How many kilometers should a new car run before driving at high speed?

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VanCora
07/30/25 1:59am
It can be done after driving 5,000 kilometers. Reason: During the break-in period of a new car, high-speed driving above 90 km/h should be avoided. When the new car has driven about 5,000 kilometers and is about to complete the break-in period, the owner can appropriately let the engine run briefly above 4,000 RPM to achieve the effect of reducing carbon deposits and improving engine performance. Other break-in matters for new cars: New cars should avoid driving at full load during the break-in period: Because excessive load will increase the load on the engine and transmission, causing the engine's output power to be too large and resulting in excessive wear of mechanical parts. Therefore, the owner should understand the maximum load capacity of the car and avoid driving at full load during the break-in period to extend its service life. Avoid prolonged use of low gears: The owner should pay attention to avoiding prolonged use of low gears and should intentionally allow each gear to be broken in. For automatic transmission models, although the manual gear shifting break-in process is eliminated, under good road conditions, the owner should continuously accelerate to allow the transmission to shift up smoothly, avoiding the lack of break-in process for high gears.
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