For a logistics or mass transportation company, the status and maintenance of each company vehicle is paramount. Especially for those that operate in fleets such as carpools, school bus, ambulance, emergency vehicles, trucks and the like. It is important to make sure that every company vehicle is fully operational because a poorly maintained vehicle can hinder the overall operation of the company, to keep the business running.

Of course, when you largely operate with vehicles, you don’t want any of your unites to break down and possibly impede the services that you are trying to provide. Like every vehicle in the world, a well maintained motor vehicle ensures that you don’t waste any more money than you should have for bigger repairs, help avoid the risk of ending up with a vehicle that’s going to leave you stranded, and more importantly, keeps the business running. Business owners tend to have their own local mechanics to deal with the repairs and inspection for their company vehicles. Although, it would help if you as the owner of the company, or the operator of a company vehicle, were knowledgeable enough to make the inspection on your own. It should save you a bit of money from having a mechanic deal with regular inspections and repair some minor problems only if you tried. If getting your hands dirty taking care of your own company vehicle sounds good to you, then a good first step you should take is to establish a company vehicle inspection checklist. A checklist should be able to help you conduct an effective inspection and maintenance on your own. You can also use these as a guide or template for when you want to develop your own checklist.

10+ Company Vehicle Inspection Checklist Samples

1. Company Escort Vehicle Inspection Checklist

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2. Company Vehicle Engine Inspection Checklist

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3. Company Vehicle Inspection Safety Checklist

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4. Company Monthly Vehicle Inspection Checklist

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5. Company Truck Inspection Checklist

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6. Insurance Company Vehicle Inspection Checklist

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7. Company Rental Vehicle Inspection Checklist

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8. Company Vehicle Inspection Compliance Checklist

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9. Company Vehicle Inspection Items Checklist

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10. Agency Company Vehicle Inspection Checklist

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11. Company Personal Vehicle Inspection Checklist

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What Is a Company Vehicle Inspection Checklist?

Vehicle inspection checklists are documents that enable you to assess the condition and maintain the vehicle on your own. It should be able to help you identify and assess mechanical flaws and problems by providing an outline of what the optimal performance of a component should be, what the component is, it’s description, and how to troubleshoot it. Since this checklist will be specialized for your company vehicles, some details might be the same if you are using the same units and models for your fleet. If not, then of course the checklist has to be specific for each individual vehicle. Professional mechanics also use the checklist for just about the same reasons. To have an established guideline of the inspection and to easily keep track of each component that is to be inspected. Overall, it is a very essential too to make sure that your company vehicle, or any kind of vehicle for that matter, is in its best possible condition.

How to Create a Company Vehicle Inspection Checklist

When making your own vehicle inspection checklist, one would assume that you have perfect knowledge of what a vehicle is and how everything in and around a vehicle works. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for everyone. But it’s fine, since you still have the samples and templates we have provided above, these should be more than enough help for your company vehicle inspection checklist. But, if you want to make your own completely from scratch, then stick around. We will provide the basic components that your checklist should cover and some tips when writing.

  1. Contact information
    It is important to have the information of both the operator of the vehicle and the person in charge of the inspection to be reflected on your checklist. Details such as name, contact numbers, email, and their signature. If the operator himself conducts the inspection, then that should be specified as well.
  2. Identification
    Reflect any identification of the names that you will be listing in the contact information section. Driver’s license, government issued ID, registration, the works.
  3. Specify the vehicle’s details
    There are countless vehicle models and units out there. And each of them has a specific component that make them different from other brands. So make sure that you specify the vehicle’s details on the checklist. To make sure that you are inspecting and looking at the right places, and every replaceable part is compatible with the vehicle.
  4. Inspection
    This is the most important part of your checklist, because this section is the checklist itself. Here are the basic components and procedures that your checklist should be able to cover.

    • Engine oil check
    • Battery check
    • Headlights and turn signals
    • Tire treads check
    • Windshield wipers
    • Belts in and around the hood of the car
    • Make sure auto emission sticker is up to date
    • Brake and rearview lights
    • Brake test

And that should be able to cover just about every basic component. Other specifications completely depend on the model and type of your vehicle. More importantly, every checklist should be different from one another, you are inspecting company vehicles so you have to make sure you take extra care and responsibility in doing so.

FAQs

How many cars is a fleet?

If  a company operates more than one vehicle, then they have a fleet.

What do vehicle inspections look for?

The inspection should cover the brake system, steering wheel, visibility, lighting equipment, axles, wheels, suspension, chassis, and chassis attachments.

Does the check engine light go away on its own?

A check engine light will only shut itself off when the issue that caused it to light up is remedied.

Operating a single car is already a lot of responsibility, what more when you are operating multiple company vehicles, and inspecting them in different periods of time. A well written checklist should help make sure that your vehicle is in tiptop shape. To avoid any internal delays in the company and to continuously provide your services.

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