Maintenance Schedule as Provided by OEM Documentation
Distance: 7,500 miles (12,000 km) | Action: Change | Item: Engine oil | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.18 | Parts Units: 4.4 | 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: Brake lines & cables | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Tubing that carries fluid or cables that are used to mechanically operate a vehicle's brakes. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Brake linings & rotors | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.3 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Brake linings, shoes, or pads are parts of a brake system bonded to an expendable friction material that, when hydraulically acted upon, create enough resistance to stop a vehicle. A brake rotor is the metal disc that rotates along with the wheels to which the friction material can be clamped in order to stop or slow movement. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Brakes, rear | 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: Differential fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The liquid used for lubricating gears inside the differential. |
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 axles | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: In a front-wheel drive vehicle or a rear-wheel drive vehicle with independent rear suspension, the short axles that connect the driven wheels with the driving force. Drive axles typically have CV (constant velocity)-joints on their ends. |
Distance: 15,000 miles (24,000 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: 15,000 miles (24,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Wheel bearings, front | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.3 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The assemblies that permit smooth rotation of the wheel hub as it's mounted to the spindle. |
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: 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: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Clean/repack | Item: Wheel bearings, front | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.7 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The assemblies that permit smooth rotation of the wheel hub as it's mounted to the spindle. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 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: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Evaporative control system | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: An emission control system that prevents raw fuel vapors from entering the atmosphere. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Fuel lines & hoses | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.05 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The tubing that carries fuel throughout a vehicle. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Steering & suspension | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.15 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A vehicle's steering is the collection of components that enable the operator to direct a vehicle in a desired direction. Suspension is the assemblage of joints, links and other components between a vehicle and its wheels. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Change | Item: Differential fluid | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.5 | Parts Units: 1.5 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The liquid used for lubricating gears inside the differential. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Flush/replace | Item: Coolant | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.7 | Parts Units: 1.5 | 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: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Inspect/replace | Item: Fuel filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A replaceable metal or plastic canister that prevents particulate matter and most contaminants in the fuel from reaching the engine. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Air filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 2 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A device that filters incoming air fed to the engine. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: PCV filter | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Positive crankcase ventilation filter/positive crankcase ventilation valve. Devices that allow the venting of combustion gases from the crankcase to the intake system instead of into the atmosphere. |
Distance: 30,000 miles (48,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Spark plugs | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.9 | Parts Units: 6 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Cables that carry a high-voltage electrical charge from the distributor cap or ignition coils to the spark plugs. |
Distance: 60,000 miles (96,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Ball joints | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.1 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: Movable joints in the steering linkage and suspension system of a vehicle that permit rotating movement in any direction between the parts that are joined. |
Distance: 60,000 miles (96,000 km) | Action: Inspect | Item: Steering linkage & ball joints | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 0.2 | Parts Units: 0 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: The arrangement of rods and lubricated joints connecting the steering gearbox to the wheel spindles, and the ball and socket type joints between the spindles and suspension control arms. |
Distance: 60,000 miles (96,000 km) | Action: Replace | Item: Timing belt | Interval in Month(s): | Labor Units: 3.2 | Parts Units: 1 | Drive Type: ALL |
Description: A "toothed" belt that drives an overhead camshaft or camshafts (and in some vehicles a water pump). |
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