The interval between routine maintenance checks has stretched out due to new technologies, but it may also put motorists at risk of missing potential looming safety issues or expensive repairs, ...

While there’s a lot of hype over predicative maintenance these days, we can’t afford to take our focus away from basic preventive maintenance and service intervals. Determining proper service ...

As most fleet managers know, proper maintenance practices pay off in the form of things like reduced unplanned repair events, fewer unnecessary tow charges, better fuel economy, and improved uptime.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volvo has extended recommended maintenance intervals on oil changes and diesel particulate filter (DPF) cleanings. The extended intervals apply to all model year 2011 and newer ...

Uptime is life, and oil is an engine’s lifeblood. These two immutable facts intersect at oil drain intervals. The longer a fleet can go between drain intervals, the more uptime it can get out of a ...

Reducing operating expenses while maintaining productivity is a goal for most businesses — fleets are no exception. In such a competitive market, any move that helps to improve bottom line performance ...

Every truck you purchase comes with an OEM maintenance schedule. Most ELDs you install has the ability to track miles, engine hours, and time. Yet some small fleets never connect those two together.

Look around a fleet yard and you are likely to see lots of similar-looking trucks that do vastly different jobs. That Volvo over there? It’s used to run lightweight loads from Mississauga to the ...

Škoda wants to convince people about the benefits of switching to EVs by going after the dreaded maintenance and service intervals needed to keep ICE cars running. The Czech carmaker claims that ...

Maintaining engine lubricating oil is a very important element in stretching the productive life of engines. “First and foremost, engine oil provides lubrication which keeps moving parts apart; ...

Thermo King's TriPac APU (auxiliary power unit), which provides cab comfort without idling the main engine, now offers a 1,000-hr. maintenance interval. The TriPac Auxiliary Heating/Cooling ...