Main household motor retail group JCT600 has revealed that 33% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to verify brake fluid and 26% of automotive homeowners wouldn’t know the right way to change a tyre.
With 71% of the UK presently proudly owning a minimum of one automotive and 23% of the UK claiming to undertake some, or all, of their automotive upkeep (YouGov), JCT600 was eager to know the data gaps that exist relating to sustaining automobiles.
Working a nationally consultant survey of over 2000 respondents with FindOutNow; JCT600 discovered that those that went to school or accomplished a post-graduate diploma had been extra prone to not know the right way to change a tyre (25% and 29%), windscreen wiper (18% and 22%), or verify their brake fluid (32% and 39%).
The survey discovered important variations between women and men’s automotive upkeep data with solely 16% of males not sure the right way to verify brake fluid in comparison with 36% of girls, highlighting a transparent gender automotive data hole.
When taking a look at variations throughout the nation, Northern areas lacked probably the most automotive upkeep data, with folks from the North West most probably to not know the right way to change a tyre (26%) and folks from North East most probably to not know the right way to change windscreen wiper blades (22%). Folks from Wales had been additionally most probably to not know the right way to verify brake fluid (31%).
Simply a number of the outcomes from JCT600’s survey embody:
- 33% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to verify brake fluid
- 26% of automotive homeowners can’t change a automotive tyre
- 20% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to change a windscreen wiper blade
- 10% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to verify tyre tread
- 9% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to verify oil
- 9% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to verify tyre strain
Based on YouGov knowledge, 38% of the UK solely change their automotive tyres when “completely crucial”. Nevertheless, JCT600’s survey discovered that 26% of automotive homeowners have no idea the right way to change a tyre. Taking a look at generational variations, 25-34 12 months olds are least prone to know the right way to change tyre (30%). They had been additionally most probably to not know the right way to change a windscreen wiper blade (22%), verify tyre tread (10%), and verify brake fluid (34%). While 18-24s had been most probably to not know the right way to verify oil (9%) or tyre strain (9%).
Graham Thacker, Director accountable for Aftercare at JCT600 stated of the outcomes, “With so many automotive homeowners within the UK, it’s shocking in a manner how many people have no idea the right way to carry out primary upkeep checks on our autos. However in one other manner, it’s much less shocking that with such busy existence, many people select to depart automotive upkeep to the professionals in order that we are able to get on with our day. At JCT600, it doesn’t matter how little about automotive upkeep. Once we service autos we solely use manufacturer-approved elements all fitted by manufacturer-trained technicians to make sure our clients have one much less factor to fret about.”
