Maintenance Overview

Motive Maintenance provides a single place to manage vehicle inspections, fault code monitoring, maintenance reminders, and scheduling. By combining real-time vehicle data with automated workflows, Motive helps fleets stay ahead of issues, reduce manual effort, and minimize vehicle downtime. With data-driven proactive maintenance, fleets can prevent costly breakdowns, improve compliance, and keep vehicles operating safely and efficiently.

Key features

  • Customizable Inspection Forms: Provides a fully customizable digital inspection platform to create and assign inspection forms by vehicle type, with custom defect lists and part-level defect resolution to capture issues accurately and consistently.
  • Vehicle and Asset Availability: Tracks real-time availability status for vehicles and assets so dispatchers only assign safe, ready units, reducing unplanned downtime and improving dispatch accuracy.
  • Fault Codes and Diagnostics: Monitors Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) in real time through the Motive Vehicle Gateway, surfacing fault codes and diagnostic alerts early to detect issues before they escalate.
  • Preventative maintenance Scheduling: Automates service intervals by time, mileage, or engine hours, with centralized schedules and reminders that ensure vehicles receive timely maintenance without manual tracking.
  • Upcoming Maintenance: Provides a clear, filterable view of upcoming and pending maintenance tasks with due dates, helping managers plan resources, avoid last-minute disruptions, and maximize vehicle uptime.
  • Maintenance History: Keeps a complete record of maintenance history for each vehicle and asset, including service dates, work performed, costs, and supporting documents, giving teams full visibility into vehicle health and audit-ready records.
  • Maintenance Settings: Allows admins to configure maintenance settings, inspection requirements, out-of-service rules, and notification preferences so maintenance workflows align with fleet policies and regulatory needs.
  • Maintenance Reports and Alerts: Delivers detailed inspection, maintenance, reminders, availability, and dormancy reports, along with real-time maintenance alerts to enable teams to manage by exception, monitor vehicle health at scale, and act quickly on urgent issues.
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