Nobody knows or understands an object of creation more than its maker and this concept applies to just about everything that surrounds us, including cars. Manufacturers know everything there is to know about the cars that they produce, the weaknesses, the strengths, and modification capabilities.
It is a given, that different manufacturers produce different cars following different mechanical/ electrical principles in relation to the vehicles that they produce. The benefits of owning an automotive repair manual that are specific to a make, model, and year of a certain vehicle owned cannot be ignored.
The benefits are simply ‘off the charts’ so to speak as those who take the time and trouble to learn how use repair manuals, especially mechanics will avoid making common mistakes and save time which means that they will be saving money and enhancing their competitive advantage against other mechanics.
These repair manuals that are specific to single models will allow mechanics to augment their general understanding of the vehicle’s ‘concept’. This is due to the fact that most automotive repair manuals contain precise diagrams of ‘patented’ or unique components that will explain its construct in a way that even novice mechanics will be able to grasp on how it functions.
The fact that these understandings do not end with the repair manual and that specific car is another factor that must not be overlooked as the concept will be applicable to many different situations, makes and models. The more car repair manuals that a mechanic goes through on different car models, the better their level of knowledge on the principles that automobile makers manufacture their car which as mentioned earlier gives mechanics a distinct competitive advantage over other mechanics.
Most vehicles in the current era use a combination of mechanical and electrical principles that allow different vehicles to function differently and are in general complex, compared to vehicles two decades ago. For example, hybrid cars, fuel injection systems, transmission construct, thermal cooling, electric traction motor of different vehicles all work differently from one manufacturer to the next.
Due to this, the incidences of mechanics causing more harm to cars than good is becoming a common phenomenon that has resulted in vehicle owners sending their cars to designated workshops or even attempting to repair their vehicles on their own using these car repair manuals that they obtain from the automobile maker.
It is common to hear people saying, “ever since I sent my car to that workshop, my car is underperforming, consuming more fuel, does not feel right, and the list goes on and on. These are the workshop mechanics that seem to hold on to the ‘one size fits all’ car repair approach, which simply does not work anymore.
Cars are unique these days and it is not uncommon that the same problem that arises from two different cars from two different manufacturers is solved with an entirely different approach. The moral of the story here is straightforward – mechanics that refer to repair manuals before tackling a problem with vehicles that they are unfamiliar with, will end up doing a better job and give their customers a higher level of satisfaction which is a critical success factor for any business.
