Anyone who owns a vehicle knows how important a regular car repair schedule is. If you own a whole fleet of cars, however, keeping on top of the required maintenance can be a real challenge.
At SafePoint GPS, we offer a GPS tracker for dealerships that makes automotive repair schedule management easier. One simple system streamlines the car maintenance calendar for hundreds of vehicles in your lot while also providing real-time tracking data and cutting down on theft.
Here, we discuss how GPS helps you ensure that each vehicle in your fleet gets the repairs it needs.
Why Routine Vehicle Service Is Essential for Car Dealerships
As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Scheduling routine vehicle service keeps your fleet healthy and prevents small issues from becoming big problems. A regular car repair schedule helps you do the following:
- Prevent breakdowns: Your fleet is your business. Setting up an auto service appointment plan helps you protect your investment while ensuring the safety and reliability of your vehicles.
- Extend vehicle life: While you hope to move vehicles off your lot quickly, you want to keep the ones you have working their best for as long as possible. Performing regularly scheduled auto repairs and maintenance is even more crucial for pre-owned cars, which require more frequent inspections.
- Reduce downtime: Any time a vehicle has a mechanical problem, someone on your staff has to deal with it. Plus, a car that’s in the shop is a car that’s not on the sales lot. A regular car repair schedule keeps your employees and your vehicles where they should be.
- Lower expenses: While the costs of regular maintenance can add up, they pale in comparison to the costs of not doing it. Oil changes, fluid checks, and tire inspections are cheaper than complete engine failure or an accident from a blown tire.
How GPS Can Help Maintain Your Car Repair Schedule
The tracking benefits of GPS are well known. The device can help you audit your inventory, monitor vehicles on test drives, and recover any cars stolen from your lot. Less well known are the ways GPS can help you stay on top of fleet maintenance and repairs.
Real-Time Vehicle Health Tracking
GPS trackers continually monitor what’s going on with each of your vehicles, so you don’t have to do it manually. On one simple dashboard, you can check the following metrics for every car on your lot so you know when to perform service:
- Vehicle data: GPS fleet trackers monitor general vehicle metrics like mileage and engine hours.
- Engine health: GPS technology can analyze how well the engine performs, how smoothly the transmission shifts, and what the temperature levels are.
- Fluid gauges: You can use GPS to check both real-time fluid levels and consumption data to analyze vehicle efficiency.
- Tire pressure: GPS technology automatically checks tire pressure and sends alerts when readings stray from the normal range.
- Battery levels: You can keep track of battery strength so you can charge or change the unit before a vehicle dies on your lot.
Malfunction Alerts
While you can use your GPS dashboard to track your vehicles, you don’t have time to monitor it continuously. Thanks to malfunction alerts, GPS will let you know the moment something goes wrong, including the following:
- Engine light codes
- Problem severity
- Low tire pressure
- Low fluid levels
- Low battery charge
- Vehicle recalls
- And more!
Automated Vehicle Maintenance Timetable
Alerts aren’t just for emergencies. You can also program your GPS to send notifications when it’s time to perform scheduled maintenance. This makes GPS a proactive partner in streamlining fleet management, vehicle inspections, and regular service — to keep your cars and your dealership running smoothly.
Stay on Top of Your Car Repair Schedule with SafePoint GPS
Discover the advantages of GPS technology for car dealerships or initiate your journey with GPS vehicle tracking solutions now by booking a free demo with SafePoint GPS.
