differences between domestic and imported cars?
30. What are the procedures and procedures for buying an imported car?
31. How to select an imported car?
32. What issues should be noted when selecting an imported car?
33. What changes can be expected in the price and tax of imported cars?
Section 4: Used Car Selection
34. How to select a used car?
35. How to determine the price of a used car?
36. How to check the quality of a used car?
37. How to check the documents of a used car?
38. What types of used cars cannot be traded?
39. What are the procedures for trading used cars?
40. How to handle the transfer of used car ownership?
41. What should be noted when buying a used car?
Section 5: Financing Car Purchase
42. Is financing a car purchase worthwhile?
43. What conditions are required to apply for a car loan?
44. What documents are required to apply for a car loan?
45. What are the financing methods for car purchases?
46. What are the regulations on the amount, term, and interest rate for car loans?
47. How to apply for a car loan?
Section 6: New Car Insurance
48. What types of vehicle insurance are available?
49. What are the specific regulations for each type of vehicle insurance?
50. How to determine the insurance amount for a vehicle?
51. How to get insurance for your new car?
52. What situations are not covered by insurance?
53. What should be noted when insuring a vehicle?
54. How to claim after a car theft (theft or hijacking)?
55. How to claim after a traffic accident?
56. What changes can be expected in the premium rates for new car damage insurance?
Chapter 3: Car Driving
Section 1: Driving Training
1. What are the basic conditions required to learn car driving?
2. What procedures are required to apply for driving training?
3. How to choose a driving school?
4. What are the functions of a driving school?
5. What are the subjects and content of the driving exam?
6. How is the driving exam venue set up?
7. What are the passing standards for the driving exam?
8. How is the driving practice period regulated?
9. What regulations should be followed during the driving practice period?
10. How to dress properly when practicing driving?
11. What are the traffic behavior norms for drivers?
12. What are the traffic discipline rules for drivers?
Section 2: Driver's License
13. What is the function of a motor vehicle driver's license?
14. What types of vehicle driver's licenses are available?
15. How to apply for a vehicle driver's license?
16. What are the main contents recorded and annotated on the vehicle driver's license?
17. How are the scoring cycle and points for traffic violations regulated?
18. What are the traffic violations that result in a 12-point deduction?
19. How is the periodic inspection of motor vehicles regulated in terms of procedures and deadlines?
20. How are motor vehicle license plates classified and mounted?
21. What is the function of the Motor Vehicle Driving License? What are the main contents annotated on it?
Section 3: Driving Skills
22. What precautions should be taken when getting in and out of the car?
23. How to adjust the seat and mirror positions?
24. How to maintain a good driving posture?
25. How to identify blind spots?
26. What precautions should be taken before starting the car? How to start the car?
27. How does the car accelerate?
28. How to coordinate the operation of various control components?
29. Why does the car need to accelerate in each gear?
30. How to master the semi-synching control operation of the clutch?
31. How to perform quick start operation?
32. How to perform car acceleration operation?
33. How to determine the timing for shifting gears?
34. How to determine the timing for downshifting?
35. How to adjust the speed through the accelerator?
36. How to adjust the speed through the brakes?
37. What are the characteristics of vision during car operation?
38. How to control the direction when backing up?
39. How to perform predictive braking?
40. How to perform fixed-point braking?
41. How to perform emergency braking?
42. How to perform hill start operation?
43. How to choose a parking spot?
44. How to control safe speed?
45. How to maintain a safe distance between vehicles?
46. How to perform vehicle overtaking operation?
47. How to perform vehicle yielding operation?
48. How to drive in the rain?
49. What are the "six notes" for driving in summer?
50. Why should you pay attention to ventilation in the car during summer driving?
51. What issues should be noted when driving in winter?
52. What issues should be noted when driving in winter fog?
53. What should be done if the driving wheels slip on snow and ice in winter?
54. What should be noted when parking cars on snow and ice in winter?
55. What should be done if the car fails to start in winter?
56. What should be noted when driving at dusk?
57. How to judge the road conditions when driving at night?
58. How to perform head-on collisions when driving at night?
59. How to use the lighting correctly when driving at night?
60. What precautions should be taken when parking in reverse at night?
61. What rules should be followed when driving on highways?
62. How to prevent tire blowouts when driving on highways?
63. How to handle engine overheating when driving on highways?
64. How to pass uneven roads?
65. How to pass bridges and tunnels?
66. How to use the steering wheel correctly?
67. How to drive an automatic transmission car correctly?
68. What is predictive driving?
69. What are the general principles for high-speed driving?
70. How to drive a car that has just been properly?
Section 4: Driving Safety
72. What unsafe behaviors should be avoided when driving?
73. What are the "six no-nos" for safe driving?
74. What are the "five opens" and "five no-opens" for driving?
75. How to use seatbelts correctly?
76. How to confirm the safety status when starting the car?
77. How to confirm the safety status when parking?
78. How to confirm the safety status during driving?
79. How to safely avoid pedestrians when driving?
80. How to ensure safe driving during windy weather?
81. When is driving most dangerous?
82. Which medications should not be taken before driving?
83. What factors can harm drivers' health?
84. What should women pay attention to when driving?
Chapter 4: Car Maintenance
Section 1: Maintenance Knowledge
1. Why is car maintenance more important than car repair?
2. Is car maintenance or repair more cost-effective?
3. What is the difference between car maintenance and car repair?
4. Why is it necessary to maintain cars?
5. How is car maintenance classified?
6. What are the main tasks of car maintenance?
7. What precautions should be taken when maintaining a car?
Section 2: New Car Maintenance
8. What are the items for initial car run-in maintenance?
9. What is the car break-in period? What should be noted during the break-in period?
10. What are the maintenance items before the car break-in period?
11. What are the maintenance items in the early stage of the car break-in period?
12. What are the maintenance items for a 1000km car break-in period?
13. What are the maintenance items after the car break-in period?
14. What are the maintenance items for a 5000km car?
15. Why must the air filter be cleaned and maintained?
16. How to maintain a dry air filter?
17. How to maintain a wet air filter?
18. What are the maintenance items for a 10000km car?
19. What are the maintenance items for a 20000km car?
Section 3: Daily Maintenance
20. What is daily car maintenance?
21. What are the items for daily car maintenance?
22. How to clean a sedan daily?
23. How to maintain a sedan body during rainy or foggy weather?
24. How to use cleaning agents, polishes, and rubbing creams?
25. How to prevent a new car from rusting?
26. How to repair small rust spots or scratches on the car body?
27. How to keep the interior of the car clean?
28. How to clean car glass?
29. What precautions should be taken for daily car maintenance in summer?
30. How to clean spark plugs?
31. How to maintain the car air conditioning system?
32. How to replace and maintain wipers and wiper blades?
33. How to clean the gasoline filter?
34. How to clean the diesel fuel system?
35. How to clean the fuel tank?
36. How to clean the battery terminals?
Section 4: Regular Maintenance
37. Why is it necessary to maintain cars regularly?
38. How is the interval mileage for sedan regular maintenance specified?
39. What is seasonal car maintenance? What are the items for seasonal maintenance?
40. How to maintain a car that is temporarily parked?
41. How to maintain a stored car?
42. How to replace and maintain the gear oil of a manual transmission?
43. How to replace and maintain the gear oil of an automatic transmission?
44. How to replace the air filter?
45. How to replace the spark plugs?
46. How to replace the spark plug high-voltage wires?
47. How to replace the engine oil and oil filter?
48. How to replace the differential gear oil?
49. How to remove the precipitates in the fuel system?
50. How to replace the gasoline filter of an electronic fuel injection engine?
51. How to replace the fan belt?
52. How to replace the radiator hose?
53. How to replace the battery?
54. How to replace the battery cables?
55. How to replace the distributor cover, points, and firing head?
56. How to use and maintain car headlights correctly?
57. How to replace the car light bulbs?
58. How to replace the fuses and blown wires?
59. How to maintain the car braking system?
60. How to maintain the car ABS braking system?
61. How to maintain the car tires?
62. How to inflate tires correctly?
63. How to prevent tire blowouts?
64. How to change the position of tires?
65. How to replace a tire?
66. How to use tires reasonably?
67. How to maintain the car leaf spring?
Chapter 5: Car Storage
Section 1: Daily Storage
1. What factors affect the service life of a car?
2. What precautions should be taken for daily car storage?
3. What precautions should be taken when driving in the wild or on long trips?
4. What precautions should be taken when the owner leaves the car temporarily?
5. How to store a car in summer?
6. How to maintain and store a car in winter?
7. How to protect the paint of a sedan in daily use?
8. What methods or precautions should be taken to prevent car fires in summer?
9. What incorrect practices should be avoided when using an electronic fuel injection car?
10. How to store and use the car battery correctly?
11. How to store car tires?
12. How to store a car that has been parked outdoors for a long time?
Section 2: Car Theft Prevention
13. What exactly should be protected against car theft?
14. How to prevent car theft?
15. What types of car alarms are available?
16. What functions do car alarms have?
17. How to select and identify car alarms?
18. How to install a car alarm lock?
19. How does the car alarm system work?
20. How to prevent the theft of car parts?
21. How does the smart key card slot prevent theft?
Section 3: Inventory Storage
22. What are the basic requirements for a garage?
23. What should be kept in a garage?
24. What precautions should be taken when parking and storing a car in a garage?
Chapter 6: Car Faults and Repairs
Section 1: Repair and Modification
1. How is the level of car repair shops divided?
2. How to choose a car repair shop?
3. How to examine the service of a car repair shop?
4. How to send a faulty car for repair?
5. How to spend less money on car repairs?
6. What precautions should be taken when modifying a car?
7. What are the common forms of car modification?
8. How to choose a car beauty shop?
Section 2: Fault Diagnosis and Troubleshooting (Carburetor Engine)
9. What types of faults are common in the fuel system of a gasoline engine?
10. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults such as no fuel or poor fuel flow?
11. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of lean mixture?
12. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of rich mixture?
13. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of poor acceleration?
14. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of poor idle speed?
15. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of the diesel fuel system?
16. How to diagnose and troubleshoot electrical faults?
17. How to diagnose engine noises?
18. How to diagnose noises?
19. How to diagnose and troubleshoot clutch slippage?
20. How to diagnose and troubleshoot braking system faults?
21. How to diagnose and troubleshoot steering system faults?
22. What to do if the horn doesn't work?
23. What are the reasons and solutions for a car air conditioning system that doesn't cool?
24. What are the abnormal factors that cause the oil light to flash?
25. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of the brake light not working?
26. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of the turn signal light not working?
27. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of the headlight not working?
28. How to diagnose and troubleshoot faults of the alternator?
29. How to diagnose and troubleshoot electrical circuit faults?
Section 3: On-the-Road First Aid
30. What to do if the engine is "flooded"?
31. What to do if the cylinder head gasket is damaged?
32. What to do if the radiator is cracked?
33. What to do if the crankcase is low on oil?
34. What to do if the fan belt breaks?
35. What to do if the fuel pump diaphragm is damaged?
36. What to do if the fuel pump valve leaks oil?
37. What to do if the fuel line is broken or leaking oil?
38. What to do if the fuel system has vapor lock?
39. What to do if the battery is damaged or dead?
40. What to do if the ignition switch fails?
41. What to do if the distributor cover is damaged or leaking?
42. What to do if the distributor electrode is damaged and leaking?
43. What to do if the distributor points are damaged?
44. What to do if the ignition coil is damaged?
45. What to do if the hydraulic braking system is low on brake fluid?
46. What to do if the brake line to the brake caliper is broken?
47. What to do if the leaf spring is broken?
48. What to do if the brakes fail?
49. What to do if the steering fails?
50. What to do if the car tire blows out?
51. What to do if the car slides sideways?
52. What to do if the car rolls over?
53. What to do if the car is driven into water?
54. What to do if the car catches fire?
55. What to do if the car is rear-ended or head-on collided?
Section 4: Common Mistakes in Car Use
56. Prioritize repair over maintenance.
57. Prioritize insurance over prevention.
58. Prioritize use over maintenance.
59. Blindly modify.
60. Leave the car idle without use.
61. Believing that reducing engine speed can save fuel.
62. Repeatedly stepping on the accelerator before starting a diesel car.
63. Ignoring the vibration limiter.
64. Blindly removing the idle speed device.
65. Stepping on the accelerator to start an electronic fuel injection car.
66. Driving fast with ABS.
67. Sudden acceleration after starting the car.
68. Suddenly releasing the accelerator during rainy weather.
69. Frequent braking when going downhill.
70. Forcing the car up a hill in a high gear.
71. Driving a new car in low gear.
72. Continuously accelerating hard while driving.
73. Ignoring the role of safety devices.
74. Idling the engine for a long time.
75. Abruptly lifting the clutch when starting or leaving a mud pit.
Chapter 7: Car Parts
Section 1: Parts Knowledge
1. How are car parts usually classified according to their use?
2. What are the main parts of a car engine?
3. What are the common easily worn parts of a car engine?
4. What are the main parts of a car chassis?
5. What are the common easily worn parts of a car chassis?
6. What are the main parts of a car body?
7. What are the common easily worn parts of a car body?
8. What are the electrical, instrument, and related parts of a car?
9. What are the common easily worn parts of the electrical and instrument systems?
10. How to look up car parts catalogs?
Section 2: Parts Selection
11. What are the hazards of accidentally buying low-quality car parts?
12. How to identify counterfeit and shoddy car parts?
13. How to check the quality of car parts?
14. What are original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket parts?
15. How to select OEM parts?
16. How to identify genuine and fake brake pads?
17. How to select and identify car tires?
18. How to judge the appearance quality of car headlights?
19. How to identify counterfeit car light bulbs?
20. How to identify the sound quality of car audio?
21. What to do if you buy low-quality parts?
Chapter 8: Car Fuel
Section 1: Vehicle Fuel
1. What are the quality requirements for vehicle gasoline?
2. What are the varieties and grades of vehicle gasoline?
3. How to select vehicle gasoline?
4. What precautions should be taken when using gasoline?
5. What are the quality requirements for vehicle diesel?
6. What are the grades and grades of vehicle diesel?
7. How to select vehicle diesel?
8. What precautions should be taken when using diesel?
9. What grade of gasoline should your car use?
10. How to use fuel scientifically?
11. What techniques can save fuel while driving?
Section 2: Vehicle Lubricants
12. What are the quality requirements for vehicle lubricants?
13. What are the types and grades of gasoline engine lubricants?
14. What are the types and grades of diesel engine lubricants?
15. What are the types and grades of universal internal combustion engine lubricants?
16. How to select gasoline engine lubricants?
17. How to select diesel engine lubricants?
18. What are the types and grades of vehicle gear oil?
19. How to select vehicle gear oil?
20. What are the varieties and grades of vehicle lubricating grease?
21. How to select vehicle lubricating grease?
22. Is it normal for the oil level to rise by itself?
23. Is it better to add more oil?
24. Why should the selection of lubricant quality level be high and not low?
25. What precautions should be taken when using lubricating oil?
Section 3: Special Vehicle Fluids
26. What are the performance requirements for vehicle brake fluid?
27. What are the specifications and grades of vehicle brake fluid?
28. How to select vehicle brake fluid?
29. How to use brake fluid correctly?
30. What are the performance requirements for vehicle antifreeze?
31. How to select vehicle antifreeze?
32. What are the common brands of antifreeze on the market?
33. How to use vehicle antifreeze correctly?
34. What are the performance requirements for fluid transmission oil?
35. How to select fluid transmission oil?
36. How to select shock absorber oil?
37. How to use fuel, lubricating oil, and antifreeze in summer?
Appendix
Appendix 1: Regulations for the Implementation of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China
Appendix 2: Motor Vehicle Registration Regulations
Appendix 3: Regulations for the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses
Appendix 4: Regulations on the Handling Procedures for Road Traffic Safety Violations
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