AGCO is interested in lowering your overall cost of driving.  One of our methods is professional maintenance.  We hope this guide will help remove some of the mystery about automotive maintenance.  Please scroll down and click on each link for more complete definitions and recommendations.

Maintenance is service performed and parts replaced in the hope of preventing other, more expensive parts from failing. For instance coolant is replaced in the hope of preventing corrosion damage to radiators, heater cores and engines. The cost of the coolant is a fraction of the cost of the repairs it can prevent.

Normal Service as defined by most manufacturers is more properly ideal service.  For example longer trips at highway speed with little stop and go driving.  Under these conditions the normal service schedule is okay.

Severe service as defined by most manufacturers is often the service most folks operate under.  For instance, ANY of the following would be considered severe service.

1. Most daily trips are less than five miles one way.
2. Most driving is stop and go.
3. High temperatures, above 90' F.
4. Towing

If ANY of these conditions describes your use, it is better to follow the severe service schedule.

Items aside from oil changes that often require maintenance, with their general intervals.

• Accessory Belts
• Air filters
• Automatic transmission fluid | More on transmission service
• Batteries
• Brake fluid
• Cabin filters
• Differential fluid
• Engine coolant
• Fuel filters
• Hoses
• Oil filters
• PCV valves
• Power steering fluid
• Spark plugs
• Timing Belts | More on timing belt service
• Tires | Tire inflation | More on inflation | Tire age

There is also considerably more detail on many of these items in the individual sections, under Search Questions.