Vehicle Maintenance And GPS Tracking Systems

It has been said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But what does that really mean and how does it work with your business, your fleet? We’d like to show you how we can help you save money on vehicle service and maintenance with GPS tracking. You can do a lot more than just know where your vehicle is when you have real-time tracking.

How Does GPS Tracking Work?

So how does it work? There are two parts to any GPS tracking solution, the tracker itself, which is a hardware unit easily installed in your vehicle, and the tracking software that gets the data from the unit and shows it to you. You can use a computer, tablet or smartphone, whatever. How you access the data really has to do with how you need it. Every tier of our One Step GPS tracking subscriptions comes standard with vehicle maintenance tracking. You can set up reminders for different maintenance activities based on number of days, number of miles, number of engine hours, it’s up to you.

How To Install A GPS Tracker In A Car

The tracking device can plug into your odb port or install under your dash. It’s easy and takes minutes at most and you’re all set for next level service alerts. Most modern vehicles will tell you when they need servicing. Whether it’s a light on the dash console, or otherwise, the vehicle has diagnostic electronics to let someone know if something needs to be fixed, or when you need an oil change. That’s great, but next level is customizing everything you want to know. Wouldn’t it be convenient to get text and email alerts when your vehicle needed to be serviced. Better yet, what if you could track mileage and automatically set up servicing notifications. It’s that easy to do.

Just imagine being able to manage many, many vehicles. Your drivers may not think to let you know when a vehicle needs maintenance. They might assume you know when you don’t. Besides, people care for things differently when they don’t own them. The way someone else took care of their personal vehicle might even amaze you. So why leave these things to chance when you can easily and accurately track your vehicle service reminders. It could cost you a great deal in unnecessary expenses and depreciation.

Vehicle GPS Service Alerts

Given the solutions available with GPS tracking, you can see a whole new system for maintenance and repair is possible. You have the information to be able to schedule and get routine actions done without disrupting your operation. You can easily predict when a vehicle will need service and make sure other vehicles and drivers can pick up the slack. That is what modern fleet management is all about.

Driver error is going to cost you. Excessive braking or misuse of an engine through abrupt acceleration are going to cut down the life of your vehicle and rack up repairs. A driver who isn't paying attention, or who is inexperienced, can easily damage a vehicle. Real-time tracking can alert you when your vehicle is being driven badly. It can log where a vehicle has been and how it was driven, useful for establishing the facts of damage or negligence. It means you can show your driver what they were doing and help them improve their driving habits. Just knowing that the vehicle is being tracked is enough to encourage some drivers to improve their handling of a vehicle.

Ok, so GPS tracking will help you streamline service scheduling, service reminders and service history. You can even add parts and vendors, their contact details, and keep a complete history of the vehicle. You are going to get control over the care of the vehicle and ultimately it’s resale value.

Fuel efficiency, tracked, becomes a very useful tool in determining, in advance, of impending repairs because when that efficiency changes then obviously something is going on with that vehicle. Just seeing that something has changed with the fuel efficiency is a flag you can get alerted to and get that vehicle inspected and serviced right away. Long distance drivers need this information for fuel taxes too, you get the idea?

This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of all that GPS tracking can do for you. One Step GPS is a leading client focused provider. We have a lot of experience in tailoring solutions. We know everyone has different needs. Our company is founded on the principle that really helping our clients is the only way to do business. Let us help you, please contact us today.