Phoenix, Arizona

Scheduled Maintenance in Phoenix, AZ

Purcell Tire & Service handles scheduled maintenance at 2310 W McDowell Rd in Phoenix, for cars, SUVs and light trucks. Call (602) 252-3500, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Ask what the manufacturer lists at this mileage

Scheduled maintenance has a source, and it is not the shop. The manufacturer of your vehicle publishes a list of what should be done, and when, in the owner's manual or the maintenance booklet that came with it. That list is the standard to work from.

It is worth holding a visit up to that list for a simple reason. Generic service packages, the kind offered at fixed mileages regardless of the vehicle, do not always match it. Some include work your vehicle does not need yet. Some leave out items the manufacturer does list, often the less routine ones: a fluid that is due once in many years, a filter in an awkward place, an inspection item that only appears at certain intervals.

How to use the list

Bring it, or the mileage. The manual, or simply the vehicle and its current mileage, so the work can be matched to the right interval.

Ask what is due and why. A clear answer names the item on the manufacturer's schedule it comes from.

Ask what is recommended but not on the schedule. Sometimes a technician sees something worth doing that the schedule does not list: a worn belt, a seeping hose. That is useful advice, and it is separate. Knowing which is which lets you decide.

Keep the record. Maintenance done to the manufacturer's schedule, with receipts, is what any warranty claim and any future buyer will want to see.

What it covers here

The items your vehicle's schedule lists: fluids, filters, belts, inspections and the like. Repairs that come out of an inspection are their own services at this store, including brake repair and oil changes. The national scheduled maintenance page explains how the schedule works.

This is the Commercial & Consumer listing; the Phoenix city page explains the others.

Other stores nearby

Tucson and Yuma also offer scheduled maintenance in Arizona.

About this store

The Phoenix store opens at 7:00 AM, runs eighteen services, and is managed by Patrick Taylor.

See the national scheduled maintenance page for all 33 locations.

Questions

Maintenance questions, Phoenix

What should scheduled maintenance include?

The items the manufacturer lists for your vehicle at its current mileage, from the owner's manual or maintenance booklet.

Are generic service packages the same thing?

Not always. They can include work not yet due and leave out items the manufacturer does list.

What if the technician recommends something extra?

Ask whether it is on the manufacturer's schedule or an observation. Both can be useful; knowing which lets you decide.

Why keep the receipts?

They are what a warranty claim or a future buyer will want to see.

Book maintenance in Phoenix

Call (602) 252-3500 with the vehicle and its mileage.