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Fleet maintenance near you

Fleet maintenance for company cars, vans and pickups: preventive service at your yard or a shop, with history and due dates kept for every vehicle.

Time at the shop
4 h
about
Mobile service
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at your address
Shops in Canada
2
doing this work
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2 shops in Canada do this

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What fleet maintenance is

A business that runs several vehicles cannot lose one for a day every time it needs an oil change. Fleet maintenance replaces reacting to breakdowns with a preventive schedule for each vehicle, by kilometres or months, so servicing is planned. Work is done at your yard, depot or a customer site, or at a shop with priority booking, often early or after hours, so vehicles are back before the next shift.

Each visit follows a checklist: oil and filters, fluids, tires, brakes, lights, wipers and battery, plus a walk-around inspection with anything worn noted on a report. Repairs beyond the routine are quoted for your approval and booked around your routes. You receive the service history for every vehicle in one place, with reminders of what is due next. Heavy trucks and buses go to a heavy-vehicle shop; this service covers cars, vans and pickups.

  • For cars, EVs, vans and trucks
  • Takes about 4 h
  • Can be done at your address

What does fleet maintenance cost?

It depends on your vehicle and the shop. Post a job with your budget and compare the bids shops near you send.

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2 shops across Canada do fleet maintenance.

What to expect

Fleet maintenance, step by step

What the job normally covers, what to mention in your request, and the signs that it is time. Every shop says what its bid includes.

The job

What’s included

  • Fleet list built with each vehicle’s plate, VIN, kilometres and the maker’s maintenance schedule
  • Preventive calendar with due dates by kilometres and months, and a reminder before each one
  • Work done at your yard or site, or at the shop on a set drop-off day, to keep downtime short
  • Oil, filters, fluids, tires, brakes, lights, wipers and battery checked on every vehicle at every visit
  • Walk-around inspection report per vehicle, marking items as urgent, soon or fine
  • Repairs beyond the routine quoted for your approval, within any spending limit you set
  • Seasonal tire changeover for the whole fleet on one planned day
  • Service history for each vehicle kept in one place and sent to you as a spreadsheet or report

Checklist

Before you post

  1. 01Give the number, ages and duty of your vehicles; a delivery van in stop-and-go traffic ages faster than a sales car
  2. 02Ask whether work is done in your yard or at the shop, and the minimum number of vehicles for an on-site visit
  3. 03Ask how records are supplied: history per vehicle, invoices by plate and reminders for what falls due
  4. 04Agree a spending limit above which the shop must call before starting a repair
  5. 05Ask about after-hours and weekend slots, and how quickly an unplanned breakdown gets priority
  6. 06Confirm the business carries liability insurance for work on your premises, and ask what its warranty covers

Signs

When you need it

  • You run three or more vehicles and servicing depends on whoever remembers
  • Vehicles are off the road for repairs more often than they should be
  • Drivers lose half a day at a shop for routine work
  • You want the service history and due dates of every vehicle in one place
  • An insurer, lease or customer contract asks you to show the vehicles are maintained

Sound familiar?Tell shops near you what you need and what you want to spend.

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How it works

Get fleet maintenance done in four steps

You set the budget and choose the shop. Posting is free, and you pay the shop you hire once the work is 100% done.

Post a request
  1. 01

    Post your job

    Choose the service, describe the job and your vehicle, and set your budget. It takes two minutes and costs nothing.

  2. 02

    Shops compete

    Nearby shops that do the work see your request and send their best offer: price, when they can start, what is included.

  3. 03

    Accept the best offer

    Compare bids, ratings and distance, then hire one shop. The others are told, politely.

  4. 04

    Talk and get it done

    Your conversation with the shop opens right away to agree on the day. You pay only after the job is complete.

Questions

Questions about fleet maintenance

General answers for drivers in Canada. The shop you hire confirms the details for your vehicle.

What is preventive maintenance for a fleet?

It means servicing each vehicle on a planned schedule, by kilometres or months, instead of waiting for a breakdown. Planned work is booked when the vehicle is idle, uses parts you have chosen and catches worn items early. An unplanned failure adds a tow, a rental and a missed job to the repair bill, which is why fleets favour the schedule.

How many vehicles do I need before a technician will come to my yard?

There is no fixed number. Mobile fleet technicians usually want a few vehicles per visit so their travel time is worth it, and some will come for two or three if the work is simple, such as oil changes and inspections. Ask the shop for its minimum, and whether it can group services on one day to reach it.

Can the whole fleet get its winter tires on in one day?

Often, with planning. With wheels already on their own rims, one technician swaps a vehicle in roughly 30 to 45 minutes, so a dozen vehicles is a long day for one person and an easy one for a crew. Book before the first snowfall, ask how many technicians will come, and have every locking wheel nut key ready.

What records will I get for each vehicle?

You should receive each vehicle’s service dates, kilometres, work done, parts used, inspection findings and what falls due next, ideally by licence plate and VIN. That history supports warranty claims, insurance questions, resale value and lease returns, and it shows which vehicles cost the most to keep on the road.

Does fleet maintenance cover heavy trucks and buses?

No. This service is for cars, vans and pickups. Heavy trucks and buses have separate inspection rules and need a shop equipped for them. If your fleet mixes light and heavy vehicles, ask which the shop can take, so the light-duty vehicles are handled together and the heavy ones sent elsewhere.

Something else to ask? Once you hire a shop, you talk to it directly in your request’s conversation.

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