Maintenance Schedule as Provided by OEM Documentation
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Check fluid level | Item: Brake master cylinder | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A device that stores brake fluid and hydraulically forces it through the brake lines to the brakes when the brake pedal is depressed. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Check fluid level | Item: Windshield washer | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A small pump and reservoir that can direct a jet of cleaning solution at the windshield or back glass. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Check level | Item: Power steering fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Hydraulic fluid used in a power steering system. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Battery | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A box containing lead plates filled with a water and acid mixture that stores electricity generated by the alternator. It is the source of power for parts of the car that operate on electricity. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Convertible top mechanism | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The assembly of framework, latches and actuating devices that make up the skeleton of a conventional convertible's fabric top. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Coolant | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Also known as "antifreeze." A mixture of water and ethylene glycol that has both a higher boiling point and a lower freezing point than plain water. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Drive belt(s) | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.03 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A belt that transfers the rotation of the engine through the crankshaft pulley to drive various devices, such as the alternator, water pump, air conditioning compressor or power steering pump. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Exhaust system | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts
Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A system of tubing that routes exhaust gases from the exhaust manifold to the rear of the car and into the air. The exhaust system includes catalytic converters and mufflers that help reduce air and noise pollution generated by an engine. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect & adjust air pressure | Item: Wheels & tires | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A circular frame of hard material that may be solid or partly solid, is capable of turning on an axle, and holds the rubber cushion that contains compressed air. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Inspect/adjust | Item: Steering gearbox | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A steering mechanism that converts the rotational motion of a steering wheel to the side-to-side motion of a lever that is connected to the steering linkage. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Torque | Item: Wheel lug nuts | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The nuts that hold a wheel onto its hub. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action:
Inspect | Item: Automatic transmission fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used for lubricating and cooling an automatic transmission. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Change | Item: Engine oil | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.34 | Parts Units: 8.5 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A substance that lubricates and cools the moving parts of the engine and reduces corrosion and the formation of rust. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Change | Item: Rear differential fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.5 | Parts Units: 1.4 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Lubricant that permits quiet and low friction operation of the differential. Can be gear oil, transmission fluid, or a more specialized fluid specified by the manufacturer. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Oil filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A cartridge-filled canister placed in an engine's lubricating system to strain dirt and abrasive materials out of the oil. |
Distance: 1,000 miles (1,600 km) | Action:
Change | Item: Manual transmission fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.5 | Parts Units: 2.5 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used for lubricating and cooling a manual transmission. |
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Battery | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A box containing lead plates filled with a water and acid mixture that stores electricity generated by the alternator. It is the source of power for parts of the car that operate on electricity. |
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) |
Action: Inspect & lubricate | Item: Throttle linkage | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A collection of mechanical connections between a vehicle's accelerator pedal and its throttle body or carburetor. |
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) | Action: Lubricate | Item: Hinges, locks & latches | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The devices that allow or prevent the opening of doors and hatches. |
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) | Action: Reset |
Item: Service reminder light | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A light that indicates that general vehicle maintenance is needed or that a specific service is required. |
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) | Action: Change | Item: Engine oil | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.34 | Parts Units: 8.5 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A substance that lubricates and cools the moving parts of the engine and reduces corrosion and the formation of rust. |
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Oil filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A cartridge-filled canister placed in an engine's lubricating system to strain dirt and abrasive materials out of the oil. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Adjust | Item: Parking brake | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.4 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The mechanical brake connected by cables to either a ratcheting hand lever or foot pedal used to hold or apply a vehicle's rear and sometimes front brakes while left unattended or under conditions of hydraulic circuit failure. Sometimes referred to as the emergency brake. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Check fluid level | Item: Windshield washer | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A small pump and reservoir that can direct a jet of cleaning solution at the windshield or back glass. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Check for leaks | Item: Engine | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A machine that burns fuel and converts the resulting heat into mechanical energy. |
Distance:
15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Check operation | Item: Lighting | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The vehicle's electrical illumination. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Check operation | Item: Warning lights | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Lights on a vehicle's instrument panel that notify the operator of a malfunction or a circumstance needing attention. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Clean | Item:
Antenna mast | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The externally exposed, sometimes removable part of a vehicle audio system's antenna. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Air conditioning system | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The system of receiver/dryer, evaporator, condenser, compressor, refrigerant lines, controls and valves that allow for the controlled refrigeration of the air present in or entering a vehicle's interior. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) |
Action: Inspect | Item: Battery | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A box containing lead plates filled with a water and acid mixture that stores electricity generated by the alternator. It is the source of power for parts of the car that operate on electricity. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Brake fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used in the hydraulic brake system. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action:
Inspect | Item: Brake pads | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.15 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: High-friction material attached to a metal backing plate. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Brake rotors | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Rotating discs mounted to the front and/or rear spindles and axles, which brake pads clamp to when the brake pedal is depressed to slow/stop the vehicle. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item:
Brakes, front | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A vehicle's stopping mechanism comprised of a pedal connected to a hydraulic master cylinder that can actuate clamping and/or expanding devices at all four wheels that slow or stop a vehicle's rolling motion. Also used to refer to the brake system's most frequently replaced parts, brake pads and/or brake shoes. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: CV joints | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.06 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Constant velocity joints, which are located on either end of the drive axles and transmit engine power while enabling full steering and suspension movement. Black accordion boots cover and protect these joints and hold lubricant. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Coolant | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Also known as "antifreeze." A mixture of water and ethylene glycol that has both a higher boiling point and a lower freezing point than plain water. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Differential, rear | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A set of gears that transfers the power of the rotating driveshaft to drive wheels in front and rear-wheel-drive vehicles. The differential also allows each of the opposing wheels to turn at a different speed when cornering. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Drive belt(s) | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.03 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A belt that transfers the rotation of the engine through the crankshaft pulley to drive various devices, such as the alternator, water pump, air conditioning compressor or power steering pump. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item:
Headlights | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Primary form of lighting used to illuminate a vehicle's path. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Power steering fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Hydraulic fluid used in a power steering system. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Seat belts | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive
Type: ALL |
Description: The latching straps in a vehicle designed to minimize the risk of serious injury to the user in the event of an accident when used as suggested. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Steering linkage | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The arrangement of rods and lubricated joints connecting the steering gearbox to the wheel spindles. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Wheels & tires | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.08 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive
Type: ALL |
Description: A circular frame of hard material that may be solid or partly solid, is capable of turning on an axle, and holds the rubber cushion that contains compressed air. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect & lubricate | Item: Throttle linkage | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A collection of mechanical connections between a vehicle's accelerator pedal and its throttle body or carburetor. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect for leaks | Item: Underbody | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units:
0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The area of a vehicle that is typically not visible from above and that is exposed to the road. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect/adjust | Item: Steering gearbox | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A steering mechanism that converts the rotational motion of a steering wheel to the side-to-side motion of a lever that is connected to the steering linkage. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Automatic transmission fluid | Interval in Month(s):
| Labor Units: 0.02 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used for lubricating and cooling an automatic transmission. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Check level | Item: Manual transmission fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used for lubricating and cooling a manual transmission. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Change | Item: Engine oil | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.34 | Parts Units: 8.5 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A substance that lubricates and cools the moving parts of the engine and reduces corrosion and the formation of rust. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Convertible top mechanism | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.08 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The assembly of framework, latches and actuating devices that make up the skeleton of a conventional convertible's fabric top. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect/replace | Item: Spark plugs | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type:
ALL |
Description: Cables that carry a high-voltage electrical charge from the distributor cap or ignition coils to the spark plugs. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Oil filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A cartridge-filled canister placed in an engine's lubricating system to strain dirt and abrasive materials out of the oil. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Windshield wipers | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Motorized mechanical arms with rubber inserts used to wipe the windshield or back glass. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Drive shaft | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A sturdy metal tube with universal joints on either end that connects the engine to a differential on a rear-wheel or four-wheel drive vehicle. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect & lubricate | Item: Parking brake cable guides | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type:
ALL |
Description: Lubricated guides used in routing the parking brake cable between the control handle/pedal and brakes. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Clutch | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A pedal-operated device that disconnects the engine from the manual transmission to allow a vehicle to change gears, and then allows the engine and transmission to resume contact and turn together at a new speed. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Spark plugs | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units:
1 | Parts Units: 16 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Cables that carry a high-voltage electrical charge from the distributor cap or ignition coils to the spark plugs. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Change | Item: Automatic transmission fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.5 | Parts Units: 8.1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used for lubricating and cooling an automatic transmission. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Automatic transmission filter(s) | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.3 | Parts Units:
1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A component in most automatic transmissions that is fitted over the fluid intake, usually in the pan, that prevents debris and other contaminants from circulating throughout the transmission's inner workings and potentially causing unnecessary wear or damage. Some transmissions use a reusable metal or nylon mesh-type screen in place of a disposable filter. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Flush/replace | Item: Brake fluid | Interval in Month(s): 24 | Labor Units: 0.7 | Parts Units: 4 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The fluid used in the hydraulic brake system. |
Distance: 60,000 miles (96,000 km) | Action:
Replace | Item: Fuel filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.8 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A replaceable metal or plastic canister that prevents particulate matter and most contaminants in the fuel from reaching the engine. |
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