KUALA LUMPUR: Ford and Bridegstone have separately undertaken a safety campaign to encourage safety on the road during the Raya and Merdeka festivities.
In Ford's case, customers are eligible for a free 20-point inspection on their vehicles, as well as discounts of up to 20 percent on service packages and from 15 percent for parts. These offers are open to owners of all Ford vehicles – passenger and commercial. The promotion is valid under Oct 6.
“Ensuring that our customers stay safe and have complete peace of mind on the road is of paramount importance to Ford. It’s the reason why we invest so much on smart and safe technologies across all of our vehicles,” said Patrick O’Neill, parts and service regional manager, Asia Pacific, Ford Export & Growth Operations.
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| Bridgestone employees conducting a tyre pressure check at the tyre safety pitstop at the Sungai Buloh R&R area recently. |
Those who buy a Fiesta 1.6L, Mondeo or S-Max MPV will receive a free Sharp Quattron 40” Full HD LED 3D NET TV.
Ford is also giving away a free Sharp Quattron 52” Full HD LED 3D NET TV and home theatre system for new customers of the Escape models.
Eligible customers will receive their free TVs upon delivery of their new vehicles. This promotion ends on Aug 31.
For more information, please call Ford’s Customer Service hotline at 1 800 883 181 or visit the Ford
site.
Over at Bridgestone, it announced it had recently organised a free tyre safety inspection for motorists.
The Aug 11 inspection took place at the Sungai Buloh R&R area (north-bound). Motorists were given goodie bags and mini festive hampers after having their car tyres checked.
The free tyre inspection has been one of the company’s annual corporate social responsibility events since 2006.
If you missed that, Bridgestone is currently offering a free 46-point car safety check at all Bridgestone AutoCare & Tyre centres and 10-point car safety check at any Bridgestone PRO Shop nationwide.
The tyre company also said its ‘One Tyre, One Good Deed’ campaign is under way.
During the campaign period, Bridgestone pledged to contribute RM1 towards a tree planting initiative for every Ecopia, Turanza and B-Series tyre sold.
The proceeds will facilitate the rehabilitation efforts by
Global Environment Centre at selected forest reserves in Malaysia.
For more details, log on to the Bridgestone-affiliated
site or call 1300-88 -2168.