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Preventive Maintenance
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Introduction
This manual describes inspection and lubrication
requirements during the Annual Service of Volvo vehicles.
The purpose for performing the preventive maintenance
is to ensure that the vehicle is safe and roadworthy over
its full lifetime.
The driver is taking part in the continuous preventive
maintenance program by completing the required Daily
Pre-trip Inspection. This is a purely visual inspection that
is designed to detect any obvious problems that would
make the vehicle unsafe to take on the road. Added to
the Pre-trip Inspection is the Preventive Maintenance
Program that is typically carried out by trained personnel
using a systematic approach to cover all important
components of the new vehicle.
Preventive maintenance is a planned vehicle maintenance
program that provides an orderly series of servicing
and inspecting procedures. A well applied maintenance
program realizes the investment made in the vehicle.
The difference between a poorly maintained vehicle and
a well maintained vehicle will not show up until later
mileages. Good maintenance is necessary to assure the
designed life expectancy of the vehicle and its individual
components.
Maintenance Coverage
There is no firm maintenance program that will apply
to all operations. A basic maintenance program is not
difficult to set up; to make the program the most effective
takes time and effort, and is based around the needs and
experiences of each individual operation. The program in
this service manual covers all types of Volvo VN/VHD and
VT vehicles with medium to high mileages and sometimes
high loads.
Use this established maintenance program as a base to
tailor an individual maintenance program for customers
that have requirements that are outside of the scope of
this program.
To establish an individual program, look at information
sources that are usually available, such as:
Driver’s repair or complaint reports.
Unusual parts usage.
Repetitive failures or problems found in inspection.
Unscheduled maintenance or repairs.
Road failures.
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