Maintaining your fleet is crucial for maximizing performance and longevity and optimizing your total cost of ownership. By following seasonal maintenance tips, you can prevent costly repairs and ensure the safety of your fleet. Download our Year-Round Maintenance guide to help keep your fleet in top condition throughout the year.
Spring Maintenance
- Examine tires and brakes
- Change oil and filters
- Examine belts
- Test the electrical system
- Lubricate moving parts
Summer Maintenance
- Check the cooling system
- Test the A/C
- Clean the radiator
- Inspect belts and hoses
Fall Maintenance
- Check the antifreeze levels
- Inspect wires
- Test battery health
- Examine fuel line for leaks
Winter Maintenance
- Switch to winter-grade oil and antifreeze
- Check lights and reflectors
- Inspect tires
- Test the block heater
Drive Uptime Even Further
With the expansion of the trucking fleet tech-stack, fleet maintenance is occurring in more places than just service bays. Fleet management software, telematics data and a variety of online services are working together to help fleet managers understand and manage vehicle health better than ever before. International Truck provides innovative solutions that help take vehicle uptime to the next level:
OnCommand® Connection (OCC) is a remote telematics solution for fleets that transforms raw vehicle health and performance data into actionable insights that help deliver greater uptime and a lower total cost of ownership. Accessible from your mobile phone or desktop computer, OCC provides:
- Comprehensive vehicle health reports with performance, trip data, service history, active fault codes and more
- Fault Code Action Plans to guide service technicians and get your truck on the road
- Support for all makes via 30+ integrated telematics service providers
International® 360 is our service communication platform that helps accelerate repairs and drive greater uptime. International 360 integrates with customer systems to streamline communications with dealer service centers and allows customers to:
- Self-initiate service requests online
- Approve service estimates
- See repair status and estimated time of completion
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This article originally appeared on InternationalTrucks.com. International Trucks is the previous legal name of International Motors LLC.
