Maintenance of Vehicles

  • Have a planned approach to vehicle maintenance, including daily and weekly driver checks as well as planned maintenance programmes with clear standards and minimum periods between servicing (annually or every 10,000 miles).
  • Ensure mechanics working on your vehicles are fully qualified and experienced in maintaining those vehicles and follow the manufacturer's recommendations.
  • Maintenance work should be regularly assessed to ensure it is of high standard.
  • Ensure quality replacement parts are used on your vehicles particularly for safety-critical elements such as brakes or tyres.
  • Monitor the durability of parts and any vehicle defects that occur, so that you can identify problems and trends in order to upgrade your vehicle choice, component choice or maintenance regime accordingly.
  • Reference to the vehicle manufacturer's handbook is essential if servicing and maintenance is carried out "in-house".