Make sure your Hyundai stays cool during summer!

Car fires are getting more and more attention in the news. They’re usually affiliated to design flaws and exotic cars. Unfortunately, you could be playing your role in preventing them from happening to you. Here’s a quick list of things to look out for, if you can’t do it yourself, we understand. Come to us! Our service department will be glad to check on things for you!

1. Fuel system leaks
As you can imagine, they play a large role in regular car fires. They occur when the plastic on the tube starts to crack away, forcing flammable liquids onto warm engine parts can be the easiest way to get a fire started.

2. Electrical System Failure
These are the second most common causes for Car Fires, and no they don’t have to be the ones you find Electric Vehicles, any regular car battery can make quite the damage if not kept up properly. 

3. Spilled fluids
A car has plenty of different fluids that allow it to run smoothly. Fuel, engine oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, brake fluid and even engine coolant can all be found leaking in en engine bay. In the event of a car accident, if these fluids are leaking across your car, the chances of a car fire to initiate are higher.

4. Overheating Engines
A motor that tends to overheat is due to poor maintenance. Keeping your car in good working condition will help you avoid overheating, especially during longer road trips. It doesn’t actually cause the fire but sets it up perfectly (unfortunately) to bring fluids temperatures way up, and making it a real risk. 

5. Last but not least, the catalytic converter
As we all know, the exhaust pieces are one of the warmest in a car. It is very important to help keep the exhaust at a safe and lower temperature! In order to do that, one simply needs to make sure their spark plugs are functioning properly, anything to ensure the car’s burning process is happening properly, so that the Catalytic Converter doesn’t have to work extra hard.