One in 4 (25%) of UK drivers admit to skipping their annual car service as a consequence of price.
And 18% say they’re probably to take action once more within the subsequent 12 months, in accordance with new analysis by Volkswagen Monetary Companies (VWFS) UK.
The findings come from an impartial survey of two,000 UK drivers, who had been requested about their perspective in direction of car servicing, key ache factors, and their information of auto dashboard warning symbols.
The analysis additionally discovered that youthful drivers, aged between 24 and 34, are extra probably (38%) to skip getting their automotive serviced as a consequence of price pressures.
That is in comparison with simply 14% of these aged 65 and over. And with the cost-of-living hitting the youthful era tougher, virtually half (45%) of all youthful drivers really feel they’re additionally more likely to miss their automotive service within the subsequent 12 months, additional compromising the efficiency of their vehicles, in addition to probably creating questions of safety for themselves and different street customers. Comparatively, simply 10% of these aged 55 to 64 stated the identical.
There was normal understanding throughout all age ranges that ‘yellow warning lights’ on the automotive dashboard flag up potential issues that want checking as quickly as doable.
James Taylor, Head of Product at VWFS UK feedback “Common automotive servicing and upkeep is important to optimise driving efficiency, preserve automobiles secure each for the driving force and different street customers and lower future car-related prices total.
