Admit it, some car parts have short life span and likely to break down after 5 years, right after the international car warranty finished! Buck up your saving for this emergency car part replacements, and these car parts aren’t cheap like oil filter.
Most car parts would LAST at least 5 years before it start to malfunction, that why car manufacturers only give the warranty up to 5 years. Such an evil plan right? Suck it pals!
These items would probably cost an arm if you have to replace the part entirely.
Alternator
Bad alternator is the most frequent car part that break down after the car just cross 5 years old milestones.
The function of alternator is to regenerate electricity to the car system and recharge back your car battery.
Prolonged usage of car and the heat from the engine damage the carbon and motor in the alternator.
Cost of replacement would easily go up few $1000-3000, depending the car brand and type of alternator.
Sign of bad car alternator is the car battery die of pretty soon even it is still new, car jerking while driving and A/C and headlamp system is not working properly.
Cooling coil/ Evaporator
No matter how well you take care your vehicle, but you can’t just access to the cooling coil because the part is lie underneath of the car dashboard.
The high compression of A/C gas and hot/cold condition speed up the sealing between the cooling coil, and cause A/C gas leakage even after just 5 years of purchased the car.
Cost of replacement will cost up to $1000, depending on the car brand.
Sign of bad cooling coil or bad evaporator is the A/C system no longer working effectively, the air blow out from the air vent in the car cabin is not cold.
Fuel Pump
Some car manufacturers advise the consumers to replace the fuel pump after hit 80,000KM mileages.
The function of fuel pump is to pump the fuel from the tank, to the engine. After some strenuous usage of the part, the fuel pump soon clogged with contamination from the fuel that we pump at the petrol/gas station.
The fuel pump assembled underneath of the car, usually below the petrol/gas tank, and is not easy to replace the part.
There is where the labour service to replace the pump become expensive. It would cost around $300-500.
Sign of bad fuel pump is the car lack of responsive due to inconsistent fuel deliver to the engine, and maybe can’t even start the engine because there is no fuel deliver to the engine.
Radiator
The function of radiator is to circulate the cooling fluid in the engine system, and is absolutely important to prevent your car engine from overheat.
Heat and extreme weather in the selected country like Malaysia is the root that causing the car radiator damage. Extreme heat and humid weather speed up the corrosion in the radiator system, and the corrosion create leakage in the cooling system.
If there is the leakage, your engine will have potential to overheat anytime.
That why there are so many drivers keep a bottle of water in their car booth for standby, incase the car run into overheat while driving on the roads.
Typical cost of replacement would be $500-800, depending the type of the car.
Upper Control Arm
Our roads are full of potholes and damages along the ways, and sometimes we drove over a high curb without slowing down, and this contribute to the Upper control arm damage, usually on the front wheels.
Upper control arm, which located at underneath of the vehicle, right beside the wheels. The function of this car part is to hold and allow the wheels to move freely.
Drive through the curb and deep potholes damage the upper control arm, and most people experience this replacement before.
As you drive longer on the vehicle, you will have higher chance to damage the upper control arm.
The replacement usually cost around $200-500, subjected to the car replacement parts.
So, here are the top 5 car parts that likely to break down after 5 years, right after the car manufacturer warranty. Is good to save some money for these part replacements as it is really not cheap. You can replace it before it goes bad, but I would rather wait till it broken then replace it. Sometimes, the car parts can really last long (10-12 years) if you are lucky 🙂
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