F3/F3R OWNER’S MANUAL
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garage, or if you drive it covered with water or
snow, your garage may be so damp as to
cause corrosion. Even if your garage is
heated, a wet vehicle can corrode if the
ventilation is poor.
Painting area maintenance tips
Pay attention to the following regulations in
the application and maintenance process of
the vehicle:
(1) Clean the dust on the vehicle before,
during, and after using your BYD F3 and
try to reduce the dust absorption due to
static electricity.
(2) Wash in time after rain. The raindrop
stains on the vehicle body after rain will
become smaller and smaller and the
concentration of acidic material will
become higher and higher, thus the
paint will be corroded as time passes if
you don’t wash the stains with clean
water.
(3) Wash the vehicle when the motor has
cooled down. Do not wash the vehicle
under burning sun or high temperature.
Otherwise, the detergent will be dried
and leave vestige. If you wash your
vehicle by yourself, use special neutral
detergent only, and do not use washing
powder or soapsuds with high alkali
content to avoid scouring off the grease
in the paint and accelerating the aging of
paint. If the vehicle is washed in car
washing park, ask the washer not to use
dewaxing detergent so as to protect the
paint. Wash the vehicle everyday if you
drive in coastal areas or at
places with heavy pollution.
(4) Use clean and soft cloth or sponge to
wash the vehicle and avoid mixing metal
scraps and sand particles. Do not use
dry cloth, dry towel, or dry sponge to
clean the vehicle to avoid scratching.
Follow the water flow direction and wipe
from top to bottom. Do not wipe
circularly or transversally.
(5) Clean the special high corrosive
vestiges (e.g. asphalt, guano, and
insects) immediately. Use special
detergent to clean. Do not use a blade
to scrape or use gasoline to clean so as
to protect the paint.
