Parking For Long Durations - TATA Motors TIAGO Owner's Manual

MAINTENANCE
Vehicle Parking for Long Duration
(Non - Use Maintenance)
If you want to park your vehicle at one
place for long duration, following care is
to be taken:
Park the vehicle in covered, dry and
1.
if possible well-ventilated premises.
Engage a gear.
Remove the battery terminal cables
2.
(first remove the cable from the neg-
ative terminal). Ensure that battery is
fully charged.
Use wheel chocks to prevent move-
3.
ment of the car.
Clean and protect the painted parts
4.
using protective wax.
Clean and protect the shiny metal
5.
parts using commercially available
special compounds.
Sprinkle talcum powder on the rub-
6.
ber windscreen wiper and lift them
off the glass.
Slightly open the windows.
7.
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Cover the vehicle with a cloth or per-
8.
forated plastic sheet. Do not use
sheets of imperforated plastic as
they do not allow moisture on the ve-
hicle body to evaporate.
Inflate the tyres to
9. 0.5
normal specified pressure and check
it at regular intervals.
Check the battery charge every six
10.
weeks.
Do not drain the engine cooling sys-
11.
tem.
bar above the