Originally Posted By: Doog
Originally Posted By: eljefino
You'll have to define normal maintenance with this crowd.
Brakes? How about sticky hardware making them wear early or unevenly?
Timing belt? Preemptive water pump change?
Normal maintenance to me is all fluids, brake pads, tires, filters, belts, spark plugs.
I'd also include hoses, battery, and shocks/struts. Anything that has a specified maintenance interval or is meant to be replaced peiodically. I'd probably throw light bulbs in there too.
Many vehicles call for a timing belt replacement at X number of miles, so that would be considered maintenance. Many also call for the water pump to be replaced as part of the job, so it becomes maintenance by proxy. However, if the timing belt or water pump were to fail before the specified replacement interval, I would consider it a repair.
One could also argue that in a manual transmission, the clutch would be a maintenance item.