EVALUATION OF FLEET MAINTENANCE DATA AS A DATA SOURCE FOR REPAIRABILITY RATINGS

This study, performed under Title II of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Saving Act, is an evaluation of the feasibility of using automotive fleet maintenance data as a source for vehicle make/model repairability ratings. The study involved detailed analysis of the following: the availability of fleet maintenance data including the type of data maintained, the accessibility of this data and the number of make/models represented by fleets; the cost of obtaining available data from fleets and of improving/expanding this data to support a government-sponsored rating program; and the potential biases statistical problems involved in using fleet maintenance data to ascertain vehicle make/model differences in automotive system/subsystem/component durability.

• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Incorporated

  Transportation Consulting Division, 4330 East-West Highway
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 195 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Data analysis; Data collection; Failure; Fleet management; Maintenance management; Mathematical analysis; Reliability; Vehicle maintenance; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data sources; Fleets; Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00346142
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 9073-081-002 Final Rpt., HS-805 891
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01666
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 22 1982 12:00AM