scheduled maintenance

Preventative maintenance is an essential step in helping to keep your vehicle performing as it should for as long as possible. “Preventative” maintenance refers to the regular and routine servicing of your vehicle’s parts and components to help prevent unplanned equipment failures in the future.

One of the best ways to keep track of these essential tasks is by utilizing a maintenance calendar and following the recommendations in your car’s owner’s manual. Following a set schedule enables you to stay on top of your routine repairs while also addressing any seasonal maintenance tasks you should complete, such as testing the air conditioning, replacing air filters, checking your tire pressure, changing drive train fluids, rotating and balancing tires and performing alignments.

As mentioned, preventative maintenance is exactly as it sounds: preventative. The idea is to handle minor and routine repairs consistently to reduce the chance of something serious breaking under the hood. For the most part, preventative maintenance tasks are relatively inexpensive, with some being completely free. If you are unsure of the type of preventative maintenance you should be performing on your vehicle, check your owner’s manual for more details.

As the seasons change, it’s important to address any maintenance issues that changing weather may cause. For example, your tires can expand and contract when exposed to rapidly changing temperatures, which can lead to excessive tire wear. Excessive heat can negatively affect battery life or compromise fluids under the hood, while colder weather can cause leaks to develop in the vehicle’s cooling system.

While unexpected repairs and breakdowns can occur at any time, having a proper preventative maintenance schedule will undoubtedly help you identify and address problems before they become more serious.



Below is a maintenance plan curated by GMA’s own Senior Master Technicians to help keep your vehicle running as smoothly as possible.