Jeep Off-Road Maintenance: Keeping Your Vehicle Trail-Ready

Off-roading puts many vehicle components under more strain than usual. This needs to be countered with good maintenance. Here’s a detailed guide to Jeep off-road maintenance that will keep your SUV or truck strong, reliable, and trail-ready for many years to come.

 

Jeep Off-Road Maintenance: Keeping Your Vehicle Trail-Ready

Check Your Tires for Damage

Your Jeep’s tires must always be properly inflated to handle the challenges of rocks, logs, dips, rises, and bumps on the trail. Check the air pressure in each tire once or twice a month. Also, inspect your tires frequently for signs of damage such as cuts, bulges, and embedded objects.

 

Align and Rotate Your Tires

When tackling off-road trails, tires get pushed and bumped from all kinds of different angles. This can slowly alter the alignment of a tire, which will eventually hinder the vehicle’s steering and handling. To counter misalignment, you’ll need to have your tires rotated twice a year, or more often if you off-road frequently. You’ll also need to have your tires rotated to counter uneven tread wear.

 

Schedule Suspension Inspections

Jeeps are built with enormously sturdy, robust suspension components. Nevertheless, off-road ventures will strain your suspension and accelerate wear and tear in the shocks and struts. It’s advisable to have your suspension professionally inspected once or twice a year, so our technicians can fine-tune the system and replace worn-out parts.

 

Clean and Protect Your Undercarriage

The undercarriage of your Jeep will take more knocks when off-roading. It will also get spattered with water and mud. Make sure to check everything on the underside of your Jeep for signs of damage.

It’s also important to clean the undercarriage frequently to lessen the risk of corrosion. Some drivers do so after each off-roading trip. You can also apply an anti-corrosion coating to the exhaust and other exposed components and lubricate the axles, driveshaft, transfer case, and suspension parts, which both preserves and protects them.

 

Check and Flush All Vehicle Fluids

Your motor oil might wear down more rapidly if you off-road often because of excessive dust and dirt in the air, which makes its way into the oil. This means you may need more frequent oil changes than the usual twice-a-year interval. Make sure all other essential vehicle fluids are properly maintained and replenished or flushed on time.

 

Replace Your Air Filters Often

The dustier air of trails into nature means your engine’s air filter will clog up more rapidly. You’ll probably need to replace this filter twice a year, along with the cabin air filter. Keep a close eye on both of them.

 

Inspect Your Brakes Frequently

Your brakes must be kept reliable and responsive for safe off-roading. This requires a full brake inspection at least twice a year, during which our technicians can inspect the brake pads, rotors, calipers, lines, and fluid, and replace any parts that are wearing out.

Allow our experienced Jeep technicians to keep your SUV or truck in top-notch off-roading shape. Come to Devils Lake Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Devils Lake, ND, to set up a suitable service schedule.

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