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Preventive maintenance (PM) has the following meanings:

1. The care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining equipment and facilities in satisfactory operating condition by providing for systematic inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or before they develop into major defects.
2. Maintenance, including tests, measurements, adjustments, and parts replacement, performed specifically to prevent faults from occurring.

The primary goal of maintenance is to avoid or mitigate the consequences of failure of equipment. This may be by preventing the failure before it actually occurs which Planned Maintenance and Condition Based Maintenance help to achieve. It is designed to preserve and restore equipment reliability by replacing worn components before they actually fail. Preventive maintenance activities include partial or complete overhauls at specified periods, oil changes, lubrication and so on. In addition, workers can record equipment deterioration so they know to replace or repair worn parts before they cause system failure. The ideal preventive maintenance program would prevent all equipment failure before it occurs.

A well maintained “anything” lasts longer:

• State and federal governments follow very strict maintenance schedules. When these vehicles are sold at auctions they are always in demand because even with high mileage they are proven to be reliable.
• The aviation industry follows closely monitored maintenance plans that has led to airplanes manufactured in the 1940’s still in running reliably today. The health industry is moving toward low cost preventive lifestyles versus expensive treatment.

Remember the old adage: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” If you desire to make your vehicle last longer, save you money, stay safe and reliable, work out a preventive maintenance plan with your service advisor.

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